6th European Soil Partnership (ESP) Plenary meeting 28-29 March 2019 FAO headquarters, Rome, Italy Elena Havlicek

2.  NETWORKING
 COOPERATION
2018-2019 YEAR OF « CONSOLIDATION »
| EUROPEAN SOIL PARTNERSHIP

3. | EUROPEAN SOIL PARTNERSHIP
 43 National Focal Points
 118 Members

4. | EUROPEAN SOIL PARTNERSHIP

5. | EUROPEAN SOIL PARTNERSHIP
• lack of strategic coordination (policies with strategic vision > non binding)
• lack of holistic approach (soil functions)
• indirect soil protection (derived from protection of other resources)

6. SUB-REGIONAL SOIL PARTNERSHIPS
| EUROPEAN SOIL PARTNERSHIP

7. SUB-REGIONAL SOIL PARTNERSHIPS
NATIONAL SOIL PARTNERSHIPS (3)
| EUROPEAN SOIL PARTNERSHIP

8. | EUROPEAN SOIL PARTNERSHIP
Non-legally-binding agreements and
guidelines promote the development
of national legislation for the
protection of soils, such as the FAO’s
Global Soil Partnership, the revised
World Soil Charter […] and the related
« Voluntary Gudelines for Sustainable
Soil Management […]. A recently
established European Soil Partnership, a
regional soil partnership within the
Global Soil Partnership, invites
governments to join a « coalition of the
willing » towards European soil
protection.

9. | WORLD CONGRESS OF SOIL SCIENCE 2018

10. | EEA NRC Soil 2019

11. | European Research Council

12. | Eurosoil 2020
 A strong collaboration with the European
Confederation of Soil Sciences Societies
(ECSSS) is a part of the ESP strategy for
communicating soil-related issues to all
stakeholders.
 The next congress, with the objective is to
“connect people and soil” will be held on 23-
28th August 2020 in Geneva, Switzerland.
EUROSOIL 2020 shall be not only a pure
scientific conference. It strives to attract, apart
from scientists, representatives of soil-related
stakeholders and the interested public, and to
give them a stage for their soil-related issues.

13. | ESP SC MEETING 2019
 GSP
- Need for enhanced cooperation
 ITPS Europe
- New members elected in 2018
- Information ITPS Europe - ESP
 Financial issues
- DG ENV financial support (project-related: pillar 1)
- In-kind contributions

14. | ESP SC MEETING 2019
 PILLARS
- Review and planning
 ESP NFP / MEMBERS
- Exchange of information
- Exchange of experiences (NSP, national projects, etc.)
 SETTING PRIORITIES
- VGSSM > adaptation to European context
- Agenda 2030 (LDN)

15. | ESP SC MEETING 2019
https://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/networkcooperations/european-soil-partnership

16. | EUROPEAN SOIL PARTNERSHIP PLENARY MEETING
 INFORMATION
- Ongoing activities at all levels
 DISCUSSION
- Setting priorities
- Planning
- Possible cooperation(s)