The document provides an overview of the Integrated Drought Management Programme (IDMP) in Central and Eastern Europe. The IDMP aims to help countries improve drought monitoring and management policies to increase preparedness and reduce impacts. It also seeks to raise awareness, combine existing platforms, demonstrate management measures, and share knowledge. The IDMP has over 40 partner organizations across 10 countries. It has conducted workshops and studies since 2011. Upcoming work includes national consultation dialogues, demonstration projects on soil management and forecasting, and developing guidelines, training, and platforms to build capacity and partnerships around integrated drought management in the region.

1. Integrated Drought
Management Programme
Overview
1st IDMP CEE Workshop
Hodrusa Hamre; 15 October 2013
Sabina Bokal, IDMP Programme Manager

2. 
Challenges ...
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What have we done till now?
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Partnership
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Key objectives
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Outputs
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Workplan

3. Challenges ...
o helping countries to improve national drought
monitoring and management policies (DMP) – to
increase preparedness and reducing drought
impacts;
o raising awareness about severe drought conditions through
efficient dissemination mechanisms;
o combining / joining already existing drought platforms for
exchanging drought data, relevant for drought detection and
monitoring;
o demonstrating concrete measures that can be later used in
drought management policies in different sectors;
o sharing knowledge and best practices among countries.

4. Key objectives
o Develop understanding, knowledge and promote state-of-theart technology for integrated drought management;
o Map and assess the impact of droughts, promote adaptation of
best practices and develop drought policies based on scientific
knowledge;
o Initiate demonstration projects by involving local communities;
o Facilitate national governments to incorporate drought
management in their national programs and policies;
o Synthesize country findings, development monitoring
framework, regional drought management platform,
o Raise awareness about severe drought conditions through
efficient dissemination mechanisms, such as learning platform,
training and workshops/seminars.

5. What have we done till now?
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2011:
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Task Force was established
to prepare a review of existing drought risks,
policies and strategies in CEE countries
October 2012:
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Inception report & Regional Workshop in
Bratislava

6. What have we done till now?
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January 2013:
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Development of the final workplan, budget
and stakeholder list – submitted to GWPO
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February 2013: Official start of the IDMP CEE
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March 2013: Programme Manager was selected

7. April – June
Planning phase
description of the
final output
more detailed
detailed budget
implementation
description of the
defining
plan
activity
contributing
partners

8. June – September
Implementation phase
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June: Submission of revised version of IDMP CEE
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July: Self-hosting status - Contracting
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August:
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Establishment of a Peer Review Group
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Start of demonstration projects

9. Partnership
• 10 CEE countries: Bulgaria, Czech
Republic, Hungary, Lithuania,
Moldova, Poland, Romania,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
• Over 40 differnet organizations:
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Ministries & state agencies
Universities
Hydro-Meteo services
Research institutes
River basins directorates
Regional centres: DMCSEE

10. Workplan
O1: Investments in regional and national
development
O2: Innovative Green Solutions
O3: Knowledge management and capacity
development
O4: Partnership and sustainability

11. O1: Investments in regional and national
development
WP1: Regional and
Trasboundary Cooperation
• Act.1.1: Cooperation with
international basin commissions
and regional organizations
• Act. 1.2: Review of the current
status of the implemetation of
DM plans and measures within
RBMP according to EU WFD
• Act.1.3: Drought information
exchange Platform
WP2: National planning
processes
• Act. 2.1: Guideline for
Drought Management Plan
• Act. 2.2: National
Consultation dialogues

12. O2: Innovative Green Solutions
5.1: Increasing
soil water
holding capacity
5.6: Agricultural
drought monitoring
and forecasting
5.5: Remote sensing
agricultural drought
monitoring methods
5.2: Drought
impact on forest
ecosystems
WP5
5.4: Drought Risk
Management
Scheme
5.3: Natural small
water retention
measures

13. O3: Knowledge management and capacity
development
WP6: Capacity Development
WP7: Knowledge and
awareness
• Act. 6.1: Workshops
• Act. 6.2: Capacity Building
Trainings
• Act. 6.3: Peer Review Group
• Act. 7.1: Good practice
Compendium
• Act. 7.2: Rising awareness

14. O4: Partnership and sustainability
WP8: Governance and Fundraising
• Act. 8.1: Improving
fundraising capacity of CWP
and RWP

15. IDMP CEE
GWP Global
Water & Climate
Programme
GWP / WMO
Global IDMP