26-27 Apr 2022 | Online

Agenda

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Approval of the agenda, tour de table and group picture

Item 1. GSP developments of regional interest

Mr Sebastian Brahene, African Soil Partnership facilitator, FAO 

 

Item 2. Communication Activities

Ms Isabelle Verbeke, GSP Secretariat, FAO and Mr Sebastian Brahene, African Soil Partnership facilitator, FAO 

 

• - GSP focal points clarifications.  

• - GSP Alternate focal points 

• - Communication with FAO offices and GSP Secretariat 

• - Engagement during GSP PA Meetings 

• - National Soil Partnership establishment and webpages 

   

  Item 3. The added value of working the Global Soil Partnership and FAO

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    - The implementation of the Soil Doctors in Gambia  

    Mr Ebrima Jarra , Gambia

  • - The implementation of GLOSOLAN in Botswana

    Ms Lesego Mooketsi-Selepe, Soil and Plant Analytical Lab, Botswana

  • - Country Soil Information System

    Mr. Christian Omuto, GSP Secretariat, FAO

     

  Item 4. Financial resource mobilization opportunities

   

  • - How to apply for a Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) project. Donor: FAO

    Ms. Lucrezia Caon, GSP Secretariat, FAO

  • - National TCP projects: the successful case of Liberia and Lesotho

    Mr Keita Gelboikai, FAO Liberia and Ms M'aseeiso Hlongwane, Lesotho

     

  Item 5. AfSP governance

  Mr Sebastian Brahene, African Soil Partnership facilitator, FAO 

   

  • - Proposal to have 3 vice-Chairs to support the Chair in working with English, French and Portuguese speaking countries 

  • - Presentation of the candidates to the AfSP Chairman and vice-Chairman positions

     

  Item 6. Status of the World's Soil Resources report 2025 - updates and way forward Ms. Lydia Mumbi Chabala, ITPS and member of the SWSR2025 Editorial Board from Zambia

   

  Item 7. African Soil Partnership: a reflection on its accomplishments, challenges and the way forward

  Prof Victor Chude, AfSP Chair 

   

  Item 8. Fertilizer and Soil Health conference 2023 and the Soil Initiative for Africa

  Ms. Liesl Wiese-Rozanov FARA 

   

  Item 9. Regional challenges and priorities  

  Mr. Filippo Benedetti, GSP Secretariat, FAO

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  Item 10. Activities for immediate implementation 

  Ms. Lucrezia Caon, GSP Secretariat, FAO 

   

  • - Policy briefs. The successful story of the NENA Soil Partnership 

  • - Open discussion. Proposal to organize sub-regional meetings to define sub-regional work plans

     

  Item 11. Elections 

  Mr. Sebastian Brahene, African Soil Partnership facilitator, FAO

   

  - AfSP Chair 

  - AfSP vice-Chair(s) 

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  Item 12. Review of the AfSP workplan for the year 2022/2023  

  Mr. Sebastian Brahene, African Soil Partnership facilitator, FAO