MEDROPLAN European Commission Europe Aid Cooperation Office EuroMediterranean

MEDROPLAN European Commission - Europe. Aid Co-operation Office Euro-Mediterranean Regional Programme For Local Water Management Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning (MEDROPLAN) Testing and Revising the Guidelines October 2006 MEDROPLAN, Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning 1

MEDROPLAN Contents Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning 1. The MEDROPLAN drought mitigation Guidelines 2. How are the Guidelines tested and revised? 3. Conclusions from the testing and revision MEDROPLAN, Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning 2

MEDROPLAN Authors and collaborators Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning Editor Iglesias Authors Ameziane, Benbeniste, Bonaccorso, Cancelliere, Casado, Christofides, Cubillo, Fernández, Flores, Gabiña, Garrido, Garrote, Iglesias, Keravnou-Papailiou, Laban, Lapeña, Lebdi, Louati, Mellouli, Moneo, Ouassou, Pangalou, Quiroga, Rossi, Saracoglu, Soriano, Tigkas, Tsakiris, Tsiourtis, Vangelis, Viñuales Collaborators Abid, Alba, Alouini, Anastasis , Barghout , Belghiti, Ben Slama, Bergaoui, Bouchahoua, Cristaudo, El-Euchi, Ezzine , Fadhila, Ibáñez, Jelassi, Jradi , Lazhar, Liebana , Lopez-Francos , Mathlouthi , Mediouni, Moriarty, Nicolosi , Ouattar , Oulkacha , Quiroga , Rejeb , Sarsour, Tayaa , Wilhite, Zehri, Ziyad More …… MEDROPLAN, Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning 3

MEDROPLAN Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning The Guidelines help formulate drought management plans based on risk management approach and not a reactive crisis approach MEDROPLAN, Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning 4

MEDROPLAN Design of the Guidelines Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning • Complements the continuous effort (country, region, basin level) of different sectors • Support for the management policies • Based on legislation, organization, vulnerability, administrational dynamics and actual technologies • Protocol and analytical context for systematic formulation of drought management plans based on risk management and preparedness • Flexible product that allows the incorporation of different analysis criteria, management priorities and application in other regions MEDROPLAN, Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning 5

MEDROPLAN Who is the end-user of the Guidelines? Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning • Wide range of stakeholders • Avoiding the use of scientific or technical language that can be hard to understand for a non-specialist MEDROPLAN, Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning 6

MEDROPLAN How were the Guidelines developed? Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning Set up a multidisciplinary stakeholder team to define purpose and process (Organizational component) Public review, revision and dissemination (Testing the Guidelines) Identify and select priority activities, based on the agreed criteria (Operational Component) Evaluate the legal, social, and political process (Organizational component) Identify risk and potential vulnerabilities (Methodological Component) MEDROPLAN, Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning 7

MEDROPLAN Components of the Guidelines Executive Summary Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning Organizational component Methodological Component The planning framework Operational component Arabic, English, French, Greek, Italian, Spanish English, French, and the language of the correspondent country English and French EXAMPLES of application Tutorial MEDROPLAN, Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning 8

MEDROPLAN Institutional analysis TRIGGERS • Social unrest • Regional Governments warning • Sings of tension • Farmers complaints Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning 1 INSTITUTIONS Ministry of Agriculture (MAPA) Funding (Tax abatement; Subsidies) INSTITUTIONS Finance Ministry Approval of budget 2 INSTITUTIONS Ministry of the Environment River Basin Authority Actions related to water policy 6 5 http: //www. iamz. ciheam. org/medroplan/ Permanent Office for Drought All members are from the MAPA (High-level officials representing Planning, Sectoral Offices, Director of the Insurance Agency) 3 DECCISIONS PROCESS President call’s for Committee: • Analysis of situation • Exclusive attention to risks non covered by the pro-active plans (i. e. , non-insured) PROPOSED ACTIONS 4 1. Related to the finance of the farming sector 2. Related to water 7 APPROVED ACTIONS 1. Tax policy: • Reduction/elimination of land taxes • Reduction of Social Security contributions 2. Agricultural Policy: • Advancement of CAP Payments 3. Agricultural Insurance: • Advancement of indemnity payments 4. Water Policy: • Funding for drilling wells for animal drinking MEDROPLAN, Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning 9

MEDROPLAN Operational component MANAGER (s) (i. e. , RBAs) INSTRUMENT (s) (i. e. , Basin Hydrological Plan) Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning INDICATORS Permanent Monitoring: Hydrological, Socio-economic (macroeconomic and demography), Environmental PRE-ALERT Monitoring shows the initial stage of danger Objective: Ensure acceptance of measures to be taken in case …. by raising awareness of danger ALERT EMERGENCY Monitoring shows that drought will have impacts occurred and supply Objective: Overcome is not guaranteed if situation, guarantee drought persists water supply while Objective: Minimise emergency damage, the priority measures can be is drinking water MEDROPLAN, Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning put in place 10

MEDROPLAN Operational component MANAGER (s) (i. e. , RBAs) INSTRUMENT (s) (i. e. , Basin Hydrological Plan) Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning INDICATORS Permanent Monitoring: Hydrological, Socio-economic (macroeconomic and demography), Environmental MEASURES PRE-ALERT • Low cost, indirect, voluntary • Non structural directed to influence water demand, avoid worse situations • Focus on communication and awareness • Intensification of monitoring and evaluation of worse case scenarios ALERT EMERGENCY • Low cost, direct, coercive, • High cost, direct impact on restrictive, approved as consumption costs general interest actions • Non structural directed to • Structural, new specific water use groups infrastructure, intra-basin, • Water restrictions except inter-basin, for drinking water transboundary transfers • Changes in management • Non structural, new • Revision of tariffs groundwater abstraction • Rights Exchanging • Water restrictions for all Centres Mediterranean Drought Preparedness usersand Mitigation Planning MEDROPLAN, 11

MEDROPLAN Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning Examples of the application in Mediterranean countries Testing and revising the Guidelines MEDROPLAN, Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning 12

MEDROPLAN Visit MEDROPLAN on the web at www. iamz. ciheam. org/medroplan Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning MEDROPLAN, Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning 13

MEDROPLAN Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning Why is it necessary to establish a dialogue among all stakeholders from the beginning? • To enhance the quality and acceptance of drought management plans • To enhance acceptance and trust in incorporation of scientific and technical knowledge in management MEDROPLAN, Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning 14

MEDROPLAN How are the guidelines tested and revised Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning Last phase of the MEDROPLAN project Why is it necessary to test the guidelines? – Singularity of drought events, different approaches – Different institutional and organizational structures, applicability of the guidelines – Collection of knowledge and previous experiences – Dynamic document that needs revision and update MEDROPLAN, Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning 15

MEDROPLAN Methodology for testing and revising Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning General structure of the testing and revision process – Selection of the River Basins for the testing and revising TAJO and EBRO – Identification of stakeholders in the selected River Basin. – Contact with the selected stakeholders and distribution of the guidelines – Discussion about the contents and applicability of the guidelines through personal interviews and questionnaire. – Analysis of results and conclusions MEDROPLAN, Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning 16

MEDROPLAN Identification of stakeholders for interviews Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning Participating institutions and organizations – Ebro River Basin Authority – Zaragoza City Council – Irrigators Communities Alto Aragón and Canal de Aragón y Cataluña – Farmers’ organizations: COAG y UAGA – ENESA – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid – Universidad San Jorge de Zaragoza MEDROPLAN, Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning 17

MEDROPLAN Agenda for interviews with stakeholders Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning Presentation and discussion of the questionnaire Individual reading of the guidelines and the questionnaire First Interview: Integrated water resources management. Rafael Romeo, Ebro River Basin Authority Objective: Experience of an established drought management plan. Second Interview: Economic instruments applied to drought management. Fernando Burgaz, ENESA; José María Sumpsi, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Objective: Analysis of the existing and potential proactive measures and their adoption in management policies Discussion about the results of the two interviews. Debate leaded by the participants in the third and fourth interviews MEDROPLAN, Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning 18

MEDROPLAN Agenda for interviews with stakeholders Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning Third interview : Users’ groups. Javier Celma, Zaragoza City Council; Carlos Oliva, Irrigators Community Alto Aragón; Julio Terrazas, Irrigators Community del Canal de Aragón y Cataluña Objective: Compare the point of view of two users’ groups with different priorities and vulnerability in order to determine the real existing of conflict among them. Forth interview: Groups affecting public opinion. Felipe Medina, COAG; Jose María Percebal, UAGA-COAG Aragón; José Juan Verón. President of the assotiation of press in Aragón and Universidad San Jorge Objective: Evaluate the reality of quantitative analysis of impacts that support the perception affecting general public opinion Discussion about the results of the two interviews. Debate leaded by the participants in the first and second interviews General discussion and presentation of preliminary conclusions MEDROPLAN, Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning 19

MEDROPLAN Analysis of results and conclusions Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning • Each MEDROPLAN team will produce a report about this testing phase. – Reports will be distributed to the stakeholders present in this meeting for final remarks and conclusions – Individual meetings to verify final conclusions derived from this phase MEDROPLAN, Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning 20

MEDROPLAN Presentation of questionnaire 6 Sections with different analysis objectives Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning – Specific questions for decision makers (Ebro River Basin Authority, Zaragoza City Council) – Specific questions for experts (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Universidad San Jorge, ENESA) – Specific questions for stakeholders (Irrigators Communities Alto Aragón and Canal de Aragón y Cataluña, Farmers’ organizations: COAG and UAGA MEDROPLAN, Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning 21

MEDROPLAN SECTION I: Decision making process in your institution, organization Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning • Characterization of activity and functional scope of the institution • Management capacity in relation to drought management (mainly for decision makers) MEDROPLAN, Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning 22

MEDROPLAN SECTION II: Your role in the drought management decision making process Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning • Characterization of the individual role of stakeholders in drought management • Moment and methodology of participation in the planning process MEDROPLAN, Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning 23

MEDROPLAN SECTION III: Impacts and drought management actions Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning • Identification of drought’s impacts on your activity • Analysis of measures applied to manage drought and application scope MEDROPLAN, Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning 24

MEDROPLAN Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning SECTION IV: Dialogue and integrated decision making with managers, stakeholders and experts • Interactions among the different stakeholders (cooperation and conflicts) • Frequency of interactions, mechanisms and timing of interactions in the planning process MEDROPLAN, Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning 25

MEDROPLAN SECTION V: Guidelines evaluation Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning • • • General evaluation aspects of the MEDROPLAN Drought management guidelines Role of the guidelines in drought management Relation among the designed guidelines and real experiences of participants MEDROPLAN, Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning 26

MEDROPLAN SECTION VI: Guidelines revision Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning • • • Specific evaluation aspects of the MEDROPLAN Drought management guidelines Evaluation of guidelines usefulness Particular evaluation of each of the guidelines components (The Planning framework, Organizational Component, Methodological Component, Operational Component) MEDROPLAN, Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning 27

MEDROPLAN Main conclusions from testing Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning MEDROPLAN, Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning 28

MEDROPLAN Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning Thank you for your attention! Visit MEDROPLAN on the web www. iamz. ciheam. org/medroplan MEDROPLAN, Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning 29