http://www.fao.org/globalsoilpartnership/en/ This presentation was presented during the Eurasian Soil Partnership workshop that was held on 29 February - 02 March 2016 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

1. Eurasian Soil Partnership
Advances 2014-2015

2. Subregional Eurasian Soil Partnership
•The subregional Eurasian Soil Partnership
was launched 20 of November 2013 in
Moscow
•The inaugural conference was attended by
the representatives of Ministries, other
governmental bodies, research institutes,
universities and NGOs of Russia, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan
and Ukraine.
•Among Russian participants there were representatives of Lomonosov Moscow State
University, Dokuchaev Soil Institute, academic institutes and universities of Nizhni
Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, Novosibirsk, and Ulan-Ude
•Other participants include the head of the GSP Secretariat Ronald Vargas, the ITPS
Chair Luca Montanarella, the representatives of the World Bank, FAO, ICARDA, IFPRI
and other international organizations.

3. The Plenary Session of the Eurasian Soil
Partnership
• The EASP Plenary Session was held during the
International Conference on Arid Land Studies
(ICAL2) in Samarkand (Uzbekistan) 9-13 of
September 2014

4. Terms of Reference
•Terms of Reference for the subregional partnership have been
developed basing on the ToRs of the GSP

5. Leadership
•The President of the EASP for the period 2015-2016 will be Prof.
Hukmatullo Ahmadov (Tajikistan), and Vice-Chair – Dr. Gulchekhra
Khasankhanova (Uzbekistan)

6. Development of the web site of EASP

7. Plenary Meeting of “focal points” in Izmir, Turkey
•Implementation Plan of the Eurasian Soil Partnership was
approved at the Plenary Meeting of “focal points” of the member
countries in Izmir, Turkey, 16-17 of June 2015
•The IP includes the activities for the period 2015-2019 based on
the approved Plans of Actions of the 5 Pillars of Global Soil
Partnership
•The results of the meeting were expressed and signed in the
“Izmir Communique”

8. E-consultations on the Plan of Action for the
Eurasian Soil Partnership
http://edu.ecfs.msu.ru/mod/forum/view.php?id=1737

9. E-consultations on Economics of Land Degradation

10. E-consultations on the barriers to implementation
of Sustanable Soil Management practices

11. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION