Latin America and the Caribbean Soil Partnership

The Latin America and the Caribbean Soil Partnership (LACS) was established in April 2019 by the merging of the South America and the Central America, the Caribbean and Mexico Soil Partnership, founded respectively in April 2012 and October 2013 to enhance linkages between national and local programs and activities of soil and land management in the region. The partnership aims to facilitate knowledge exchange and overcome differences in information, capacity, investment and environmental challenges faced by countries across the region. In this framework, national needs and priorities are translated into regional actions through the SASP implementation plan and the CACM implementation plan, which are revised at the yearly LACS meetings.

List of countries

Argentina, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Granada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Santa Lucia, Surinam, Uruguay, Venezuela. See the list of GSP national focal points.

Governance

Chair: Ms. Sol Ortiz García (Mexico)

Regional facilitator: Ms. Carolina Olivera Sánchez (GSP secretariat)

Vice-Chair for South America: Mr. Rodrigo Osorio Hermosilla (Chile)
Vice-Chair for Central America: Mr. José Villareal (Panamá)
Vice-Chair for the Caribbean: Mr. Gaius Eudoxie (Trinidad y Tobago)

Five working groups were established for the five GSP pillars of action and are chaired as follows:

Pillar 1 Chair: Mr. Juan Carlos Rey (Venezuela)

Co-chair Ms. Fernanda Gonzalez (Argentina) - Implementation of the Fertilizer Code

Pillar 2 Chair: Ms. Laura Bertha Reyes Sánchez (Mexico)

Pillar 3 Chair: Ms. Dayanira Lobo (Venezuela)

Pillar 4 Chair: Mr. Mario Guevara Santamaria (Mexico)

Alternate: Mr. Marcos Angelini (Argentina)

Pillar 5 – LATSOLAN chair: Ms. Miriam Ostinelli (Argentina)

Vice-chair: Ms. Floria Bertsch (Costa Rica)

Recent events and trainings

Annual meetings	Details
2023 Mexico CIty	Tenth Latin American and the Caribbean plenary meeting, June 19-22, 2023 in Mexico City Details of the event \| AGENDA (Spanish) \| AGENDA (English) \| Presentations \| Report
2022 Online	Ninth Latin American and the Caribbean plenary meeting, 15 June 2022, online Details of the event \| Agenda \| Presentations \| Report
2021 Online	Eighth Latin American and the Caribbean plenary meeting, 1 July 2021, online Details of the event \| Agenda \| Presentations \| Report
2020 Online	Intermediary meeting of the Latin America and the Caribbean, 24-25 November 2020, online Details of the event \| Agenda \| Presentations \| Report
2020 Online	Seventh Latin American and the Caribbean plenary meeting, 27 May 2020, online Details of the event \| Agenda \| Presentations \| Report (ES)
2019 Quito	Sixth Latin American, Mexico and the Caribbean plenary meeting, Quito, Ecuador, 22 May 2019 Details of the event \| Agenda \| Workshop and TCP closure agenda \| Full programme (ES) \| Presentations \| Photogallery \| Press release (ES) \| Highlight \| Report
2018 Bogotá	Fifth South American plenary meeting, Bogotá, Colombia, 10 Jul 2018 Details of the event \| Agenda \| Report \| Presentations \| Photogallery
2018 Panama City	Third Central America, Caribbean and Mexico plenary meeting, Panama City, Panama, 20 - 22 Feb 2018 Details of the event \| Agenda \| Report \| Presentations \| Photogallery
2017 Montevideo	Fourth South American plenary meeting and TCP launch, Montevideo, Uruguay, 31 Ago - 1 Sep 2017 Details of the event \| Report \| Presentations \| Photogallery
2016 Quito	Third South American plenary meeting, Quito, Ecuador, 24 - 28 Oct 2016 Details of the event \| Report \| Presentations
2015 Paysandú	Second South American plenary meeting (second part), planification meeting, Paysandú, Uruguay, 30 Oct 2015 Details of the event \| Agenda \| Report
2015 La Habana	Second Central America, Caribbean and Mexico meeting, La Habana, Cuba, 1 - 2 Jun 2015 Second Communicado del La Habana \| Report \| Presentations \| Photogallery
2015 Santiago	Second South American plenary meeting (first part), Santiago, Chile, 2 - 5 Mar 2015 Details of the event \| Report \| Presentations \| Photogallery
2013 La Habana	Launch of the Central America, Caribbean and Mexico Soil Partnership, La Habana, Cuba, 30 Sep - 3 Oct 2013 Comunicado de La Habana \| Agenda \| Report \| Presentations \| List of Participants
2012 Mar de la Plata	Inception workshop of the South American Soil Partnership, Mar de la Plata, Argentina, 16 - 20 Apr 2012 Details of the event \| Mar de la Plata communiqué
Trainings	Details
2022 Online	Regional LAC training on RECSOIL and Nitrogen fertilizers management Details of the event
2018 Bogotá	The Latin American and Caribbean Soil Information System (SISLAC) Roadmap regional workshop, Bogotá, Colombia, 9 Jul 2018 Details of the event \| Agenda \| List of participants \| Presentations \| Photogallery
2018 Bogotá	Sub-regional digital soil mapping workshop, Bogotá, Colombia, 3 - 7 Jul 2018 Details of the event \| Agenda \| Summary of the achievements \| Report (7 Jul) \| Photogallery
2016 Ibague	Institutional and legal framework of Sustainable Soil Management, Ibague, Colombia, 27 - 30 Jun 2016 Details of the event \| Proposal \| Report \| List of participants \| Presentations \| Photogallery
2012 Rio de Janeiro	Digital soil mapping training, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sep 2012
2012 Calí	Soil legacy database training, Calí, Colombia, Jul 2012
Others	Details
2022 Online	Fifth LATSOLAN \| Latin American Network of Soil Laboratories meeting, 26-27 October 2022, online Details of the event \| Agenda (EN \| ES)
2021 Online	Commemoration in Latin America and the Caribbean, Dec 2021, online Details of the event \| Agenda \| Presentations and Recordings
2021 Online	Technical and financial tools for valuing the productive and environmental potential of soils in Latin America and the Caribbean, 4-8-9 June 2021, online Details of the event \| Agenda in English & Spanish \| Presentations
2019 Quito	Workshop & Closing of Technical Cooperation Project “Capacity development in soil information for sustainable natural resources management in countries of South America”, Quito, Ecuador, 20 - 21 May 2019 Details of the event \| Workshop and TCP closure agenda \| Presentations \| Photogallery \| Press release (ES) \| Highlight
2019 Mexico City	LATSOLAN \| Second Latin American network of soil laboratories, Mexico City, Mexico, 12 - 14 Mar 2019 Details of the event \| Agenda \| Highlight \| Presentations \| Report \| Photogallery
2018 Quezon City	LATSOLAN \| First Latin American network of soil laboratories, Mar 2018 Details of the event \| Agenda \| Report \| Presentations \| Photogallery
2016 Ibague	Institutional and legal framework of Sustainable Soil Management (SSM) - South America Soil Partnership, Ibague, Colombia, 27-30 Jun 2016 Details of the event \| Report \| Presentations \| List of participants \| Photogallery