The document outlines guidelines for developing drought management plans (DMPs) across 10 Central and Eastern European countries, focusing on proactive and reactive strategies for drought management. It details the progress of two activities aimed at creating and refining these guidelines, including national consultation dialogues and various principles essential for effective drought management. Key milestones include the draft and finalization deadlines for the guidelines, along with examples and methodologies for assessing and managing drought effectively.

1. Guidelines for Drought Management Plans &
National Consultation dialogues
Activity 2.1 & 2.2
Elena Fatulova
3rd IDMP CEE Workshop
Budapest, 2 & 4 October 2014

2. Aim & Output
• Aim of Act. 2.1 – to develop Guidelines for Drought
Management Plans (DMPs)
• 10 CEE countries involved in the activity (BL, CZ, HU, LT,
MO, PL, RO, SK, SLO, UA)
• Partners – national GWPs and experts from individual
countries
• Final output – Guidelines for DMPs including examples of
its application within the region in Annexes
• Act. 2.2 – National Consultation Dialogues - supportive
activity for Guidelines development

3. Progress Report – Activity 2.1 & 2.2
• Activity 2.1 Guidelines
Development of the first Draft Guidelines for the
Drought Management Plans (DMP) – 30 June 2014
PRG comments – 31 August 2014
Incorporation of PRG comments – second draft of
the Guidelines – 15 September 2014
Distributions of the Guidelines to GWP chairs for
comments and completion – 15 September 2014

4. Progress Report – Activity 2.1 & 2.2
• Activity 2.2 National Consultation Dialogues (NCD)
NCD in Czech Republic – 12 June 2014
Development and distribution template for the
second NCD report (including templates for
development of the Annexes of the Guidelines) –
15 September 2014

5. • First phase completed:
 Execution of the Slovak case study
 Development of the Slovak Study Report – March
 2014 Draft of the Guidelines for DMPs – June 2014
 Draft Guidelines distributed – 15 September 2014
• Second phase:
 Second NCD organized – supportive activity for
completion of the Guidelines for DMPs
 31 December 2014 – national examples and
comments provided
 March 2015 – final output – Guidelines for DMPs
Progress Report – actual stage of the activity

6. Guidelines - Drought management approach
• A reactive approach based on crisis
management - measures and actions after a
drought event occurred
• A proactive approach based on drought risk
reduction management – preventive and
mitigating measures designed in advance in the
Drought Management plan

7. Drought Management Plan - principles
• Principle 1Drought policy is based on proactive
approach
• Principle 2 Drought Management Plan –
administrative tool for implementation of drought
policy
• Principle 3 Water Framework Directive - legislative
framework for development of DMP
• Principle 4 DMP a part of River Basin Management
Plans of WFD

8. Drought Management Plan – main principles
• Principle 5 DMP consistent with documents
developed within the CIS process (EC level)
• Principle 6 Professional experiences from other
regions are to be utilised
• Principle 7: Main elements of DMP– drought
indicators and thresholds; early warning system;
mitigation measures; organizational measures
• Principle 8 Involvement of key sectors, decision
makers, professionals, stakeholders/impacted
sectors and public participation

9. Main steps od drought preparedness planning
Step 1: Develop a drought policy and establish a Drought
management Committee
Step 2: Define the objectives of a drought risk-based
management policy
Step 3: Inventory of data needed for DMP development
Step 4: Produce/update the DMP
Step 5: Publicize the DMP to the public for comments
and active involvement
Step 6: Develop a research and science programme
Step 7: Develop an educational programme

10. Content of DMP
• drought characterization based on historical drought
events
• indicators and thresholds for classification of drought
stages
• drought early warning system implementation
• program of measures for preventing and mitigating
droughts linked to indicators systems
• organizational structure of the DMP
• update and follow-up of the DMP
• water supply specific plans
• prolonged drought in line with Article 4.6 of WFD

11. Related source documents
General guidelines:
• Drought Management Plan Report Including Agricultural,
Drought Indicators and Climate Change (Report 2007)
• WMO/GWP National Drought Management Policy
Guidelines: A Template for Action (D.A. Wilhite) EU
policy document
• Drought Management Guidelines, European
Commission, MEDA Water, MEDROPLAN

12. Related source documents
EU policy documents:
•A Blueprint to Safeguard Europe's Water Resources” COM
(2012) 673 final
•Working definitions of Water scarcity and Drought
•Water Scarcity & Drought Indicator´ Fact Sheets
National examples:
•Slovak Study report
Documents are available on IDMP CEE internal web page

13. Act. 2.2 Second National Consultation Dialogue
Second NCD in 2014 – provide input for the Guidelines
•Comments, proposals to the Draft Guidelines
•National experiences for development of the
Guideline´s Annexes I – VI (according to the distributed
templates)
Deadline for submission of the national experiences is
31 December 2014
Deadline for final version of the Guidelines for DMP is
31 March 2015

14. Act. 2.2 Second National Consultation Dialogue
Annex I: Examples of the national methodologies for
assessment of historical drought
Annex II: Examples of drought national drought indicator
systems and evaluation methodologies
Annex III: Examples of the national drought classification,
thresholds and early warning systems
Annex IV: Examples of national organizational structures to
deal with drought
Annex V: Examples of national program of measures for
preventing and mitigating drought
Annex VI: Examples of the national research programme
supporting drought management

15. Questions for discussion
1. Do you prefer taking narrow scope of NCD agenda
(DMP) or broader (NAP, RBMPs)?
2. How do you cooperate with competent authority?
3. Are data for DMP available?
4. What is the actual status of DMP production?
5. What national experiences can you provide for
Annexes I – VI of the Guidelines for DMP?
6. How to organize harmonization and adoption of
drought definitions?

16. Contact:
Elena Fatulova, GWP Slovakia
elena.fatulova@gmail.com
Thank you for your attention