IDMP CEE 2nd workshop: IDMP CEE Progress and Plans by Sabina Bokal

Progress in 2013 and plans for 2014

Sabina Bokal, Programme Manager

2nd IDMP CEE Workshop Ljubljana, 8 April 2014

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

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

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

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.

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)

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

detailed budget more detailed description of the

activity defining contributing

partners

description of the final output

implementation plan

April – June Planning phase

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

.... after June the real work started!

Global Water and Climate Programme

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

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

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

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

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

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

Guidelines

Final Version

WP2: National planning process

2nd National consultation

dialogues

Guidelines

Draft version

1st National consultation

dialogues

testing in national conditions

existing

Guidelines 2013

2014

June October / November April 2015

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/

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)

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

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“

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“.

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

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

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/

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

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

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

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.“

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, ...

http://www.gwp.org/en/GWP-CEE/IDMPCEE/

http://www.gwp.org/en/GWP-CEE/IDMPCEE/for-Partners/

Thank you for your attention!