Global Soil Partnership

Presentations | 6th LATSOLAN meeting

8-9 November 2023 , Online (Zoom platform)

Day 1 – November 8, 2023

Opening, endorsement of the agenda and group picture 

  • Sol Ortiz García, president of the Soil Alliance for Latin America and the Caribbean
  • María Cristina Suárez, president of LATSOLAN
  • Miriam Mabel Ostinelli, president of GLOSOLAN
  • Filippo Benedetti, GLOSOLAN Coordinator - FAO

Item 1. Updates on the Global Soil Laboratory Network (GLOSOLAN) and the World Soil Alliance (WSA/FAO)

  • Yuxin Tong, FAO

Item 2. Updates on LATSOLAN and regional activities

  • LATSOLAN Status | María Cristina Suárez, president of LATSOLAN
  • SOILCARE Project (CARLAN - Caribbean Network)
  • Resource mobilization | Carolina Olivera Sánchez, ASLAC Facilitator - FAO

Moderator: Filippo Benedetti, GLOSOLAN Coordinator - FAO

Item 3. Presentation of the countries (National Reference Laboratories)

Antigua e Barbuda, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Giamaica, Messico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela

Moderator: Miriam Ostinelli, president of GLOSOLAN

Item 4. Presentation of candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency of LATSOLAN

Closing of Day 1 of the meeting

Day 2 – November 9, 2023

Item 5. Interlaboratory Controls – Aptitude Tests

Moderator: Floria Bertsch, vice president of LATSOLAN

Item 6. Standard Operating Procedures (harmonized protocols) (SOPs)

  • GLOSOLAN harmonization process | Mr. Filippo Benedetti, FAO
  • Harmonization of methods of regional interest
  • Translation of GLOSOLAN documents (prioritization)
  • Upcoming webinars

Moderator: María Cristina Suárez, president of LATSOLAN

Item 7. LATSOLAN Governance Renewal

Moderator: Mr. Filippo Benedetti, GSP Secretariat – FAO

Item 8. Closing remarks