EURASIAN SOIL PARTNERSHIP Progress report 2014

Pavel Krasilnikov Eurasian Center for Food Security, MSU, Moscow, Russia

Subregional Eurasian Soil Partnership

•The subregional Eurasian Soil Partnership was launched 20 of November 2013 in Moscow •The inaugural conference was attended by the representatives of Ministries, other governmental bodies, research institutes, universities and NGOs of Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan and Ukraine.

•Among Russian participants there were representatives of Lomonosov Moscow State University, Dokuchaev Soil Institute, academic institutes and universities of Nizhni Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, Novosibirsk, and Ulan-Ude •Other participants include the head of the GSP Secretariat Ronald Vargas, the ITPS Chair Luca Montanarella, the representatives of the World Bank, FAO, ICARDA, IFPRI and other international organizations.

Draft Plan of Action of the Eurasian Soil Partnership

1. The partners agree that EASP will be organized around five main pillars of action of the Global Soil Partnership. 2. Partners agree that the optimal way for concentration of efforts on the main pillars of the program is the development of issues relevant to all partners of the EASP. During the discussion, it was decided that such an issue for the Eurasian region was soil salinization. 3. Partners agree that due to the breadth of geographical coverage and the wide range of the goals, funding cannot be received from a single source, so they are prepared to make an effort to search for internal and external sources of funding.

Eurasian Center for Food Security

• ECFS founded as a response of Russian Federation to the L’Aquila Food Security Initiative

• The focal area for the ECFS is the Central Asian region

• The activities include conducting and supporting research in land management and agricultural economy, education (including distant learning), and expertise

http://ecfs.msu.ru

E-consultations on the Plan of Action for the Eurasian Soil Partnership

http://edu.ecfs.msu.ru/mod/forum/view.php?id=1737

E-consultations on Economics of Land Degradation

The Plenary Session of the Eurasian Soil Partnership

• The EASP Plenary Session was held during the International Conference on Arid Land Studies (ICAL2) in Samarkand (Uzbekistan) 9-13 of September 2014

The tasks and calendar of the Eurasian Soil Partnership

•The EASP Secretariat collected the proposals for the Plan of Action until the 1st of February. •The zero draft of the Plan of Action was sent to the members of Steering Committee 15 of February. •The feedback from the members was received to the beginning of April •The Plan of Action was discussed in the form of online consultations (web forum) until the 6th of June •The Secretariat prepared the draft version of the Implementation Plan and other related documents to the Plenary Session of the EASP held in Samarkand (Uzbekistan) during the ICAL2 meeting 9-13 of September •The Steering Committee of the EASP was extended during the Plenary Session, and President and Vice-President of the EASP were elected

The Rules of Procedure

•Subregional Rules of Procedure have been developed basing on the Guidelines prepared by the GSP Secretariat

Leadership

•The President of the EASP for the period 2015-2016 will be Prof. Hukmatullo Ahmadov (Tajikistan), and Vice-Chair – Dr. Gulchekhra Khasankhanova (Uzbekistan)

A web site of EASP was developed

A web forum of EASP was launched

http://ecfs.msu.ru/ru/epp/epp.php

Web Forum

Chair H.Ahmadov

Vice-Ch G.Khasankhanova

Pillar 1 Pillar 2 Pillar 3 Pillar 4 Pillar 5

Coord. Hakki E. Erdogan (Turkey)

Igor Savin (Russia)

Svyatoslav Baliuk (Ukraine)

Ramazan Kuziev (Uzbekistan)

Hukmatullo Ahmadov (Tajikistan)

Member K.Toderich (ICBA), I. Kurganova (Russia), G.Khasankhanova (Uzbekistan), D. Akimaliev (Kyrgystan), G. Nekushoeva (Tajikistan), B.Suleimenov (Kazakhstan) V.Androkhanov (Siberia-Russia) G. Kust (Russia)

A.Tashmatov (CACAARI), B.Dosov, (CACAARI), D.Kahraman (Turkey), H. Ahmadov (Tajikistan) L. Gafurova (Uzbekistan)

J.Turok (ICARDA), E.Pankova (Russia), S.Ismail (ICBA), V. Chiriliuc (Moldova), Mzhalilova (Uzbekista) B. Sonmez (Turkey), A.Baghadasaryan (Armenia)

A.Charnysh (Belarus), I.Savin (Russia), A.Sorokin (ECFS), M. Sahin (Turkey), B.Suleimenov (Kazakhsta) V. Chiriliuc (Moldova), S. Baliuk (Ukraine)

M. Konyushkova (ECFS), G. Nekushoeva (Tajikistan), Haki E. Erdogan (Turkey), S. Baliuk (Ukraine), A.Charnysh (Belarus), R. Kuziev (Uzbekistan)

Secretariat : ECFS (P. Krasilnikov), with direct support from FAOSEC (I.Beernaerts)

Way forward of Implementation Plans

Preparation of Draft

Implementation Plan (Pillar 1 –

Antalya, October ‘14))

Plenary and Steering

Committee Meeting

(Samarkand, September’14)

Launch workshop (Moscow, Nov.’13)

Where are we starting from?

Where are we going to ? With whom?

How are we going to do it?

E-consultation

The main phases of EASP Implementation Plan

1 Communication and Mobilization • Communicate country-partners on SSM • Consultations and stakeholder dialogues • Dissemination of IP information and products 2 Institutionalization and Governance • Setting up Implementation Structures • Establishing Partnerships and Synergies 3 Resource Mobilization • Internal budget and external funds/sources • Additional funds and resources diversification 4 Operationalization • Implementation Plan for each Pillar • Scale up of SSM best practices 5 Monitoring and Evaluation • Establishing monitoring and evaluation programs • Revising program of measures • Enforcement of the rules of procedures and timeframe to oversee, monitoring, reporting

OUTCOME OUTPUTS Activity (short-term) INDICATOR (S) TIMELINE COLL. INSTITUTIONS LINKS WITH OTHER PILLARS

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Component 1. Best Practices up scaled at regional and national level

1.1 Institutional capacities enhanced for assessment and monitoring

To assist institutions to review mandate and structure

3 instution/organizations per member country, specific knowledge products related main types of land degradation(map, baseline data, database and reports)

2016-2018 EASP, MoFAL..etc

To establish a framework for regional and national geo spatial- soil information system (Pillar 4) To elaborate tools and approaches for harmonization of methods, measurements and indicators (Pillar 5)

1.2. Institutional capacities enhanced for planning and implementation

To strengfen national extension and advisory systems

3 instruction/organizations per member country, evidence -based knowledge synthesis (inventory of min 5 best practices and associated benefits for many types of LD)

2016-2018

To produce evidence -based knowledge synthesis of best practices and associated benefits on SSM (Pillar 3)

1.3. Knowledge and skills of stakeholders at all levels enhanced

To train specialist to collect, analyze and map available data number of trainers per each member

country, adapted university curriculums and training modules

2016-2019 EASP, ICBA, MoFAL

To stranding education system targeting young specialists and women (pillar 2)

To provide training for the individuals, farmers (woman) and member of water use associations, government staffs

1.4. Enabling environment provided

To support development of legislation number of countries accessing innovative financial mechanism, having new/ updated laws.

2015-2018 To develop resources mobilization strategy

Component 2. Best practices mainstreamed into national programs, investment frameworks and strategies (mitigation and adaptation)

2.1 Increased access to innovative financing mecanisms and internal resources

To develop financial mechanism and mobilize internal resources

X countries having increased allocation bughet to SSM by X % within 3 years, countries having accessed funds from 2 other alternative funding reource 2015-2018

2.2 Increased acces to innovation for Sustainable Soil Management

To scale up available technologies and successful pilot experiments

number of countries establishing innovation platform as a tool for scaling up SSM innovation

Component 3. Regional and National SSM network strengthen

3.1 Strengthening of the EASP Secretariat

To develop capability of EASP Secretariat on monitoring and implemention of SSM activities number of acivity and publication 2015-2018 EASP

To increase SSM related training, reporting and other activities

To make institutional management arrangements for cross-sectoral

2015 2018 NGO's,

Pending issues

• Finalization of the Implementation Plan for Pillar 1 • Meetings on the Implementation Plans for Pillars

2-5, and the finalization of corresponding IPs • The development of the joint Implementation Plan

not later than the second semester of 2015

International Year of Soils

• A special web site Почвовед.рф was launched for rising awareness on the IYS

• A coordinator for the IYS in Eurasia was hired by FAO • “Soil Parades” were held in several cities of Russia 05/12/2014 • Posters, booklets, badges, and many other materials with IYS logo were

prepared • Since December many conferences, competitions, and youth seminars

and schools were organized • Eurasian Confederation of Soil Science Societies plans a biannual meeting

in October 2015 in Sochi • Other meetings include conference “Science and innovative technologies

in integrated land resources management” (Uzbekistan), “Land use culture as a basis of high yield” and “Methods of improvement of irrigated lands” (Tajikistan), 5th Congress of the Belorussian Society of Soil Science and Agrochemistry and many other meetings.

• Other activities include museum expositions, publication of books and flyers, lectures for schoolchildren etc.

Thank You for your attention