http://www.fao.org/globalsoilpartnership/en/ This presentation was presented during the 4th Plenary Assembly of the Global Soil Partnership (GSP) that took place at FAO headquarters 23-25 May 2016. The presentation was made by Lucrezia Caon and presents the implementation plan of GSP pillar 2. © FAO: http://www.fao.org

1. Progress in the implementation of the
endorsed Plans of Actions: Pillar 2
Lucrezia Caon
Facilitator Pillar 2

2. Encourage Investment, Technical Cooperation,
Policy, Education, Awareness and Extension

3. Working group for Pillar 2
Chair: Lucrezia Caon
• Africa: Botle Mapeshoane
• Asia: Muhammad Arshad
• Europe: Arwyn Jones
• Eurasia: Elena Sukhacheva
• Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean: Laura Bertha Reyes Sánchez
• South America: Maria Julia Cabello
• Near East and North Africa: Ali Hameed Al Sabani
• North America: Maja Krzic
• South West Pacific: Narcanieli Tuivavalagi
ITPS Chair: Maria de Lourdes Mendonça Santos Brefin
ITPS Working Group for Pillar 2

4. What does the implementation plan
rely on?

5. The process
Zero-order draft
Document shared with
the WG on Google Drive
First-order draft
Second-order draft
Division of the writing tasks
Proof reading
Implementation Plan ready for execution
Exchange of feedback
GSP Secretariat - WG
GSP Secretariat
GSP Secretariat
Working Group
GSP Secretariat
Plan of Action for Pillar 2
+
Regional
Implementation Plans

6. Main implementation mechanisms
Voluntary Guidelines
for Sustainable Soil
Management
On-line platform to share
information on soil
policies at the national
level
Sustainable
Development Goals
Support countries in soil
policies development
Cooperation with
other bodies to align
future actions
Policy
Implementation of
the World Soil
Charter

7. Healthy
Soils Facility
Implementation of activities under
the five plans of action
Direct public
investments
Investment
South-south
cooperation
Charitable donations
Subsidies via
national/regional
programmes
International funds
Private sources
Public sources
Technical cooperation
(through national
programmes)
UN programmes

8. Education
Free manuals & books
GSP Educational Platform for online
courses for schools and professionals
Educational material
at all educational
levels
Workshops &
trainings
Scholarships
and awards
Open source learning platform

9. Extension
Global Soil Doctors
Programme
Online courses
Participatory
training
Political &
Financial
support

10. Societal awareness
World Soil Day campaign
Social networking platforms
Education material in multiple
languages
Global and regional web platforms for
information collection and sharing
Articles writing
Status of the World’s Soil Resources
report (regular update)
World Soil Prize

11. Thanks for
your attention