Seventh European Soil Partnership Plenary Assembly, 10 September 2020, online (zoom platform). Presenter: Elena Havlicek

1. ESP REPORT

2. Steering Committee
 2020: renewal of the Steering Committee, new
Implementation Plan
 Meeting in November 2019: taking stock of what was
accomplished until now

3. Steering Committee
 Over the last 5 year, ESP made already a difference on
the European soil scene
 The ESP has strong partners (EC, EASP, AlpSP, NSP)
 Contributions to the GSP
 Global Assessment of Soil Pollution Report
 Protocol for the Assessement of the SSM
 SoiLEX Platform ( > EU platform)

4. Steering Committee
 IP 2017-2020 (too) ambitious
 Cooperation / Coordination / Communication
(within ESP, with GSP)
 Limited progress in some pillars
 Mobilization of resources

5. Steering Committee
 Review the ESP objectives (Regional Implementation
Plan) and prioritize feasible activities and outcomes
 Revive Pillars’ WG activities
 Strenghten the cooperation / coordination with the
GSP

6. ESP representation
 GSP Plenary
 Meeting of the Chairs of the RSPs
 Financial resource mobilization: challenge for most
RSPs
 The GSP implementation plans are deemed to be too
ambitious for some regions

7. ESP representation
 Meeting of the Chairs of the RSPs (cont.)
 Lack of communication and coordination within the
regions: strengthen communication between and
within RSPs as well as with the GSP Secretariat
 Awareness raising for RSP/GSP activities at
governmental level
 ESP > promoting intra-regional cooperation before
considering opportunities for inter-regional
cooperation

8. ESP representation
 Alpine Soil Forum
 Contribution to the publication
 EJP Soil Advisory Board
 Flow of information
 Identification of knowledge needs and research topics
 Feedback on the scientific outputs
 Dissemination channel for project outcomes

9. ESP representation
 Eurosoil organizing committee
 Postponement to 23-27 August 2021