The objectives of the workshop will be to: launch the Global Soil Partnership (GSP) in the East and South African region; take stock of the status, needs and priorities of soil activities; and jointly define a roadmap for establishing the African Soil Partnership. Apart from the establishment of the Regional Soil Partnership, the workshop is expected to produce a joint report portraying the main needs and priorities of sustainable soil management in the different countries, as an input for a plan of action to be implemented by the partnership. The core of the GSP is the establishment of Regional Soil Partnerships to contextualize the needs and priorities of soil actions to be implemented in each region.  

dates: 25-27 March 2013   location: Nairobi, Kenya   contact: GSP Secretariat   e-mail: GSP-Secretariat@fao.org   www: http://www.fao.org/globalsoilpartnership/events/detail/en/c/169903/