PREPSOIL Final Event: Facilitating the deployment of the Mission Soil across European regions
Final event Location: European Committee of the Regions - Jacques Delors building, Rue Belliard 99/101, 1040 Brussels I Room JDE 51 and Atrium 5 (5th floor)
Date: 26 May 2025
The PREPSOIL Final Event on May 26, 2025, in Brussels will bring together key stakeholders to advance soil health policies across Europe.
With engaging discussions on the Mission Soil initiative and the Soil Monitoring Law, the event aims to drive regional action for sustainable soil management.
Do not miss out on the expert sessions and panel discussions:
- Facilitating the transposition of the Soil Monitoring Law at the territorial level: challenges and opportunities for public authorities
- The regional role of Soil Health Living Labs for multi-actor co-creation
- Integrating soil health across civil society and giving a voice to local actions
- Capacity building and competence development at national level
There will be time for networking as well.
Discover the agenda and fill out the form below to express your interest in joining us!
Express your interest to join the event
IMPORTANT: Submitting the form serves as a pre-registration and does not guarantee a spot at the event. Due to limited capacity, the PREPSOIL team will review all submissions and notify you regarding the confirmation of your participation.
Agenda
08:30 - 09:00 Registration and welcome coffee
The registration desk will open at 08:00
09:00 - 09:10 Welcome
Niels Halberg, PREPSOIL Coordinator, AU
- 09:30 - 10:45 SESSION 1: Facilitating the transposition of the soil monitoring law at territorial level: challenges and opportunities for public authorities
09:30 – 09:45
Regional soil needs assessments and strategic research needs
Drivers for decision making on land use and soil management, effects on soil health, ecosystem services impacts and options for soil improving response measures
Saskia Keesstra, WUR, WP2 Leader at PREPSOIL project
09:45 – 10:45
Panel discussion Session 1: The Soil Monitoring Law: expectations of soil management and consequences for soil districts calling for coordinated action
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break
- 11:15 - 12:45 SESSION 2: The regional role of Soil Health Living Labs for multi-actor co-creation
11:15 – 11:30
Support to Living Labs in the form of a Service Package to accelerate the adoption, maturity and optimizing the running of Living Labs and Lighthouses
Isabelle Couture, ENoLL, WP4 PREPSOIL
11:30 – 11:45
Soil Health Living Labs as reference points for monitoring and development of soil remediation plans (15min presentation from project(s) addressing soil pollution and remediation e.g. Mission projects/Interreg projects)
11:45 – 12:45
Panel discussion Session 2: Living Labs as set-ups for co-creation and knowledge transfer with a regional impact
12:45 – 14:00 Lunch
- 14:00 - 15:30 SESSION 3: Integrating soil health across civil society and giving a voice to local actions
14:00 – 14:15
Exemplary practices for co-learning in soil health
Jenny Barron, SLU, PREPSOIL
14:15 – 14:30
Engaging Communities of Practice across Europe as agents of transition advocating for soil health
Tove Ortman, NIBIO, PREPSOIL
14:30 – 14:45
Improving access to information on soils and ensuring engagement of civil society
Valeriya Fetisova, Trust-IT, PREPSOIL
14:45 – 15:30
Panel discussion Session 3: What can we do to give a voice to local actions to reach a deeper level of engagement that involves all actors across society?
- 15:30 - 16:15 SESSION 4: Capacity building and competence development at national level
Understanding and supporting Mission Soil national mirror groups and how national soil hubs can expand into wider multi-actor forums at national level bringing together multiple stakeholders
Flavien Poincot, ACTA, PREPSOIL
15:45 – 16:00
Capacity building for improved monitoring knowledge base
José Luis Pita-Romero Herrero, INIA-CSIC, PREPSOIL
16:00 – 16:15
Reflections and Q&A
16:15 - 16:30 Wrapping up and conclusions
Niels Halberg, AU, PREPSOIL
16:30 - 17:15 Networking drinks and refreshment