integrated drought management programme in central and eastern europe
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Integrated Drought Management Programme in Central and Eastern Europe
Sabina Bokal, IDMP CEE Project manager
Session on climate resilience, integrated drought and flood management
Consulting Partners MeetingPort of Spain, 27 June 2014
„In terms of water resources management and climate change adaptation, countries in Central and Eastern Europe are sensitive to variability and changing precipitation patterns...increased frequency and severity of extreme weather events – increase of droughts.“ (IPCC)
need for regional and national drought policies & plansfrom reactive to proactive drought management
integrated approach
Drought – reality in Central and Eastern Europe
Partners
National Scientific Center for Global Changes (BG)
Research Institute for Soil and Water Conservation (CZ)
10 Country Water 10 Country Water PartnershipsPartnerships & 40 & 40 organizationsorganizations
University of Debrecen (HUN)
Vilnius University (LT)
Institute of Ecology and Geography (MD)
Institute of Agricultural and Forest Environment (PL)
Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (PL)
National Meteorological Administration (ROM)
Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute
Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute (SK)
Slovenian Forestry Institute
Biotechnical Faculty (SLO)
Limnos Ltd. (SLO)
Ukrainian Research Institute of Forest and Forest Melioration (UA)
Increase the capacity of the CEE region to adapt to climatic variability by enhancing resilience to drought.
National planning processes
1. Support the process of preparation of the Drought Management Plans
WP2
to facilitate national governments to incorporate drought management issues into their national programs, policies and planso the first step from crisis management to risk management approacho to minimize the adverse impacts on the economy, social life, environment
when drought appearso to be prepared in advanceo directly linked to WFD & RBMP („...to develop a DMP as a supplementary
measure, in case of obligatory measures are not sufficient to avoid water scarcity“)
Guidelinessupport tool
National Consultation Dialoguesacceptance at the policy level
1st National consultation
dialoguesCase study
existing Guidelines
GuidelinesFinal version
2nd National consultation
dialogues
GuidelinesDraft versionplans
June October / November April 2015
WP2
review of the current status
o region specific conditions
o identify the gaps
Stakeholders platform
How to develop the key items of DMPs?
http://www.gwp.org/en/GWP-CEE/IDMPCEE/National-Planning/
WP5
testing innovative solutions for better resilience to drought
o collecting and analyzing data through demonstration projects is the most effective approach and contributes to the enhancement of knowledge and capacity development
o promoting innovative solutions that address critical water security challenges to enhance drought resilience of countries and communities
o focusing on different aspects of drought management and involvement of different sectors outside „water“ sector
o results included into Good Practice Compendium, Guidelines for DMP, GWP Toolbox, ...
2. Demonstration projects
• mitigation measure – to adjust to extreme variability in water quantities (release/use of water during dry periods)
• to improve water retention potential of the landscapes
• small dikes and polders, restoration of wetlands and changes in the forest and agricultural practices, etc.
• Guidelines: to combine drought mitigation, flood protection and biodiversity conservation
• Natural Water Retention Measures Initiative (www. nwrm.eu)
Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, SloveniaPoland, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia
Limnos; 2013
Limnos; 2013
Revitalization of the river stream
Retention of the agricultural runoff
• to test the methods for improving water infiltration into the soil profile
• field experiments with mixture of different „techniques“: sub-soiling, with and without tillage, composting tillage, organic fertilizers applications, ... – to improve soil structure
• ¸practical examples of soil water holding capacity regultations + how to include proposals into DMP or already exsisting agro-enviromental plans
Slovakia, Czech Republic, Slovenia, PolandSlovakia, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Poland
Increasing soil water holding capacity
Muller; Slovakia
Laboratory rain simulator; CZ
Mihelic; Slovenia
Bulgaria, Ukraine, Slovenia, LithuaniaBulgaria, Ukraine, Slovenia, Lithuania
Drought impact on forest ecosystems
• 4 GWP CEE countries with forests area 35% of total regional forests
• forests have significant impact on the water regime of territories
• measures for forest adaptation, mitigation of the negative effects of climate changeo analysis of forest ecosystems – vulnerability
zones of the forest vegetation for the present climate (61-90) and for the year 2050 and 2100 (different scenarios: realistic, optimistic, pessimistic)
o measures for adaptation for differetn zones (high level of vulnerability, low level)
Sakar Mountain; Bulgaria, 1999
Identification of agricultural drought characteristics & monitoring method through the application of remote sensing data. Hungary, Slovakia, RomaniaHungary, Slovakia, Romania
Remote sensing agricultural drought monitoring methods
Ukraine, MoldovaUkraine, Moldova
Agricultural drought monitoring and forecasting
Poland, Romania, LithuaniaPoland, Romania, Lithuania
Drought Risk Management Scheme
Upgrade data assessment and forecasting tools to support drought management and monitoring.
Developing a framework for an integrated operational drought risk management system that can be adjusted to a given drought context.
o Drought Management Center for Southeastern Europe
o Cooperation with River Basin Organizations (ICPDR, ISRBC):• observer status• River Basin Management Expert Group
o European Drought Observatory (EDO) - platform for exchanging drought information
o Water management and sustainable economic development for Kaliningrad
3. Regional Cooperation WP1
to enhance regional and transboundary cooperation in the field of drought management
to increase the capacities and drought-related knowladge of the key actors
WP6
o 2 regional workshops Slovakia, October 2013; Slovenia, April 2014
o Joint IDMP CEE & DMCSEE workshop and capacity building training
Budapest (HU), October 2014
4. Capacity building
o compendium of existing good practices in drought management o to raise awareness about severe drought conditions through efficient
dissemination mechanisms
Web pageleaflet
Video – in the making
Photo competition
WP7 5. Knowledge & awareness rising
http://www.gwp.org/en/GWP-CEE/IDMPCEE/
Thank you for your attention!