Dear Partners, Dear Members and Dear Friends,

On the occasion of the COP 25 de l’UNFCCC organized in Madrid under the Chilean Presidency (from December 2 to 13, 2019), the 4 per 1000 Initiative "Soil for Food Security and Climate" organized, with the support of the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the 3rd "4 per 1000 Initiative Day", on 11 December 2019.

This day, which is now annual and organized in conjunction with the UNFCCC COP, gathered the 5th meeting of the Consortium of Members and the 4th meeting of the Forum of Partners, in a special venue: the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Around 150 persons were present.

This 3rd "4 per 1000 Initiative day" was divided in three parts: 

• A long morning (until 3:30 PM), starting with an inaugural session including speeches from Mr. Luis PLANAS, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of Spain, Mr. Didier GUILLAUME, Minister of Agriculture and Food of France and Mr. Wolfgang ZORNBACH, Chair of the day, from the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture of Germany, followed by an introductory part bringing together personalities during a High Level Segment;
• and then the 4th Forum of Partners with, this year, only plenary sessions; this half-day was open to Members, Partners and organizations wishing to join the Initiative but who have not yet done so;
• In the afternoon, the 5th meeting of the Consortium reserved for Consortium's Members only, followed by a closing cocktail open to all.

All day long, a poster session, following those held regularly from Montpellier in June 2017, was organized in the same place.

The final Agenda of the day is available on the “Agenda page”, as well as all the preparatory documents, presentations and videos in the corresponding pages.

The Scientific and Technical Committee held its 8th meeting on Dec. 9 and 10, in order to make a contribution to the Forum and the Consortium on the day of the Initiative.

With my best regards,

Paul LUU

Executive Secretary