The Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils (ITPS) was established at the first Plenary Assembly of the Global Soil Partnership (GSP) to provide scientific and technical advice and guidance on global soil issues to the GSP primarily, and to specific requests submitted by global or regional institutions. The ITPS also advocates for addressing sustainable soil management in the different sustainable development agendas.  

dates: 14-18 September 2015  
venue: FAO Headquarters  
location: Rome, Lazio, Italy  
www: http://www.fao.org/globalsoilpartnership/news-events-archive/gsp-events/detail/en/c/296121/