Training Workshop on Drought Risk Assessment for the Agricultural Sector (Southeastern Europe)

Ljubljana, Slovenia
20-24 September 2010
 

Session 1 Presentations - Opening and Introduction PDFs

• Background and objectives by Robert Stefanski, WMO
   
• Issues & Challenges in DRM/R: The Role of Evidence-based Risk Assessment by Dr. Jianping Yan, UNDP
   
• Overview of Drought Management by Robert Stefanski, WMO

Session 2 Presentations - Drought Data, Analysis, and Mapping - Perspectives from North America - PDFs

• Overview of Drought Monitoring by Ray Motha, USDA
   
• Why Monitor and Collect Drought Impacts Overview by Robert Stefanski, WMO

Session 3 Presentations - Drought Data, Analysis, and Mapping - Perspectives from Europe - PDFs

• Development of a prototype for the European Drought Observatory at JRC by 
  Stefan Niemeyer, JRC, Italy 
   
• Data Requirements by Gregor Gregorič, DMCSEE 
   
• Drought Data, Metadata and Interoperability – Theory and Experience in the Context of EDO by Barbara Hofer, JRC, Italy
   
• Metadata in EuroGEOSS project (WP5 Experience from Slovenia) by Barbara Medved-Cvikl, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
   
• Drought analysis: Local scale examples from Slovenia by Tjaša Pogačar, Agrometeorological Department, EARS. Slovenia
   
• Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI): Tool for drought monitoring- Example from Sloveniaby Sabina Bokal, DMCSEE

Session 4 Presentations - Drought Risk Assessment in the agricultural sector - PDFs

• Overview of Drought Risk Assessment in the Agricultural Sector by Ray Motha, USDA 
   
• The Water Perspectives in Slovenia and Possibilities for Using Water for Irrigation Data by Marina Pintar, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia 
   
• Assessing and Mapping Drought Vulnerability in Agricultural Systems: A case Study for Slovenia by Maja Slejko and Gregor Gregorič, DMCSEE 

Session 5 Presentations - Disaster Risk Modelling and mapping for public decision making - PDFs

• Understanding the Concept of Risk by Jianping Yan, UNDP
   
• Understanding the Disaster Risk Assessment Process by Jianping Yan, UNDP
   
• Drought Risk Assessment: Mapping the Vulnerability of Agricultural Systems by Jianping Yan, UNDP
   
• Disaster Risk Modeling by Jianping Yan, UNDP
   
• Disaster Risk Mapping by Jianping Yan, UNDP
   
• Disaster Risk Profiling by Jianping Yan, UNDP
   
• Application Examples by Jianping Yan, UNDP
   
• Country Situation Analysis: Introduction to SIERA Methodology by Jianping Yan, UNDP
   
• National Risk Assessment: Project Overview by Jianping Yan, UNDP

Session 6 Presentations - Working Group Sessions

• Overview of Working Group Sessions by Robert Stefanski, WMO
   
• Working Group A 
   
• Working Group B