Integrated Drought Management Programme, as presented at the World Irrigation Forum, 29 Sept to 5 Oct 2013 in Turkey
1. Integrated Drought Management Programme
(IDMP)
a joint initiative of WMO and GWP
John Metzger
Head of Network Operations
1st World Irrigation Forum
29 Sept to 3 Oct 2013
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Natural and Social Dimensions of Drought
Meteorological
Agricultural Hydrological
Socio-economic
Increasing complexity of impacts and conflicts
Time/Duration of the event
Increasing emphasis on water/natural resource management
Source: Wilhite 2006
4. WMO/GWP IDMP Approach
1. To shift the focus from reactive to proactive
measures through drought mitigation, vulnerability
reduction and preparedness;
2. To integrate the vertical planning and decision
making processes at regional, national and
community levels into a multi-stakeholder
approach including key sectors, especially
agriculture and energy;
3. To promote the evolution of the drought knowledge
base and to establish a mechanism for sharing
knowledge and providing services to stakeholders
across sectors at all levels;
4. To build capacity of various stakeholders at different
levels.
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5. Objective and Aims:
Objective: “To support stakeholders at all levels by providing
policy and management guidance and by sharing scientific
information, knowledge and best practices for Integrated
Drought Management”
Aims:
1. Building climate resilience;
2. Reducing economic and social losses;
3. Cutting across sectoral, disciplinary, and institutional boundaries;
4. Responding to specific regional and national needs and
requirements
5. Alleviating poverty in drought-affected regions
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6. Structure of the IDMP
Joint Initiative
• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
• Global Water Partnership (GWP)
Operations
• Technical Support Unit (TSU) embedded in the WMO
Climate Prediction and Adaptation Branch
• Partners
Launched
• High Level Meeting on National Drought Policies
• March 2013
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7. WMO/GWP IDMP Areas of Work
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1) Development of Tools
2) Capacity Building
3) Responding to Regional
and National Needs
4) Demonstration Projects
5) Development of a
HelpDesk
8. Development of Tools
- Tools and guidelines to support
the integrated management of
droughts
- Currently development of
National Drought Management
Policy Guidelines
- Early Warning Systems and
Drought Indicators envisioned
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10. Demonstration projects
- Innovative projects to
support national and
regional needs
- First projects envisioned
on Early Warning,
applying drought
indicators, drought
mapping
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> 2,800 Partners in 170 countries:
• 13 Regional Water Partnerships
• 84 Country Water Partnerships
Secretariat, Stockholm: ± 25
Technical Committee: up to 12
A growing
international
network -
since 1996
GWP Network
12. Responding to Regional and National Needs
Regional programmes of the
IDMP in
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Proposal submitted for
regional programme in the
Horn of Africa and West Africa
- Planned: South Asia
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13. joint WMO/GWP global IDMP
programme
10 CEE countries
more then 40 organizations
Central & Eastern Europe (CEE)
Integrated Drought Management Programme (IDMP)
Policy advice + practical experiences
Elements of the CEE IDMP Programme:
•Policy advice
•Demonstration projects
•Capacity building & knowledge management
•Regional cooperation & transnational integrated approach
14. CEE- Integrated Drought Management Programme
(IDMP)
Regional
activities
Review of the current situation
Guidelines for drought strategies and
policies
National consultation dialouges
Drought information exchange Platform
Demonstration
projects
Capacity
building
Increasing soil water holding capacity
Assessment of drought impact on forest
ecosystems
Natural small water retention measures
Remote sensing agricultural drought
monitoring methods
Capacity building and training of key actors
from different sectors
From reactive to PROACTIVE approach
Sharing knowledge across sectors at all
levels
15. HelpDesk
- Modelled on APFM HelpDesk
- Entry point to contact IDMP
- Get information on Integrated
Drought Management
- Request support on Integrated
Drought Management
- To be launched next year
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17. - Established at the World Climate Conference 3 to
incorporate science-based climate information and
prediction into planning, policy and practice on the
global, regional and national scale
- Improve climate related information
- Build capacity to use this information
IDMP is a contributions to the GFCS
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For example development of National Drought Management Policy Guidelines and Tool on developing Early Warning SystemsLinked to the tools and tailor madeCurrently support to regional projects on drought management in CEE, WAF and HoA and supporting development of drought management programmes in other regionsLinked to 3) and upon requestThe HelpDesk will be the entry point/portal to contact the IDMP/ get information on IDM. Modelled on APFM HelpDesk. To be launched at World Water Week 2014 once contents developed and programme fully operational.
For example development of National Drought Management Policy Guidelines and Tool on developing Early Warning Systems
Linked to the tools and tailor made
Linked to ’Responding to Regional and National Needs’ and upon request
The HelpDesk will be the entry point/portal to contact the IDMP/ get information on IDM. Modelled on APFM HelpDesk. To be launched at World Water Week 2014 once contents developed and programme fully operational.
Principles of the framework:High priority for the needs of climate-vulnerable developing countriesPrimary focus is the better access and use of climate information by usersFramework will address needs at three spatial scales: global, regional and nationalClimate services must be operational and continuously updatedClimate information is primarily an international public good and governments will have a central role in the FrameworkFramework will encourage global, free and open exchange of climate-relevant dataFramework will facilitate and strengthen - not duplicateThe Framework will be built through partnerships