This document summarizes the activities and achievements of the European Soil Partnership in Slovakia in 2018. It discusses the five pillars of the partnership and the key organizations and members involved. For each pillar, it outlines several projects and activities that were undertaken in 2018, including conferences and workshops held, participation in international meetings, research projects applied for or involved in, and efforts to harmonize soil data and indicators. The document demonstrates that the partnership actively promoted sustainable soil management, research, education, and data collection on soils in Slovakia in 2018 through various initiatives and collaborations.

1. European Soil Partnership
Report on Achievement in
2018 (Slovakia)
Jaroslava Sobocka, NFP ESP Slovakia
Presented by Zora Weberova

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1. Societas pedologica slovaca – Slovak Soil
Science Society (civil organization)
2. Soil Science and Conservation Research
Institute Bratislava (part of the National
Agricultural and Food Centre Lužianky)
Members of the European Soil
Partnership in Slovakia:

3. National focal point: Jaroslava Sobocká
Alternative: Beata Houšková, Vlasta Jánová
Pillar 1: chair Jaroslava Sobocká - active
Pillar 2: chair Beata Houšková - active
Pillar 3: chair Peter Hanajík – still inactive
Pillar 4: chair Rastislav Skalský - active
Pillar 5: chair Jozef Kobza - active
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Steering committee of the Slovak
Soil Partnership

4. Pillar 1 – key activities
Pillar 1: Promote sustainable management of soil
resources for soil protection, conservation and
sustainable productivity in Slovakia (Jaroslava Sobocka)
-OECD conference: Risk Evaluation and Management Tools in Agri-
food Sector (Bratislava, 17-18th Oct. 2018), presentation of J. Sobocka:
Long-term climate changes and relevance of soil-climatic conditions
-Stakeholder´s communication relating to organization of a national
conference in 2019: Sustainable management in agriculture relating
to global challenges
-SDG Agenda 2030 responsibility for key indicators relating to soil and
land to be applied in reporting SDG Agenda 2030
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5. Project 1: LUCAS 2018 – statistical survey on land use –
participation on the international project
Project 2: Management on agricultural land respecting
sustainability of soil resources – national project
Project 3: Agri-environmental trends of soil erosion and soil
organic matter for the Program of Rural Development in Slovakia –
national project
Project 4: Elimination of degradation processes by restoration of
biodiversity – national project
Project 5: Activities resulting from the fulfillment of the Nitrates
Directive requirements – national project
Project 6: Soil Portal – comprehensive web application providing
information about agricultural land use for farmers and public
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Pillar 1 – some projects

6. • European Soil Partnership (20-21th March 2018, Rome, Italy), J.
Sobocká – participation and reporting
• Global Soil Partnership (11-6th June 2018, Rome, Italy) – J.
Sobocká – participation, new challenges esta
• International Network on Black Soils GSP FAO – participation on
the session - 10th Sept. 2018 in Harbin, China (M. Saksa)
• FAO-SDG Questionnaire filling – Statistical capacity assessment for
the FAO relevant SDG indicators
• CIRCASSA survey on SOM – SR involving
• Project SURFACE – SR involving - questionnaire on land take in
Europe
• International WRB training course in Hungary (Debrecen) - 24-27th
June 2018 (SK, CZ, HU)
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Pillar 1 – other activities

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WRB 2014 training course - pedological
excursion to Hungary (Debrecen), 24-27th
June 2018 (SK, CZ, HU)

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Pillar 2: Encourage investment, technical cooperation,
policy, education awareness and extension in soil
(Beata Houšková)
•Agricultural exhibition AGROKOMPLEX 2018, (Nitra, 16-
19th August 2018: workshop with children – Painting with
soil´s colours
•World Soil Day (5.12.) 2018 celebration on the Annual
meeting of the Societas pedologica slovaca, c.o. on the 6th
December 2018
•Activities in the European Network on Soil Awareness
(ENSA)
Pillar 2 – activities

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Workshop of children

10. Presentation of the child picture on the
AGROKOMPLEX exhibition

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Presentation of the child picture on the
AGROKOMPLEX exhibition

12. Pillar 3 – activities
Pillars 3: Promote targeted soil research and
development focusing on identified gaps and priorities
and synergies with related productive, environmental
and social development actions (Peter Hanajík)
Several new projects application:
•EJP SOIL Towards climate-smart sustainable management of
agricultural soils (H2020 – LC –SFS-20-2019 EC, NPPC-VÚPOP
participant, coordinator INRA (France), Claire Chenu – SR is partner of
the project
•Agroforestry systems for combined production and more
efficient land use – Operational program of Science and Innovations
EU (OPVaI)
•SMART-FARM – Operational program of Science and Innovations EU
(OPVaI)
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13. Pillar 4: Enhance the quantity and quality of soil data
and information: data collection (generation), analysis,
validation, reporting, monitoring and integration with
other disciplines (Rastislav Skalský)
•Trans-boundary comparison of national contributions to GSOC was
initiated between Austria and Slovakia with Czech Republic joining
later on.
•The goal of the activity was to analyze possible uncertainties of the
GSOC associated with national SOC data and SOC data
processing.
•A simple exercise was organized to compare inputs for the GSOC
within the pilot area on borders of Austria, Czechia and Slovakia.
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Pillar 4 – activities

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At the meta-data level, national SOC mapping methodologies were
compared and presented together with the SOC estimates and inter-
comparison at the joint workshop held at AGES, Vienna, Austria in October
2019

15. 15Joint results of SOC mapping

16. Pillar 5 Harmonization of methods, measurements and
indicators for sustainable management and protection
of soil resources (Jozef Kobza)
•Questionnaire Assessment of the global status and regional trends of soil pollution
•FACES project on harmonization classification of soil types (WRB 2014) in the region of
the Central Europe (SK – M. Saksa, R. Skalský, J. Kobza, PL, CZ, SI, HU, ES, LT, LI);
•EEA – provides targeted and reliable environmental information to policymakers and the
public;
•EEA – JRC cooperation activities concerning soil
•EIONET NRC-Soil:
 last international meeting took place on 12.-14.2.2019 in Copenhagen where three main
topics have been discussed: soil monitoring, soil contamination and soil degradation, as
well;
 representatives of Slovakia: J. Kobza (NAFC - SSCRI) and K. Palúchová (SEA);
 inputs from the NRC-Soil are key to ensure detailed and validated views on the condition of
European soils .
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Pillar 5 – activities

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Copenhagen (EIONET NRC – Soil) 12. – 14. 2. 2019

18. Thank you for your attention
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