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The Strategic framework for drought risk management and enhancing resilience in Africa is an initiative of the FAO and UNCCD, and developed by Tsegaye Tadesse of the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. This report highlights six principles for a Drought Resilient and Prepared Africa (DRAPA). It was developed in the framework of the African Drought…

The purpose of this document is to provide a model national drought plan that can serve as a background document for national experts in the process of developing their national drought plans.

The Drought Resilience, Adaptation and Management Policy (DRAMP) Framework takes an integrated, multi-pronged approach to reduce risks and impacts of drought. Organized around six cross-cutting goals, the DRAMP Framework identifies pragmatic actions for countries to better prepare and respond to drought, and guides the design and implementation of drought policy at national to sub-national…

This White Paper is an outcome of the Regional Conference on Drought Preparedness in LAC Region, held in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, on 14–16 August, 2017. The conference was organized by UNCCD, FAO, WMO and the government of Bolivia, and was attended by national focal points of the UNCCD in the LAC region and representatives of FAO, WMO, the World Bank and the government of Bolivia.…

Monitoring and evaluation refers to evidence-based measurement of the achievement of planned results. It enables a timely recognition and correction of problems in delivering a given task, and the identification of successful practices that can be strengthened and replicated.  Monitoring and evaluation increases the likelihood of a continuous delivery of tangible results. 

In 2017, at its 13th session, the Conference of the Parties (COP) adopted the UNCCD 2018−2030 Strategic Framework and encouraged Parties to apply it in their national policies, programmes, plans and processes relating to desertification/land degradation and drought.