1. Progress in 2013 and plans for 2014
Sabina Bokal, Programme Manager
2nd IDMP CEE Workshop
Ljubljana, 8 April 2014

2. 1. Key principles & objectives & partnership
2. Progress in 2013:
o planning phase (April – June 2013)
o implementation phase (from June 2013 on)
3. Progress within each activity (October – December
2013)
4. Plans for 2014

3. 4 key principles of the programme
From
reactive to
proactive
approach
Vertical
planning &
horizontally
integrated
sectors
Knowledge
base &
sharing best
practices
building
capacity for
integrated
drought
management

4. Regional
cooperation
National
planning
processes
Demonstration
projects
Capacity
Development
Knowledge
and awareness
Partnership
and
sustainability Increase the capacity of
the CEE region to adapt
to climatic variability by
enhancing resilience to
drought.
OBJECTIVES ACTIVITES

5. Specific objectives:
• Develop understanding and knowledge, and promote state-of-the-art
technology, through documentation, consultative workshops, dialogues and
networking for integrated drought management.
• Map and assess the impact of droughts, promote the adaptation of best
practices, incorporate risk mitigation/reduction, and develop drought policies
based on scientific knowledge.
• Facilitate the capacity of national governments to incorporate assessments on
drought management into their national programs and policies.
• Synthesize country findings and develop regional drought policy, a monitoring
framework, and a regional drought management platform.
• Raise awareness about severe drought conditions through efficient
dissemination mechanisms, such as a learning platform, training and
workshops/seminars.

6. Partners
National Scientific Center
for Global Changes (BG)
Research Institute for Soil
and Water Conservation
(CZ)
10 Country Water
Partnerships & 40
organizations
University of Debrecen (HUN)
Vilnius University (LT)
Institute of Ecology
and Geography (MD)
Institute of Agricultural and
Forest Environment (PL)
Institute of Meteorology
and Water Management (PL)
National Meteorological
Administration (ROM)
Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute
Soil Science and Conservation
Research Institute (SK)
Slovenian Forestry Institute
Biotechnical Faculty (SLO)
Limnos Ltd. (SLO)
Ukrainian Research Institute
of Forest and Forest Melioration (UA)

7. January 2013:
• Development of the final workplan, budget and
stakeholder list – submitted to GWPO
February 2013: Official start of the IDMP CEE
March 2013: Programme Manager was selected
IDMP CEE in 2013

8. detailed budgetmore detailed
description of the
activity defining
contributing
partners
description of the
final output
implementation
plan
April – June Planning phase

9. June: submission of revised version of IDMP CEE
July: self-hosting status - Contracting
August:
o establishment of a Peer Review Group
o start of demonstration projects
June – September Implementation phase

10. .... after June the real work started!

11. Global Water and Climate Programme

12. Investments in regional and
national development
WP1: Regional and Trasboundary
Cooperation
WP2: National planning processes
1.1
• Regional cooperation
1.2
• Review of the current status
1.3
• Drought information exchange
Platform
1.4
• GIS based communication
technology platform

13. o Drought Management Center for
Southeastern Europe
o Cooperation with River Basin
Organizations (ICPDR, ISRBC):
• observer status
• River Base Management Expert Group
(May, 2014 in Zagreb)
o European Drought Observatory (EDO) -
platform for exchanging drought
information
Act. 1.1: Cooperation with
international basin commissions and
regional organizations

14. o High Level Meeting on National Drought Policy, 11-15 March
2013; Geneva
o Climate Change Conference, 3-14 June 2013; Bonn
o UNECE - workshop on adaptation to climate change in
transboundary basins (25-26 June 2013) and meeting of the Task
Force on Water and Climate (27 June 2013)
o 2nd Pan-EU Drought Dialogue Forum, 6 November 2013; Brussels
o EUROPE-INBO 2013: 11th European conference on the Water
Framework Directive (WFD)
o 1st Danube workshop on Natural Water Retention Measures, 28-
29 January 2014, Hungary
o International Drought Management Workshop in Ankara, 4-5
March 2014, Ankara
... and participation

15. Task Deadline
Development of the
Questionnaire
Draft report
Collecting comments
Final report
Act. 1.2: Review of the current status of
the implementation of DM plans and
measures within RBMP according to EU
WFD

16. Act. 1.3: Drought information exchange Platform
Task Deadline
Draft version of Implementation guide
Survey on properties of available data
Workshop
List of available data sources and list of planned
products to be included in the platform
Final version of Implementation report
September 2014
December 2014

17. Investments in regional
and national
development
WP1: Regional and
Transboundary Cooperation
WP2: National planning
processes
1.1
• Regional cooperation
1.2
• Review of the current status
1.3
• Drought information exchange
Platform
1.4
• GIS based communication
technology platform
2.1
• Guidelines for Drought
Management Plan
2.2
• National Consultation
dialogues

18. Guidelines
Final Version
WP2: National planning process
2nd National
consultation
dialogues
Guidelines
Draft version
1st National
consultation
dialogues
testing in national
conditions
existing
Guidelines2013
2014
June October / November April 2015

19. Country Date
Bulgaria 3.4.2014
Czech Republic 3.12.2013
Hungary 3.12.2013
Lithuania 19.12.2013
Moldova 23.12.2013
Poland 9.1.2014
Romania 27.2.2014
Slovakia 26.11.2013
Slovenia 6.2.2014
Ukraine 10.12.2013
National Consultation Dialogues (NCDs) – 1st round
Reports on:
http://www.gwp.org/en/GWP-
CEE/IDMPCEE/National-Planning/

20. o identification of the national key
partners dealing with or being responsible for
drought management issues
o general information on the programme
o discussion on the questionnaire (act. 1.2)
o introduction of the act. 2.1 “Guidelines for
Drought Management Plan”
Act. 2.2: National Consultation
Dialogues (NCDs)

21. Innovative Green
Solutions
WP5: Demonstration projects
5.1
• Increasing soil water holding
capacity
5.2
• Drought impact on forest
ecosystems
5.3
• Natural small water retention
measures
5.4
• Drought Risk Management
Scheme
5.5
• Remote sensing agricultural
drought monitoring methods
5.6
• Remote sensing agricultural
drought monitoring methods

22. Act. 5.1: Increasing soil water holding capacity
„Testing several approaches to agricultural practices which can
improve conditions for soil water holding capacity.“
Act. 5.2: Drought impact on forest ecosystems
„... identification of mitigation and adaptation
measures for forest ecosystems.“
Act. 5.3: Natural small water retention measures
Guidelines on „Natural landscape retention – combining drought
mitigation, flood protection and biodiversity conservation“

23. Act. 5.4: Drought Risk Management Scheme
Developing a framework for an integrated operational drought risk
management system that can be adjusted to a given drought
context.
Act. 5.5: Remote sensing agricultural drought monitoring methods
„Identification of agricultural drought characteristics & monitoring
methods through the application of remote sensing data.“
Act. 5.6: Remote sensing agricultural drought monitoring methods
„... to upgrade data assessment and forecasting tools to support
drought management and monitoring“.

24. Knowledge management
and capacity development
WP6: Capacity
Development
WP7: Knowledge and
awareness
6.1
• Workshops
6.2
• Capacity Building Trainings
6.3
• Peer Review Group

25. Act. 6.1 & 6.2: Workshops
Workshop Date
1st workshop in Hodrusa Hamre, Slovakia 15-16 October 2013
2nd workshop in Ljubljana, Slovenia 8-9 April 2014
3rd workshop (+capacity building training) – joint
workshop with DMCSEE in Budapest, Hungary
7-9 October 2014
4th workshop 2015

26. Training / workshop Date
Workshop for partners (act. 5.3) in Warsaw 28-29 October 2013
Training for partners (act. 5.2) in Ljubljana 14-15 November 2013
Workshop for parterres and stakeholder in
Szarvas (act. 5.5)
22-23 November 2013
Workshop for partners (act. 5.4) in Wroclaw 27-30 November 2013
Workshop for partners (act. 5.1) in Prague 4-5 December 2013
Act. 6.2: Capacity building trainings
„capacity building trainings/workshop“ for partners
Reports on partners site:
http://www.gwp.org/en/GWP-CEE/IDMPCEE/for-Partners/

27. Act. 6.3: Peer Review Group
o Janusz Kindler (Warsaw University of Technology,
Poland)
o Sándor Szalai (Szent István University, Hungary)
o Henny A.J. van Lanen (European Drought Centre,
Wageningen University, the Netherlands
o Robert Stefanski (World Meteorological
Organization, Geneva, Switzerland)
o October – December 2013
o general observations & detail comments for
each activity

28. Knowledge management
and capacity development
WP6: Capacity
Development
WP7: Knowledge and
awareness
6.1
• Workshops
6.2
• Capacity Building Trainings
6.3
• Peer Review Group
7.1
• Good practice
Compendium
7.2
• Communication activities

29. Act. 7.1: Good Practice Compendium
„Mix of existing information and accomplishments of IDMP CEE
(success stories from WP2 and WP5) and good practice on
drought management outside of our region.“
Task Deadline
Activity list prepared
Presentation of the content and process of preparation at the
workshop
Analyses of the current status of existing Drought
Management plans across the Europe and other existing
drought policy and management documents
Include information, results and good practices from IDMP CEE
activities
August 2014
December 2014

30. Act. 7.2: Communication activities
... „to raise the visibility of the programme and to increase the
awareness of drought issues in the CEE region, communicating the
knowledge gathered, and supporting the programme in reaching
political and governmental authorities.“

31. Partnership and
sustainability
WP8: Governance and
Fundraising
8.1
• Improving fundraising
capacity of CWP and RWP
o 59 agreements signed in 2013
o 12 more in 2014
o discussion on follow-up proposals, additional funds, EU projects, ...

32. http://www.gwp.org/en/GWP-CEE/IDMPCEE/
http://www.gwp.org/en/GWP-CEE/IDMPCEE/for-Partners/
Thank you for
your attention!