The GIZ sector project Soil Protection, Desertification, Sustainable Land Management is supporting the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) as German National Focal Point to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Reduction (UNCCD). In a survey conducted in May 2020 the project gathered practical experience from German development cooperation on drought risk management and drought-related tools. This information shall feed into the recently created Intergovernmental Working Group on effective policy and implementation measures for addressing drought under the UNCCD (IWG)