The IDMP Virtual Exchange Platform has been launched by the IDMP in March 2020 in order to strengthen the communication with partners and to share activity updates and opportunities to interact throughout the year.
This page contains the documentation of each of the past virtual exchanges. For IDMP partners who have a question or comment on the contents of a past virtual exchange or who would like to contribute to an IDMP activity, please contact us at idmp@wmo.int.
5 June 2024 – Joint APFM & IDMP Virtual Exchange on Community-based Flood and Drought management
Agenda
Community -based Flood Management approaches – Gabriele Quinti, Knowledge and Innovation
Drought and gender on the community level – Litumelo Mater-Sievers, Global Water Partnership Southern Africa
Community-based Flood Management in Europe – Priyanka Das, Vortex. Io
Collaborative mapping to contribute to flood resilience – Yessica De Los Rios, Water Youth Network
Partners’ initiatives:
Flood Tools Tracker – Erin Martin, EOTEC DevNet
Video recordings
11 April 2024 – Virtual Exchange on non-traditional data collection methods for strengthening drought management
Project OUTLAST – Tinh VU, International Centre for Water Resources and Global Change, International Centre for Water Resources and Global Change (ICWRGC)
Report from the Global workshop on droughts in transboundary basins – Hanna Plotnykova, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
Video recordings
24 October 2023 – Virtual Exchange on Drought Indicators and Indices
Focus on drought indicators and indices
Presentations:
The East Africa Drought Watch – Viola Otieno, ICPAC
Setting the scene: Updating the IDMP Handbook of Drought Indicators and Indices – Robert Stefanski, WMO
Partners’ initiatives:
Update from CIIFEN – Mario Lopez, Consultant
EW4All – COPE disaster series, Lina Suarez, Marketing and Public Relations Manager, COPE Disaster Champions
Appropriation Of the Territory and Contribution to Flood Resilience with Student Collectives (La Iguaná Neighborhood, Medellín) – Yéssica De Los Ríos Olarte, Colombia, Winner of the APFM and IDMP Youth competition
Water From a Rock Initiative / Youthmappers – Martha Djan; Jack Kgwale; Mulisa Mudau, South Africa,Winner of the APFM and IDMP Youth competition
25 April 2023 – Virtual Exchange Flood and Drought Management
Focus of this Virtual Exchnage was on World Bank and Deltares EPIC Response approach for flood and drought governance and its implementation tool and the EPIC Response Assessment Methodology (ERAM Tool).
Presentations:
EPIC Response Framework – Greg Bowder, World Bank Group
EPIC Response Assessment Methodology (ERAM Tool) and Application to Assam, India – Ana Nunez Sanchez, Deltares
Managing flood and drought together – an overview on practical approaches – Robert Stefanski, WMO
Partners’ initiatives
Antea Group – Impact-Based Risk Assessments, Tom D’Haeyer
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology – Wallingford – Drought Impact Forecasting in the UK, Lucy Barker
Vortex-IO – European WHYLD project, Guillaume Valladeau
Secretariat of the Water Convention – Global network of basins working on climate change adaptation, Hanna Plotnykova
Global Change Research Centre Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic – Clim4Cast project, Marketa Podebradska
13 December 2022 – Webinar: Drought impact collection
Agenda, TSU slides – including links shared by partners during the Virtual Exchange
Focus on drought impact reporting:
Improving the 6 Andean Countries Drought Monitors through voluntary impact reports and dissemination – Mario Lopez
Tracking Drought Impacts – Lessons from the Field, NDMC – Kelly Smith
The EDORA project – Drought impact reporting and assessment, JRC – Dario Masante
Searching the Internet for Treasures − Publicly available Information for Drought Impact Monitoring, IDMP TSU – Valentin Aich
Partners’ initiatives
IWMI – South Asia Drought Monitor – update – Giriraj Amarnath
SISSA – Southern South American Drought Monitor – Cecilia Hidalgo
Deltares (IUCN, IDMP) – Policy Brief on NbS in drought contexts – Reinaldo Penailillo
Video recording
23 June 2022 – IDMP updates
Agenda, TSU slides – including links shared by partners during the Virtual Exchange
Partners’ initiatives
IHE-Delft – Water-related education – drought preparedness – Micha Werner
CIMA Research Foundation – Drought Activities/Initiatives – Gustavo Naumann
Water Youth Network – Introducing the WYN and its work on DRR – Samuel J. Kpator
7 March 2022 – IDMP 2022-25 Strategy
IDMP fact sheet – Drought indices and indicators
Partners’ initiatives
IUCN – Nature-based Solutions for Drought Risk Reduction – Chris Magero
UNCCD – Updates on UNCCD Drought Activities – Daniel Tsegai
UKCEH – Good Practice Guidance for UNCCD Drought Indicator – Jamie Hannaford
Video recording
15 September 2021 – Annual Meeting Preparation
IDMP Regional Programmes Updates
IDMP Central and Eastern Europe
IDMP West Africa
IDMP Horn of Africa
Partner initiatives
EU Joint Research Council – EDORA Platform
IWMI – Drought risk profiles in the SADC region
USQ – Future Drought Fund Australia / Australian Drought Indicator
HELP initiative – Flagship report on Drought
17 June 2021 – Webinar: Drought Early Warning and Forecasting
Presentations:
Towards regular drought status bulletins for irrigation systems in Central Asia using remote sensing – Prof. Christopher Conrad
The Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum’s drought outlooks – successes in providing actionable drought forecasts for drought early warning in Small Island Developing States – Dr. Cédric Van Meerbeek
Drought Monitoring and Forecasting at NMHSs in WMO Region V: Impact and Value of WMO SWCEM and CREWS – Prof. Dr. Yuriy Kuleshov, Dr. Andrew Watkins
24 March 2021 – IDMP updates
Agenda, Links, InstantPoll results
Presentations:
UNU-FLORES – Resources Nexus Perspective on Climate Adaptation and Resilience (KlimaKonform)
Asian Disaster Preparednes Center (ADPC)
High-level Experts and Leaders Panel on Water and Disasters (HELP)
IWMI Drought Resilience Initiatives in Africa and Asia
19 August 2020 – IDMP global and partners’ initiatives
Agenda, Links, InstantPoll results
Presentations:
Global Drought Information System (GDIS)
11 June 2020 – IDMP regional activities
Agenda, Links to activities, InstantPoll results
Presentations:
IDMP in Central and Eastern Europe
25 March 2020 – IDMP updates
Download the presented slides.
Results of IDMP Virtual Exchange survey.DroughtCIM