Item 3: Current initiatives, new proposals and next steps
Pillar 1: Implementation of soil rehabilitation programs including SSM/SLM practices and scaling out to areas at high risk of soil degradation Mrs. Rafla Attia, Pillar 1 Chair, Tunisia
Pillar 2: Future activities Mr. Muhammad Manhal Alzoubi, Pillar 2 Chair, Syria
Development of Soil and Soil Nexus Research Database
Climate Change and Soil Carbon, Potential for defining Regional Adaptation/Mitigation Co-benefit Projects (Three phases of MRV of Soil Carbon Emissions/Sequestration, MRV of Mitigation and Adaptation, MRV of Support) Mr. Bahram Taheri, Pillar 3 Chair, Iran
Pillar 4: Current situation and perspectives of Soil Information System in NENA Mr. Rachid Moussadek, Pillar 4 Chair, Morocco
Pillar 5: NENALAB updates Mr. Abdelmjid Zouahri, NENALAB Chair