GLOSOLAN | Global Soil Laboratory Network: 3rd meeting. 28-30 October 2019 | FAO headquarters, Rome, Italy. Presenter: Mr. Ghambashidze

1. 3rd Meeting of the Global Soil Laboratory Network (GLOSOLAN)
Giorgi Ghambashidze
Chair EUROSOLAN
European and Eurasian Soil Laboratory
Network
(EUROSOLAN)

2. 3rd Meeting of the Global Soil Laboratory Network (GLOSOLAN)
Launch of EUROSOLAN
• The Regional Soil Laboratory Network –
EUROSOLAN for Europe and Eurasia was launched
in October 2019 (the first meeting of EUROSOLAN,
Chișinău, Moldova, 2-5 October, 2019)

3. 3rd Meeting of the Global Soil Laboratory Network (GLOSOLAN)
EUROSOLAN geographical
coverage

4. 3rd Meeting of the Global Soil Laboratory Network (GLOSOLAN)
Outcomes of EUROSOLAN meeting
• Election of the chair and vice-chair of EUROSOLAN
• Chair – Giorgi Ghambashidze (Georgia)
• Vice-Chair - Špela Velikonja-Bolta (Slovenia)
• Establishment of the EUROSOLAN working group
• Gilles Colinet (Belgium)
• Kristof Tirez (Belgium)
• Marija Romic (Croatia)
• Ülis Sõukand (Estonia)
• Olga Yakimenko (Russian Federation)
• Elena Shamrikova (Russian Federation)
• João Coutinho (Portugal)
• Lauris Leitāns (Latvia)

5. 3rd Meeting of the Global Soil Laboratory Network (GLOSOLAN)
Outcomes of EUROSOLAN meeting
• SOPs harmonization for 2020 within EUROSOLAN
• Soil organic carbon - led by Kristof Tirez (Belgium)
• Soil salinity – led by Marija Romic (Croatia)
• Particle size distribution – tbc

6. 3rd Meeting of the Global Soil Laboratory Network (GLOSOLAN)
Outcomes of EUROSOLAN meeting
• Recent activities on SOPs harmonization within
EUROSOLAN
• Soil organic carbon – provision of exiting standards by
Kristof Tirez (Belgium) elaborated within Project
Horizontal in EU (2002-2007) and decision of ISO
committee ISO/TC 190/SC 3 on the withdrawal of ISO
14235:1998 (Soil quality — Determination of organic
carbon by sulfochromic oxidation);
• Soil salinity – start of communication on SOPs, led by
Marija Romic (Croatia)

7. 3rd Meeting of the Global Soil Laboratory Network (GLOSOLAN)
Outcomes of EUROSOLAN meeting
• Agreement on conduction PT within EUROSOLAN
• Identification potential sample providers for PT
programme
• Winnie van Vark, WEPAL (Netherlands)
• Olga Yakimenko, Moscow State University (Russian Federation)
• Gilles Colinet, University of Liège (Belgium)
• João Coutinho, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto
Douro (Portugal)

8. 3rd Meeting of the Global Soil Laboratory Network (GLOSOLAN)
Outcomes of EUROSOLAN meeting
• Members of EUROSOLAN took part in GLOSOLAN
PT programme
• Some laboratories joined PT programme after
ERUSOLAN meeting

9. 3rd Meeting of the Global Soil Laboratory Network (GLOSOLAN)
Outcomes of EUROSOLAN meeting
• Next EUROSOLAN meeting in 2020 will hosted by
Scientific-Research Centre of Agriculture in Georgia

10. 3rd Meeting of the Global Soil Laboratory Network (GLOSOLAN)
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