Third IDMP CEE workshop: IDMP CEE progress and plans by Sabina Bokal

1. Overview of the progress (Apr – Sep 2014)
&
Plans (Oct 2014 – Mar 2015)
Sabina Bokal, Programme Manager
3rd IDMP CEE Workshop
Budapest, 2 – 4 October 20148

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

3. 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

4. Guidelines for preparation of the Drought Management Plans
1st National consultation dialouges
Review of current status of drought planning
review of exsisting Guidelines and legislative framework
2nd National consultation dialouges
Testing the Guidelines in national conditions
WP2: National planning process
2014
2013
Development of the draft Guidelines
June
October / November
April 2015
Discussion:
•completing the Guidelines with national experiences
•2nd NCD (time, content, etc.)

5. 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
O1: Final version of the Implementation Guide
May 2014
O2: Implementation Report
December 2014
Act. 1.3: Drought information exchange Platform
Main problem: limitation with providing the data (technical)

6. Act. 7.1: Good Practice Compendium
Task
Deadline
Investigate possible outcome of IDMP CEE activities and who will be the users of the GPC
Current status of existing DMPs and others policy and management documents across Europe analyzed
Information, results and good practices from IDMP CEE activities included
December 2014
Main problem: Demonstration projects – final outputs; what to include?

7. DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS

8. Act. 5.1: Increasing soil water holding capacity
„Testing several approaches to agricultural practices which can improve conditions for soil water holding capacity.“
OUTPUT: Analysis and proposals of preventive measures as a tools for drought management in agricultural practices and technologies
Act. 5.2: Drought impact on forest ecosystems
„... identification of mitigation and adaptation measures for forest ecosystems.“
OUTPUT: Remedial measures for the forest ecosystems to mitigate negative effects of the drought

9. Act. 5.3: Natural small water retention measures
„adaptation measures to mitigate negative impacts of extreme water situations“
OUTPUT: Guidelines on „Natural landscape retention – combining drought mitigation, flood protection and biodiversity conservation“
Act. 5.4: Drought Risk Management Scheme
OUTPUT: Framework for integrated drought risk mapping that can be adjusted to a given drought context.

10. Act. 5.5: Remote sensing agricultural drought monitoring methods
„... to upgrade data assessment and forecasting tools to support drought management and monitoring“. OUTPUTS:
oToolbox with the concrete identification of remote sensing and GIS data tools for agricultural drought monitoring and forecast
oGuidelines for national governments and local stakeholders to integrate the drought monitoring and intervention levels into national flood and drought protection plans

11. Act. 5.6: Upgrading agricultural drought monitoring and forecasting: the case of Ukraine and Moldova
OUTPUTS:
oUpgraded climate-zoning of Ukraine territory and Dniester River Basin territory & Drought risk maps for agro sector – identification of drought prone areas
oUpgrading of forecasting models for identification of crop yield losses (UA) & proposals for the precipitation harvesting and practices for moisture conservation (MD)
oPolicy makers and stakeholders awareness raising on droughts management/planning

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

13. o 16th session of the WMO Commission of Agricultural Meteorology in Antay, Turkey (10-12 April 2014)
oInternational Conference on Sustainability in the Water-Energy- Food Nexus in Bonn, Germany (19-20 May 2014)
oInterreg IVC thematic capitalisation event “Policy sharing, policy learning” in Brussels (22 May 2014)
o39th River Basin Management Expert Group Meeting, ICPDR in Zagreb, Croatia (5-6 May 2014)
oGWP Regional Days and Consulting Partners Meeting in Port of Spain, Trinidad (23-28 June 2014)
... and participation

14. Act. 1.4: Development of GIS Based Communication Technology Platform for the Sustainable Management of Transboundary Water Resources in Lithuania, Poland and Kaliningrad Region
to develop GIS based communication platform for the sustainable management of transboundary water resources in Lithuania, Poland, Belarus and Kaliningrad Region (Russia)
OUTPUT: compilation of joint transboundary maps on surface water, groundwater, human pressures, including (where possible) drought elements

15. Workshops
Date
1st workshop in Hodrusa Hamre, Slovakia
15 - 16 October 2013
2nd workshop in Ljubljana, Slovenia
8 - 9 April 2014
3rd IDMP CEE workshop & joint DMCSEE/GWP capcity buidling training
2 - 4 October 2014
4th workshop
March/April 2015

16. oJanusz Kindler (Warsaw University of Technology, Poland)
oSándor Szalai (Szent István University, Hungary)
oHenny A.J. van Lanen (European Drought Centre, Wageningen University, the Netherlands
oRobert Stefanski (World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland)
o1st Report (October 2013 – March 2014)
o2nd Report (April – September 2014)
Act. 6.3: Peer Review Group

17. Peer Review Group review process
accepted
accepted with
modifications
rejected
Milestone progress report
+ Annexes
PRG review - assessment
Activity Leader – reply to PRG & updating annexes
PRG Final confirmation
payment

18. Milestone reports
•quick insight into your activity
STRUCTURE:
•1. Basic information
•2. Activity Report
oShort summary of the milestone report
oWhat have been done after the previous milestone report
oDescribe the progress to the objectives of your activity
oThe expected final output(s)
oAt what stage you are now in the process of producing the final output(s)
oHave you introduced any change in the original plan as outlined in the Activity List?
oIdentify links with other IDMP CEE activities
•3. Annexes - milestones / Outputs from Activity Lists

19. Timetable
Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
1.3. Platforma Output 1 Output 2
1.4 Kaliningrad Output 1 Output 3 Output 4 Output 2
2.1 Guidelines 1st draft G
Final
Guidelines
5.1. Milestone 3 Output
5.2. Output 2 Output 3 Output 4
5.3. Milestone 3 Milestone 4 Milestone 5 Output
5.4. Output 2 Output 3
5.5. Output 2 Output 3
5.6. Milestone 3 Milestone 4 Milestone 5
7.1 Good practices
Milestone 1
Draft
Compendium
Final
Compendium
Confusing – outputs, milestones

20. Main objectives of this workshop:
oto get informed about the progress and plans till the end of the programme
oto identify main problems and challenges and create solutions how to overcome them
oto find connections between activities
oto put activities in the overall context
oto discuss continuation of the programme (which activities, funds, etc.)

21. Thank you for
your attention!
...and let‘s start
http://www.gwp.org/en/GWP-CEE/IDMPCEE/
http://www.gwp.org/en/GWP-CEE/IDMPCEE/for-Partners/