Eleventh Latin American and the Caribbean plenary meeting, May 7-8, 2024
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. The partnership aims to facilitate knowledge exchange and overcome differences in information, capacity, investment and environmental challenges faced by countries across the region.
AGENDA 7 MAY
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TIME |
ACTIVITY |
PARTICIPANTS |
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08:00 - 08:05 |
Welcome to the meeting |
Sol Ortiz - chair of ASLAC. Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (Mexico) |
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08:05 - 08:10 |
Welcome to the meeting |
Lifeng Li - Land and Water Director FAO |
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08:10 - 08:20 |
ASLAC activities 2023 – 2024. Adoption of the agenda of the 11th Regional Plenary Assembly |
Sol Ortiz - chair of ASLAC. Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (Mexico) |
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08:20 - 08:30 |
Overall progress of the Global Soil Partnership |
Carolina Olivera - Global Soil Partnership, FAO |
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08:30 - 08:40 |
Agenda for soil restoration and management in Latin America and the Caribbean. |
Ana Posas- Agriculture Officer.Regional Office, FAO |
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08:40 - 08:50 |
Activities of the Community of Practice (CoP), with the Platform of Latin America and the Caribbean for Climate Action on Agriculture (PLACA). |
Javiera Suárez - Regional Office, FAO |
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08:50 - 09:00 |
Summary of the Soil Governance workshop held on 16 April 2024 |
Felipe Castro - Regional Office, FAO |
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09:00 - 09:15 |
Soil Laboratory Network of Latin America and the Caribbean LATSOLAN: Main developments and proposals |
Maria de los Ángeles Sepúlveda - chair of LATSOLAN. University of Concepción (Chile) |
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09:15 - 09:35 |
Global Soil Doctors Programme Activities |
Brent Georges - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Trade and Barbuda Affairs (Antigua and Barbuda) Merxaida Márquez - National Institute of Rural Development (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) |
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09:35 - 09:45 |
Pause |
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09:45 - 09:55 |
Presentation of the main activities of the Mesoamerican countries in the 6 areas of action |
Jose Villareal –Vice-chairASLAC Mesoamerica. Institute for Agricultural Research (Panama) |
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09:55 - 10:05 |
Presentation of the main activities of the South American countries in the 6 areas of action |
Rodrigo Osorio - vice-chair, ASLAC South America. Agricultural and Livestock Service (Chile) |
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10:05 - 10:15 |
Presentation of the main activities of the Caribbean countries in the 6 areas of action |
LinroyChristian- vice-chair, ASLAC Caribbean. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Trade and Barbuda Affairs (Antigua and Barbuda) |
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10:15 - 10:40 |
Other topics of interest to partners and focal points. Q/A |
Focal points, partners |
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10:40 - 11:00 |
Conclusions and perspectives for the second day. Review and final approval of the updated rules of procedure |
Sol Ortiz - chair of ASLAC. Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (Mexico) |
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TIME |
ACTIVITY |
PARTICIPANTS |
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08:00 - 08:10 |
Summary of the first day and objectivesof the remaining activities |
Sol Ortiz - chair of ASLAC. Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (Mexico) |
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08:10 - 08:25 |
Progress of RECSOILMEX |
Verónica Bunge - Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (Mexico) (TBC) |
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08:25 - 08:45 |
Progress of the SOILFER project |
Rafael López - Focal Point. Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food (Guatemala) Adonay Melara - Focal Point. Secretariat of Agriculture and Livestock (Honduras) |
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08:45 - 09:00 |
Progress of the SOILCARE project |
TBC |
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09:00 - 09:10 |
Soils for Nutrition Project |
Carolina Olivera - Global Soil Partnership, FAO |
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09:10 - 09:35 |
Other topics of interest to partners and focal points. Q/A |
Focal points, partners |
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09:45 - 10:00 |
Formation of the steering committee and regional chairs of action areas |
Focal points, partners |