Guidelines for Drought Management Plans &

National Consultation dialogues

Activity 2.1 & 2.2

Elena Fatulova 3rd IDMP CEE Workshop Budapest, 2 & 4 October 2014

Aim & Output

• Aim of Act. 2.1 – to develop Guidelines for Drought Management Plans (DMPs)

• 10 CEE countries involved in the activity (BL, CZ, HU, LT, MO, PL, RO, SK, SLO, UA)

• Partners – national GWPs and experts from individual countries

• Final output – Guidelines for DMPs including examples of its application within the region in Annexes

• Act. 2.2 – National Consultation Dialogues - supportive activity for Guidelines development

Progress Report – Activity 2.1 & 2.2 • Activity 2.1 Guidelines

Development of the first Draft Guidelines for the Drought Management Plans (DMP) – 30 June 2014

PRG comments – 31 August 2014

Incorporation of PRG comments – second draft of the Guidelines – 15 September 2014

Distributions of the Guidelines to GWP chairs for comments and completion – 15 September 2014

Progress Report – Activity 2.1 & 2.2 • Activity 2.2 National Consultation Dialogues (NCD)

NCD in Czech Republic – 12 June 2014

Development and distribution template for the second NCD report (including templates for development of the Annexes of the Guidelines) – 15 September 2014

• First phase completed: Execution of the Slovak case study Development of the Slovak Study Report – March 2014 Draft of the Guidelines for DMPs – June 2014 Draft Guidelines distributed – 15 September 2014

• Second phase: Second NCD organized – supportive activity for

completion of the Guidelines for DMPs 31 December 2014 – national examples and

comments provided March 2015 – final output – Guidelines for DMPs

Progress Report – actual stage of the activity

Guidelines - Drought management approach

• A reactive approach based on crisis

management - measures and actions after a

drought event occurred

• A proactive approach based on drought risk

reduction management – preventive and

mitigating measures designed in advance in the Drought Management plan

Drought Management Plan - principles

• Principle 1Drought policy is based on proactive approach

• Principle 2 Drought Management Plan – administrative tool for implementation of drought policy

• Principle 3 Water Framework Directive - legislative framework for development of DMP

• Principle 4 DMP a part of River Basin Management Plans of WFD

Drought Management Plan – main principles

• Principle 5 DMP consistent with documents developed within the CIS process (EC level)

• Principle 6 Professional experiences from other regions are to be utilised

• Principle 7: Main elements of DMP– drought indicators and thresholds; early warning system; mitigation measures; organizational measures

• Principle 8 Involvement of key sectors, decision makers, professionals, stakeholders/impacted sectors and public participation

Main steps od drought preparedness planning

Step 1: Develop a drought policy and establish a Drought management Committee

Step 2: Define the objectives of a drought risk-based management policy

Step 3: Inventory of data needed for DMP development

Step 4: Produce/update the DMP

Step 5: Publicize the DMP to the public for comments and active involvement

Step 6: Develop a research and science programme

Step 7: Develop an educational programme

Content of DMP

• drought characterization based on historical drought events

• indicators and thresholds for classification of drought stages

• drought early warning system implementation • program of measures for preventing and mitigating

droughts linked to indicators systems • organizational structure of the DMP • update and follow-up of the DMP • water supply specific plans • prolonged drought in line with Article 4.6 of WFD

Related source documents

General guidelines:

• Drought Management Plan Report Including Agricultural, Drought Indicators and Climate Change (Report 2007)

• WMO/GWP National Drought Management Policy Guidelines: A Template for Action (D.A. Wilhite) EU policy document

• Drought Management Guidelines, European

Commission, MEDA Water, MEDROPLAN

Related source documents

EU policy documents:

•A Blueprint to Safeguard Europe's Water Resources” COM (2012) 673 final

•Working definitions of Water scarcity and Drought

•Water Scarcity & Drought Indicator´ Fact Sheets

National examples:

•Slovak Study report

Documents are available on IDMP CEE internal web page

Act. 2.2 Second National Consultation Dialogue

Second NCD in 2014 – provide input for the Guidelines

•Comments, proposals to the Draft Guidelines

•National experiences for development of the Guideline´s Annexes I – VI (according to the distributed templates)

Deadline for submission of the national experiences is

31 December 2014

Deadline for final version of the Guidelines for DMP is

31 March 2015

Act. 2.2 Second National Consultation Dialogue

Annex I: Examples of the national methodologies for assessment of historical drought Annex II: Examples of drought national drought indicator systems and evaluation methodologies Annex III: Examples of the national drought classification, thresholds and early warning systems Annex IV: Examples of national organizational structures to deal with drought Annex V: Examples of national program of measures for preventing and mitigating drought Annex VI: Examples of the national research programme supporting drought management

Questions for discussion

1. Do you prefer taking narrow scope of NCD agenda (DMP) or broader (NAP, RBMPs)?

2. How do you cooperate with competent authority?

3. Are data for DMP available?

4. What is the actual status of DMP production?

5. What national experiences can you provide for Annexes I – VI of the Guidelines for DMP?

6. How to organize harmonization and adoption of drought definitions?

Contact: Elena Fatulova, GWP Slovakia elena.fatulova@gmail.com

Thank you for your attention