Virtual meeting | 22 April 2022

Opening remarks

Ms Sasha Koo-Oshima, FAO Land and Water Deputy Director

Dr Maria Neira, Director of Environment, Health and Climate Change Division of the WHO

Setting the scene

• The European Zero Pollution Action Plan - Mr Joachim D’Eugenio, European Commission
• Why an International Network on Soil Pollution (INSOP)? - Mr Ronald Vargas, FAO Global Soil Partnership Secretary
• INSOP vision, mission and goals - Mr Sergejus Ustinov, FAO-GSP Secretariat, INSOP coordinator

Main soil pollution initiatives and potential cooperation

• Global Contamination Initiative (GCI) - Mr Ravi Naidu
• International HCH & Pesticides Association (IHPA) - Mr John Vijgen
• International Union of Soil Sciences— working group on Soils of Urban, Industrial, Traffic, Mining and Military Areas (SUITMA) - Ms Laura Berta Reyes
• REMTECH Europe - Mr Marco Falconi
• European Soil Observatory (EUSO) - Mr Piotr Wodja
• COMMON FORUM - Mr Dietmar Müller-Grabherr
• NICOLE Europe - Mr Johan De Fraye
• NICOLE Latin America - Ms Ana Cristina Moeri
• CL:AIRE - Ms Nicola Harries

INSOP working session & technical discussion

• Governance of INSOP - Moderated by Mr. Sergejus Ustinov, FAO-GSP Secretariat
• Discussion of the objectives and priorities of the working areas - Moderated by Ms Natalia Rodríguez, FAO-GSP Secretariat
• Cooperation between INSOP and the Global Soil Laboratory Network (GLOSOLAN) - Ms Miriam Ostinelli, GLOSOLAN Chair
• Cooperation between INSOP and the International Network of Soil Information Institutions (INSII) - Mr Luca Montanarella, INSII Chair
• Cooperation between INSOP and the International Network on Soil Biodiversity (NETSOB) - Rosalina Gonzalez Forero, NETSOB Vice-Chair

Conclusions and closure of the event