The document discusses the financial resources and funding situation of the Global Soil Partnership (GSP). It notes that without funds, key GSP activities like country activities, the plenary assembly, secretariat, and World Soil Day implementation cannot occur. As of June 2018, there was approximately $600,000 remaining in the trust funds for country activities over the next 20 months. It outlines funding committed by countries for future GSP activities. Overall, about $11 million has been mobilized for GSP from 2013-2018, with the largest sources being the EU, Switzerland, and Russia. The document argues that current remaining budgets are a constraint given country needs and GSP's capacity for delivery.

1. Financial Resources
Vanja Maslovarik, FAO

2. Support GSP, Support Life!

3. Where do we stand today with
the FUNDS?
• No Funds, no Plenary Assembly! (at present paid by FAO,
and in a minor proportion also by one of the donors)
• No Funds, no country activities! (at present paid by the
donors and by FAO
• No Funds, no GSP Secretariat! (at present paid mostly by FAO)​
• No Funds, no implementation of the World Soil Day! (at present paid by
the donors and by FAO)
• No Funds, no implementation of the VGSSM! (at present not started…no
funding from donors yet)​
• ….

4. TRUST FUNDS
Healthy Soil Facility
The GSP Secretariat is the Budget Holder of the Trust
Funds
As of 1 June 2018, only ~USD600 000 are left and
available for the pillar country activities in the upcoming
20 months. (last year this time we had a balance USD1.6
mil)
What is the GSP Secretariat concrete plan for the way
forward?

5. Potential New Proposals for
beyond 2018
 The Russian Federation committed to
support activities worth USD2 mil on
numerous GSP activities;
 Germany committed to support
activities worth USD1.7 mil on Soil and
Nutrition;
 The EU committed to support
activities worth USD1.5 mil on numerous
GSP activities;
 China showed interest in supporting
GSP outputs, too for an amount of USD2
mil.

6. How much funds overall
• GSP operates since 2013 and the programme has been planned until 2018 (see
Healthy Soil Programme Document); The New Programme Document is being
drafted using the inputs from the countries via the Global and Regional Soil
Partnerships and their implementation plans;
• Progressive and constant increase in the financial resources has been ensured;
• We have mobilized in the last year period 2017/2018 an amount of USD764 063:
Phosagro, Switzerland, IFA, FAO;
• The funds
mobilized for the
period 2013-2018
amount to
~USD11 mil;
TOT. USD11 MLN

7. PROUD OF OUR DELIVERY
• Budget for the period 1 January 2018- 31
December 2019 ~USD3,5 mil;
• Delivery already occurred in 5 years ~USD7,6
mil;
• At the present date very fast delivery rates i.e. fast
implementation i.e. in 2018 in only 5 months USD
0,6 was spent!!!
~ 17% of the
available budget
Budget
Spent; 6
• Therefore the remaining budget (as of today) of only USD2,9 mil (RP, TF and
TCPs) for 19 months is actually a constrain, considering the needs of the
countries and the capacity of GSP to deliver.
Budget Available
(2018-2019);
3,5
Budget Spent (<=2017);
7,6
Budget Available
(june2018-2019);
2,9
in the first 5
months of 2018;
0,6
Budget Spent (<=2017);
7,6

8. 3,79
4,83
2,49
TCP TF RP
Soil Funding in FAO
USD11 million in 7 years
Acronyms?
2,5
$/mln
4,8
$/mln
3,8
$/mln
• Technical Cooperation Programme – TCPs: (the GSP Secretariat
technically contributes along with the Land and Water Division,
but the budget holders are the FAO representations);
• Trust funds – TF: (the GSP Secretariat is budget holder of this
portion only);
• Regular Programme – RP: (allocations provided at FAO
corporate level).
34%
43%
23%

9. Main Donors
of voluntary contributions
in Trust Funds
4,6$/mln• Donors Government Sector
(including UN Agencies)
0,2$/mln• Donors non Government Sector
Resources mobilized (period 2013-2018)
4,8$/mln
• List of main Donors

10. List of donors
EU
55,93%
SWI
12,41%
Netherlands
2,86%
Thailand
1,91%
Russian Federation
19,09%
UNEP
3,63%
Iceland
0,11%
INTERNATIONAL
FERTILIZER
ASSOCIATION
0,76%
Phosagro
2,86%
AUSTRIAN HAIL
INSURANCE
COMPANY -
0,22%
INTERNATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF
AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION
INSURERS
0,22%

11. Funds with the GSP Secretariat
At present, the GSP Secretariat is within the FAO Land and Water Division
 The national FAO Representatives; Regional Soil Partnerships; the country approach is very strong in
GSP; Country Programme Frameworks; FAO Strategic Framework priorities;
 The advantage of coordinated management of the GSP is that there is efficiency in cost sharing of many
corporate costs of FAO such as the audit, reporting mechanisms, staff, support costs, etc.
GSP Secretariat/ITPS
Country Driven Approach/ Regional Discussions

12. Matter of Trust
Why providing funds to GSP?
• Keep soils on the global agenda;
• Prevent and remediate soil pollution;
• Contribute to achieve the SDGs;
• Boost soil health;
• Restore degraded soils;
• Have an Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils;
• Awareness raising on soils;

13. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION