REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

SLOVENIAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY

Drought management center for SE

Europe (DMCSEE)

and

IDMP programme

Gregor Gregorič

Slovenian Environment Agency / DMCSEE

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MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

SLOVENIAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY

DMCSEE –

course

of activities

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MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

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DMCSEE

- network of 13 SEE countries

- 11 international workshops andtraining (5 with practical“hands-on” sessions)

- monthly drought bulletin

Participation in IDMP CEE:

Data exchange platformCompendium of good practices

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What is “platform”

• An information architecture and an intelligent infrastructure that enables exchange of data, relevant for drought analysis, as well as continous automated sensing, monitoring and decision support for drought risk management operations.

• Task: review existing platforms and make a proposal for an integration of IDMP products and data into one of them in order to design a common concept of capacity development and knowledgetransfer.

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Examples – WMO network

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U. S. Drought Monitor

map is updated weekly

by combining a variety of

drought indices and indicators

importance of local expert

input and subjective adjustment

result: single composite

drought indication.

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U. S. Drought Monitor

Impact reporter

commitment of stake holders

Standardization of response

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MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

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European Drought Observatory (EDO)

edo.jrc.ec.europa.eu -> Lecture on Friday!

EDO provides:� Continental overview of

information on drought

� Visualization and analysis

� Seamless access to

regional and national

drought information

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MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

SLOVENIAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY

European Drought Observatory (EDO)

edo.jrc.ec.europa.eu -> Lecture on Friday!

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MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

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Lessons learned

Monitoring of drought onset, intensity and duration and

management of its (potential) impacts are two important

elements of successful pro-active approach

Definition of drought indicators

Application of system of surveillance of indicator values

Definition of tresholds andalarm levels

Decision-making body

Defined mitigation measures and reallocation of resources

Planning

Monitoring

Management

REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

SLOVENIAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY

Lessons learned

Monitoring of drought onset, intensity and duration and

management of its (potential) impacts are two important

elements of successful pro-active approach

Definition of drought indicators

Application of system of surveillance of indicator values

Definition of tresholds andalarm levels

Decision-making body

Defined mitigation measures and reallocation of resources

Planning

Monitoring

Management

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MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

SLOVENIAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY

Lessons learned

It is known (and often advertised) fact that successful monitoring system is

essential for effective management

- Timely delivering of data

- Distinction of areas according to

severity of expected impacts Definition of drought indicators

Application of system of surveillance of indicator values

Definition of tresholds andalarm levels

Decision-making body

Defined mitigation measures and reallocation of resources

Planning

Monitoring

Management

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MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

SLOVENIAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY

Lessons learned

However…. It works also in other direction.

Possible set of decisions should influence setup and

development of monitoring system

Definition of drought indicators

Application of system of surveillance of indicator values

Definition of tresholds andalarm levels

Decision-making body

Defined mitigation measures and reallocation of resources

Planning

Monitoring

Management