This document summarizes several initiatives related to integrated drought and flood management from across the GWP network. It discusses the Integrated Drought Management Programme (IDMP) which aims to move from reactive to proactive drought management. Key components of IDMP include regional programmes in Central/Eastern Europe, the Horn of Africa, and West Africa. It also discusses the development of a Drought Management HelpDesk and National Drought Management Policy Guidelines. The document then summarizes the Associated Programme on Flood Management (APFM) and its focus on integrated flood management. It provides examples of APFM activities and publications. Finally, it discusses collaboration between APFM and the GWP network on various flood management projects and capacity building.

1. Workshop 1 on
Climate Resilience,
Integrated Drought and Flood
Management
WATER AND DISASTER RISK REDUCTION – EXAMPLES
FROM ACROSS THE GWP NETWORK
Frederik PischkeGWP CP Meeting 27 June 2014

2. Agenda:
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Introduction of the Associated Programme on
Flood Management and the Integrated Drought
Management Progamme
Frederik Pischke, GWP Programme Officer based at
WMO
The Integrated Drought Management Programme
in Central and Eastern Europe (IDMP CEE)
Sabina Bokal, Project Manager IDMP CEE
The Integrated Drought Management Programme
in the Horn of Africa (IDMP HoA)
Gerald Kairu, Project Manager IDMP HoA
South Asian Drought Monitoring System (SA
DMS)
Lal Induruwage, WACREP Programme Manager, GWP
SAS
Mainstreaming Climate Risk Management in
National Development Processes in the
Caribbean
Natalie Boodram, Programme Manager GWP
Caribbean and Keith Nichols, Caribbean Community
Climate Change Centre
Comments and Q&A Moderated by Torkil Jønch Clausen, GWP Senior
Advisor
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Reflections and introduction to questions Torkil Jønch Clausen, GWP Senior Advisor
Addressing the questions Plenary moderated by Torkil Jønch Clausen, GWP
Senior Advisor
Consolidation and wrap up Maika Müller, GWP Programme Assistant and

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4. Water and Climate Programme
Thematic
Strategy
1. Water and Climate
Development Programme
in the regions (WACDEP)
2. GWP/WMO Integrated
Drought Management
Programme (IDMP)
3. GWP/WMO Associated
Programme on Flood
Management (APFM)
4. Enabling Delta
Life initiative
OUR VEHICLES-

5. WACDEP: No/low regret investments Delta Initiative,
APFM and IDMP as a resource
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6. Enabling Delta Life initiative
A GlobalProgramme of Action – Joint GWP and Delta Alliance
The overall objective is to enhance climate resilience
and strengthen the governance and adaptive
management of deltas
The programme aims to
Increase knowledge on adaptive delta management in
the GWP and Delta Alliance network
Catalyse changes in specific deltas by creating actions
and adaptation options at different scales, from local to
global.
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7. Programme development
•Workshops to develop the initiative – Stockholm World
Water Week 2012 and GWP Consulting Partners
Meeting
•Discussion paper following up on workshops and online
discussions – March 2013
•Delta stakeholder consultation meetings in
collaboration with GWP country water partnerships and
Delta Alliance Wings – 2013
•Development of Global Programme of Action – 2014
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8. Programme backbone
•The programme follows the structure of the 8 GWP work
packages with specific attention on:
 Delta Vulnerability and Resilience Assessments
 Toolbox for adaptive delta management
 Delta Projects in Benin, Egypt, Bangladesh, Myanmar and
Cambodia/Vietnam – developed through stakeholder
consultations in collaboration with GWP Country Water
Partnerships and Delta Alliance Wings
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9. Example activities
•Bangladesh: Building climate resilience in the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta by managing for effective
water solutions
• E.g. activity: Support the development of delta plan in Bangladesh
•Benin: Support conditions improvement in the Ouémé delta to stimulate its development and to
ensure its sustainable management
• E.g. activity: Support enhanced stakeholder capacity in Ouémé delta
•Egypt: Improve the capability of the farming community to deal with water stress in the Nile delta
• E.g. activity: Support capacity building to deal with water stress in Nile delta
•Myanmar: Vulnerability assessment and impacts of and adaptive solutions for salinity intrusion in the
Ayeyarwady delta
• E.g. activity: Support development of adaptation strategy for salinity intrusion in Myanmar
•Cambodia and Vietnam: Improve climate resilience in the provincial Cambodia-Vietnam
transboundary Mekong area
• Support cooperation and knowledge sharing on water governance, agriculture and fisheries in
Mekong delta
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10. JOINT WMO-GWP PROGRAMME
ENGAGING PARTNERS
IDMP/APFM
GWP Network: 13
Regional and 84
Country Water
Partnerships
GWP expertise in
integrated
approaches to
water management
(IWRM Toolbox)
WMO expertise in
developing
guidance in
managing climate
extremes
WMO Regional
Climate Centres
and Climate
Outlook Fora WMO’s work with
National HydroMet
Services
WMO helped
establish GWPO
Collaboration on
the GFCS

11. GLOBAL FRAMEWORK FOR CLIMATE
SERVICES
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WORLD CLIMATE CONFERENCE - 3
Geneva, Switzerland
31 August–4 September 2009
GOAL:
ENABLE BETTER MANAGEMENT OF THE RISKS OF
CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE AND
ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE AT ALL
LEVELS, THROUGH DEVELOPMENT AND
INCORPORATION OF SCIENCE-BASED CLIMATE
INFORMATION AND PREDICTION INTO PLANNING,
POLICY AND PRACTICE.

12. GFCS PRIORITIES
• AGRICULTURE
• DISASTER RISK
REDUCTION
• WATER
• HEALTH

13. The GWP/WMO Associated
Programme on Flood
Management (APFM)

14. Settling on floodplains has enormous advantages…

15. …but at the same time poses great risks

16. Traditional interventions of flood management
 Emphasis on ‘Control’ rather than ‘Management’
 River morphological behaviour is not factored
 Structural measures generally disturb eco-system balance
and give a false sense of security to people
 Rather than mitigating flood risk we largely succeeded in
only shifting them spatially & temporarily
 Planned in isolation from other development issues and on
local scales (local and partial solution)
 Problem primarily addressed based on
engineering solutions (monodisciplinary)
 Comprehensive flood management policies
are neglected policy issues
 Non-structural measures:
 weak coordination
 poor communication strategies
 limited or passive community
participation

17. ◦ IFM integrates and mixes strategies
◦ Structural and Non-structural
◦ Short-term and Long-term
◦ Local and basin level measures
◦ Balances development needs and environmental concerns
◦ Addresses all aspects of Flood Management
◦ Scientific and Engineering
◦ Social Aspects
◦ Environmental Aspects
◦ Economic Aspects
◦ Legal and Institutional Aspects
◦ Adaptive Management
Towards sustainable development

18. From defensive to pro-active approaches;
From Ad-hoc to Integrated Flood Management
Towards a culture of prevention by managing flood risk &
living with floods;
Balancing flood risk and achieving sustainable development
needs;
Change in decision making processes to include risk
management approaches.
Paradigm shift required

19. Mission
“to support countries in the integrated
management of floods within the overall
framework of Integrated Water Resources
Management.”
Associated Programme on Flood Management (APFM)
Joint Initiative between World Meteorological Organization and
Global Water Partnership
Technical Support Unit embedded in the Hydrology and Water
Resources Branch (5 staff)
Founded in 2001
Contributors USAID and Switzerland
In-kind contribution from Germany

20. Activities of the APFM
 Compilation of guidance and advisory tools
 Capacity Building
 Strategic advice on flood management
through a HelpDesk
• Developing training and advocacy material
• Capacity building
• Building a network of institutions supporting multi-
disciplinary approach

21. APFM publications
 Integrated Flood Management Concept Paper
 Flood Management Policy Series
 IFM Tools Series
 Training manuals

22.  Formulating a Basin Flood Management
Plan
 Conducting Flood Loss Assessments
 Applying Environmental Assessment for FM
 Organizing Community Participation for FM
 Reservoir Operations and Managed Flows
 Urban Flood Risk Management
 The Role of Land Use Planning in FM
 Risk Sharing in Flood Management
 Flood Management in a Changing Climate
 IFM as an Adaptation Tool for Climate
Change: case studies
IFM Tool Series
Guidance documents applying the IFM context
 Flood Emergency Planning
 Management of Sediment-related Risks
 Conservation and Restoration of Rivers
and Floodplains
 Urban Flood Management in a
Changing Climate
 Flood Proofing
 Management of Flash Floods
 Coastal and Delta Flood Management
 Transboundary Flood Management
 Flood Forecasting and Early Warnings
 Flood Mapping

23. The challenge
What is needed?
Identification of problems and gaps
What is possible?
presenting opportunities and existing capacities
APFM provides:
Vocational training (short training and workshops for
different target groups)
Specific topics and contact with experts:
Integrated flood management,
urban flood management,
community-based approaches
Development of National Strategies that apply the
IFM concept
Capacity development & training
IFM for flood hazard
mapping, Japan
National strategy on IFM, Lao PDR

24. Integrated Flood Management HelpDesk
No Disaster
Assistance
or
Flood
Emergency
Response
Functions !!!

25. HelpDesk Support Base
institutes specialized in various disciplines relevant for IFM
Technical input
Beneficiaries
Government agencies on various levels, CBOs, RBOs,
Voluntary Organizations, Bi- and Multilateral Organizations,
Universities
Request for assistance, preparation of project proposal,
supervision of technical implementation
Mail to
floodmanagement
@wmo.int
Integrated Flood Management HelpDesk

26. Support Base Partners
Specialized institutes in various disciplines relevant for IFM
http://www.floodmanagement.info

27. APFM and the GWP Network since mid-2013
- Developed Flood Management modules for WACDEP Capacity Development
Programme
- Coastal Flood Management capacity building and pilot project with GWP Vietnam
- Coastal Flood Management capacity building and pilot project with GWP Bangladesh
- Community flood management capacity building and pilot project with GWP Nepal
- Support with Resource Person on Integrated Flood Management to ”Roundtable on
Flood Control and Strategies of Floodplain Economic Development in the Downstream of
Yellow River” organized by GWP Yellow River China
- Integrated Flood Management capacity development and project development with
GWP West Africa and CWPs of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana,
Mali, Nigeria, Senegal.
- Offer to support Integrated Urban Water Management capacity development
modules
- Advice to GWP Caribbean on Pilot Project/ Publication on ”Advancing Ecological and
Environmentally Friendly Approaches for Integrated Flood Management in Caribbean
Island Watersheds”
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28. Integrated Drought
Management
Programme (IDMP)

29. The Cycle of Disaster Management
Source: Wilhite 2006

30. IDMP Approach
1. 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.

31. Engaging Partners
• High interest at the global level IDMP
Advisory Committee attended by 15
organizations
• Exchange of letters with interested
Organizations and defining activities of
cooperation using the IDMP as a platform.
• On development of IDMP Help Desk, IDMP
will engage Support Based Partners (SBP)
to respond to Help Desk requests
• Partners will focus on technical area of
mutual interest

32. Organization that confirmed
their interest to participate in
IDMP (Status June 2014)
•Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations (FAO)
•United Nations Convention to Combat
Desertification (UNCCD)
•Australian Bureau of Meteorology
•Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
•International Center for Agricultural Research
in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
•International Commission for Irrigation and
Drainage (ICID)
•International Water Management Institute
(IWMI)
•Joint Research Centre (JRC)
•Mexico’s National Water Commission
(CONAGUA)
•Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)
•U.S. National Drought Mitigation Center
(NDMC)
•UNDP Cap-Net
•United Nations Development Progamme
(UNDP)
•United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
•United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP)
•United Nations Office for Disaster Risk
Reduction (UNISDR)
•University of Nebraska Daugherty Water for
Food Institute
•University of Southern Queensland
•UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity
Development
•World Bank

33. Expected Outcomes IDMP
The IDMP aims to add value and close the gaps with regard to:
•Better scientific understanding of, and inputs for, drought
management;
•Improved knowledge base, with better access to information and
products;
•Capacity for drought risk assessment, monitoring, prediction
and early warning;
•Improved policy and planning for drought preparedness and
mitigation across sectors; and
•Drought risk reduction and response.

34. IDMP Components
Governance and Partner Engagement
Knowledge and
Awareness
Capacity
Development
Innovative
Practices
Integrated Drought Management at the
Regional and National Level

35. IDMP CEE -
Central and
Eastern
Europe
IDMP HoA –
Horn of
Africa
IDMP WA –
West Africa

36. IDMP CEE -
Central and
Eastern
Europe
IDMP HoA –
Horn of
Africa
IDMP WA –
West Africa
National
Drought
Mgmt. Policy
Guidelines

37. National Drought
Management Policy
Guidelines
• Response to need articulated at High-
level Meeting on National Drought
Policy (HMNDP)
• Template that can be adapted to
national realities and needs
• Building on existing risk management
capacities
• Adapting of 10-step process by Don
Wilhite (National Drought Mitigation
Center at the University of Nebraska-
Lincoln)

38. IDMP CEE -
Central and
Eastern
Europe
IDMP HoA –
Horn of
Africa
IDMP WA –
West Africa
Drought
Management
HelpDesk
National
Drought
Mgmt. Policy
Guidelines

39. Planned: Drought Help Desk
- Modelled on Integrated Flood Management
HelpDesk (www.floodmanagement.info)
- Entry point to contact IDMP
- Get existing information (Find)
on Integrated Drought Management
- Request support (Ask for help)
on Integrated Drought Management
- Connect to activities/ other initiatives
- To be launched with first availability in late 2014
- Will be web based and respond to specific requests

40. www.droughtmanagement.info

41. IDMP CEE -
Central and
Eastern
Europe
IDMP HoA –
Horn of
Africa
IDMP WA –
West Africa
Drought
Management
HelpDesk
National
Drought
Mgmt. Policy
Guidelines
South Asian
Drought
Monitor

42. IDMP CEE -
Central and
Eastern
Europe
IDMP HoA –
Horn of
Africa
IDMP WA –
West Africa
Drought
Mgmt.
HelpDesk
National
Drought
Mgmt. Policy
Guidelines
PRONACOSE
Mexico
South Asian
Drought
Monitor
Planned:
Drought
indices in
North Africa
Planned:
Overview of
Drought
Indices
Capacity
Building in
Central
America
International
Workshop
Turkey
Case Studies

43. frederik.pischke@gwp.org