Integrated Drought Management Programme in Central and Eastern Europe by Sabina Bokal

1. Integrated Drought Management Programme in Central and Eastern Europe
National Consultation Drought Dialogue
Pristina, 12. 11. 2014
Sabina Bokal
GWP CEE

2. Integrated Drought Management Programme in Central and Eastern Europe
GWP CEE
Sabina Bokal
Ryn, 6 November 2014
oGlobal context of the programme
oPartnership
oMain objectives
oMain activities:
•Drought Management Plans
•National Consultation Dialogues
•Demonstration projects
•Regional cooperation
•Capacity building; awareness raising

3. From one weather extreme to another

4. Europe has been affected by several major droughts in recent decades.

5. Global context
GWP Water and Climate Programme
WMO/GWP Integrated Drought Management Programme
1. WACDEP in Africa & Caribbean
3. Global WMO/GWP IDMP and APFM
4. Deltas Climate Resilience Programme
2. Water and Climate Programmes – Asia, Latin America

6. „In terms of water resources management and climate change adaptation, countries in Central and Eastern Europe are sensitive to variability and changing precipitation patterns...increased frequency and severity of extreme weather events – increase of droughts.“ (IPCC)
need for regional and national drought policies & plans
from reactive to proactive drought management
integrated approach
Drought – reality in Central and Eastern Europe

7. Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry (LT)
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)
Department of Hydrology and Climatology, 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)
Institute of Agricultural and Forest Environment (PL)

8. •current gaps in the implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) - „...to develop a DMP as a supplementary measure, in case of obligatory measures are not sufficient to avoid water scarcity“
•national governments to help them to incorporate drought management issues into their national programs, policies and plans
•raising awareness about severe drought conditions through efficient dissemination mechanisms
•demonstrating concrete measures that can be later used in drought management in different sectors;
•sharing knowledge and best practices among countries
IDMP CEE focuses mainly on:

9. Increase the capacity of the CEE region to adapt to climatic variability by enhancing resilience to drought.

10. to facilitate national governments to incorporate drought management issues into their national programs, policies and plans
othe first step from crisis management to risk management approach
oto minimize the adverse impacts on the economy, social life, environment when drought appears
oto be prepared in advance
odirectly linked to WFD & RBMP
Guidelines
support tool
National Consultation Dialogues
acceptance at the policy level
Support the process of preparation of the
Drought Management Plans

12. •over 300 participants
•key national partners dealing with drought issues
•current status of drought management
•identification of the next steps
•to strengthen cross-sectorial cooperation on horizontal level
•to include interested public and other stakeholders to the preparation of DMPs
1st round of the National Consultation Dialogues
November – December 2013

13. national methodologies for assessment of historical drought
national drought indicator systems and evaluation methodologies
national drought classification, thresholds and early warning systems
national organizational structures to deal with drought
national program of measures for preventing and mitigating drought
national research programme supporting drought management
Objective – to provide and discuss national experiences and steps further

14. testing innovative solutions for better resilience to drought
ocollecting and analyzing data through demonstration projects is the most effective approach and contributes to the enhancement of knowledge and capacity development
opromoting innovative solutions that address critical water security challenges to enhance drought resilience of countries and communities
ofocusing on different aspects of drought management and involvement of different sectors outside „water“ sector
oresults included into Good Practice Compendium, Guidelines for DMP, GWP Toolbox, ...
DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS

15. Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia
Natural small water retention measures
to adjust to extreme climate variability; it helps retain water in the land during dry periods and slows down flood waves during flood periods
Slovakia, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Poland
Increasing soil water holding capacity
Bulgaria, Ukraine, Slovenia, Lithuania
Drought impact on forest ecosystems
measures for forest adaptation, and for mitigating the negative effects of climate change
to test the methods for improving water infiltration into the soil profile

16. Identification of agricultural drought characteristics & monitoring method through the application of remote sensing data.
Hungary, Slovakia, Romania
Remote sensing agricultural drought monitoring methods
Ukraine, Moldova
Agricultural drought monitoring and forecasting
Poland, Romania, Lithuania
Drought Risk Management Scheme
Upgrade data assessment and forecasting tools to support drought management and monitoring.
Developing a framework for an integrated operational drought risk management system that can be adjusted to a given drought context.

17. Regional cooperation
oDrought Management Center for Southeastern Europe
oCooperation with River Basin Organizations (ICPDR, ISRBC):
oobserver status
oRiver Basin Management EG & Public Participation EG
to enhance regional and transboundary cooperation in the field of drought management

18. Web-based Platform for detection, monitoring, forecasting and information exchange:
•commonly agreed products (e.g. drought indices)
•joint comparison and analysis of information
•mutual exchange of knowledge & methodologies
•direct up- and downscaling
•real-time monitoring and forecasting (early warning, preparedness)
European Drought Observatory - EDO

19. to increase the capacity and drought-related
knowledge of the key actors
Capacity building & knowledge exchange
o3 regional workshops Slovakia, October 2013; Slovenia, April 2014; Hungary, October 2014
oJoint IDMP CEE & DMCSEE capacity building training Budapest, October 2014
oGood practice Compendium
oexamples of already existing „drought plans“
ogood practices from demonstration projects

20. to raise awareness about severe drought conditions through efficient dissemination mechanisms
Web page
leaflet
Video
Photo competition
Knowledge & awareness rising

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