Opening, approval of the agenda and group picture

• Ms. Anne Muriuki, Chair of the African Soil PartnershipMs.
• Miriam Ostinelli, Chair of GLOSOLAN
• Ms. Lesego Mooketsi-Selepe, Chair of AFRILAB

Item 1. Updates from GLOSOLAN and the Global Soil Partnership

Mr. Yuxin Tong, GSP Secretariat – FAO

Item2.Updates from AFRILAB and report on the in-person AFRILAB training in Dakar

Ms. Lesego Mooketsi-Selepe, Chair of AFRILAB

Item 3. Other sub-regional and national activities

• RECSOIL in Togo and lab training | Mr. Elh Moudi Moustapha Abdourahaman, GLOSOLAN vice-Chair
• Lab training in Rwanda | Ms. Lesego Mooketsi-Selepe, Chair of AFRILAB
• World Soil Day event and laboratory training in Djibouti | Mr. Sougueh Cheik, vice-Chair of AFRILAB
• Updates on the national soil laboratory networks
  • Ghana
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Zimbabwe

Moderator: Mr. Rolf Mabicka Obame, AFRILAB Steering Commitee

Item 4. Next capacity building opportunities 

• Next webinar series and in-person training sessions | Mr. Filippo Benedetti, GLOSOLAN coordinator
• Establishment of AFRILAB working groups on health and safety, waste management and lab management | Ms. Hanane Aroui, AFRILAB Steering Committe

Item 5. Proficiency Tests (PTs)

• AFRILAB/NENALAB PT 2023 | Mr. Michael Watts, GLOSOLAN Technical Committee
• GLOSOLAN global PT 2024 | Mr. Christian Hartmann, GLOSOLAN Steering Committee
• National PTs (examples from Ethiopia, Senegal) | Moderators: Mr. Takesure Tendayi and Mr. Sougueh Cheik, AFRILAB vice-Chairs

Item 6. Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) | | Mr. Filippo Benedetti, GSP Secretariat – FAO

• GLOSOLAN harmonization process and updates 
• Harmonization of methods of regional interest
• GLOSOLAN documents to be translated (prioritization exercise)

Item 7. AFRILAB roadmap 2023-2025

• Identification of priorities
• Presentation of the work plan | Moderator: Mr. Joseph Uponi, AFRILAN Steering Committee

Item 8. Renew of AFRILAB governance | Moderator: Mr. Filippo Benedetti, GSP Secretariat – FAO

Item 9. Wrap up and closure of the meeting

Item 10. Closure of the meeting