This is one of a series of Regional Soil Partnership Workshops being convened as part of activities to commemorate the International Year of Soils (IYS) 2015, under the auspices of the Global Soil Partnership (GSP). One of the objectives of the workshops is to consolidate collaboration among Focal Points to the GSP. Activities during the workshops will include: establishing steering committees where these are not currently available; appointing chairs for working groups' pillars; and finalizing regional implementation plans.  

dates: 19-21 May 2015  
location: Amman, Jordan  
www: http://www.fao.org/globalsoilpartnership/news-events-archive/gsp-events/detail/en/c/277556/
 http://www.fao.org/globalsoilpartnership/regional-partnerships/menasoilpartnership/en/