6th NENA Plenary meeting, 18 - 19 November 2020, virtual meeting Mr. Abdel Hamied Hamid

1. TCP/RAB/3802
Capacity Development for the Sustainable
Management of Soil Resources in NENA
Region to Achieve the Sustainable
Development Goals
Project Launching
19 November 2020
Abdel Hamied Adam Hamid
AbdelHamied.Hamid@fao.org

2. WHY TCP ON SOIL
Responding to:
 low awareness on importance of soil and need for its
conservation and sustainable management
 Growing threat of Soil degradation
 Joint call from Arab Ministers of Agriculture and
Water “Establishing a sustainable regional
mechanism to build individual and institutional
capacities necessary to plan, design, and implement
water and land management programs efficiently”.

3. BASIC INFORMATION
 12 NENA countries (Egypt, Jordan, Iran,
Morocco, Lebanon, Iraq, Sudan, Tunisia, Yemen,
Palestine, Oman, Syria)
 Start date 21 October 2020
 End date 20 May 2022
 Total Budget USD 400,000

4. EXCEPEDTED PROJECT RESULTS
Impact: to improve environmental and human wellbeing
through the sustainable management of soil resources
Outcome: Regional and national knowledge on soil
conditions and management is shared and capacity of
stakeholders on SSM practices and use of related tools is
enhanced

5. EXPECTED PROJECT RESULTS
•Output 1: Understanding soil characteristics/challenges
and management practices is enhanced
•Activity 1.1. National assessment of soil conditions
•Activity 1.2. Regional assessment and compilation of
data
•Activity 1.3. Regional workshop to increase awareness
on status of soils in NENA and tools available to preserve
and sustainably manage them

6. EXPECTED PROJECT RESULTS
Output 2: National capacities for the implementation of
normative tools on sustainable soil management are
strengthened
Activity 2.1. Regional webinars on soil salinity and soil
erosion assessment and management
Activity 2.2. Regional laboratory workshops under the
framework of the GLOSOLAN
•Activity 2.3. Build capacity of national reference
laboratories

7. EXPECTED PROJECT RESULTS
Output 3: Regional and inter-regional collaboration on
SSM strengthened
Activity 3.1. Hold the 6th and 7th meetings of the NENA
Soil Partnership
•Activity 3.2. Participate in the 9th Global Soil Partnership
Plenary Assembly

8. IMPLEMENTATION PARTNERS
 Ministries of Agriculture in the 12 countries.
 Other entities designated/identified by the MoA as
partner.

9. SUSTAINABILITY OF PROJECT RESULTS
 Project will enhance food and nutrition and water
security by addressing soil salinity and soil physical
degradation;
 Using gender balance as a criteria for participation in
training events and development of relevant products
with gender-sensitive analytical tools duly applied
throughout project implementation.
 Capacity development activities guided by the needs
of various groups identified during implementation

10. SUSTAINABILITY OF PROJECT RESULTS
 Project activities not intend to have adverse effects
on indigenous people’s rights, lands, natural
resources, territories, livelihoods, knowledge,
traditions, governance systems, and culture or
heritage

11. SUSTAINABILITY OF PROJECT RESULTS
 The project spires to achieve two paradigm shifts:
 Disseminated technology incorporates sustainable
agricultural techniques and local knowledge
 Institutional frameworks establish multi-stakeholder
and multisectoral mechanisms to produce wide spread
change and provide countries and the region with a
model of integration and collaboration

12. Thanks for
your attention