pillar 2 of gsp: encourage investment, technical cooperation, policy, education, awareness and...

__Encourage Investment, Technical

Cooperation, Policy, Education, Awareness and Extension

Pillar 2 of GSP

Mariade Lourdes Mendonca Santos Brefin – ITPS Chair of Pillar 2Ph.D. in Soil Science, Researcher at Embrapa Soil, Brazil

What is going on?

Chair: Lucrezia Caon

Members:

•Africa: Botle Mapeshoane

•Asia: Muhammad Arshad

•Europe: Arwyn Jones and Igor Savin

•Latin America: Laura Bertha Reyes Sánchez and Maria Julia Cabello

•Middle East: Ali Hameed Al Sabani

•North America: pending on nomination

•South West Pacific: Narcanieli Tuivavalagi

ITPS Chair for Pillar 2: Maria de Lourdes Mendonça Santos Brefin

WG to develop the Pillar 2 Implementation Plan

Pillar 2 Implementation Plan – Draft ZeroTable of Content

Table of Content (cont.)

Table of Contents (cont.)

Deadlines

First round: Structure and implementation plan - to be revised; To collect and exchange ideas – until March, 23

Second round: improving the text – each member of the WG shall indicate one or more sections to contribute, according to experience and interest;

The GSP Secretariat (Lucrezia and Ronald) will facilitate the process and compile the contributions and edit the final document;

Work on Google Driver and Google documents; Lucrezia share with the group, the last version with all comments;

Implementation Plan (for 5 years) – ready until end of May!!!!

Regional Reports - contributions

Eurasian Soil Partnership

Key messages to promote informing politicians and decision makers on the activities of the Eurasian Soil Partnership and about the activities related to the International Year of Soils (IYS) implemented.

The knowledge and skills of stakeholders at all levels enhanced.

Capacity development on sustainable soil management, soil conservation / restoration, soil information management and extension services promoted.

Legacy and recent research results published. Establishment of a series of annual publications "Eurasian Soil Partnership Reports”.


Central America, Mexico and Caribe

Establecimiento de una plataforma regional para la gestión sostenible del suelo

Establecimiento de la ventana informativa regional sobre el recurso suelo

Establecimiento de la plataforma regional en legislaciones y políticas para el uso sostenible del suelo

Contribución al desarrollo de una plataforma para la integración regional y cooperación internacional en suelos

Establecimiento de la plataforma regional para el fortalecimiento de capacidades para el manejo sostenible del suelo


NENA (Near East and North Africa )Soil Partnership

Investment in soil rehabilitation/resto ration and management promoted;

The role of policy, civil societies and soil institutions to support soil management enhanced

Key messages to create awareness campaign to target the civil society and non- soil specialists through TV and other media implemented

Capacity building in soil related topics, soil science in education and extension promoted


Aprobación del Plan de Implementación Regional

Responsables propuestos para la gestión de cada Pilar by country members

Inversiones realizadas para la formulación de leyes y la revitalización de la investigación y de los servicios de extensión a nivel de países.

Fomento de la Cooperación Sur-Sur entre países.

Concientización.

Creación de un observatorio de políticas que sirva como fuente de información para los países.

Capacidades creadas en el sistema educativo sobre suelos.

Servicios de extensión recuperados o fortalecidos.

Información de eventos relacionados con los suelos en los países.

Capacitación

South America


Pacific Rural Advisory services promoting sustainable soil management

Conducted farmer soil learning workshops

Support development of soil contents in universities

Promoting soil science as a career

Support soil research – participatory technology development

South West Pacific