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DROUGHT-R&SPI:
process from call to major achievements
Henny A.J. van Lanen
European Drought Centre
Wageningen University, the Netherlands

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Setup – pan-EU Dialogue Fora
Fostering Drought pan-European research
Science-Policy interfacing across scales
1st pan-European Drought Dialogue Forum
Nicosia, Cyprus, 2012 – CY EU Presidency
2nd: Brussels, Nov 2013
3rd: Brussels, Nov 2014
4th: Valencia, March 2015

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Setup – Case Study Dialogue Fora
Fostering Drought pan-European research
Science-Policy interfacing across scales

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Climate change impact: hydrological drought
duration and deficit volume (multi-model, RCP8.5)
Achievements – natural hazard
Wanders et al.
(ESD, 2015)
Climate change impact: meteorological and
soil moisture drought
Orlowski & Seneviratne
(HESS, 2013)

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Sub-seasonal forecasting of daily soil moisture and
runoff at the catchment scale
Achievements – natural hazard
Orth and Seneviratne
(J Geophys. Res., 2014)Considerable skill up to two weeks ahead
Soil moisture Runoff

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Impacts
missing link!
Achievements - impacts
Stahl et al.
(DRoUGHT-R&SPI TR No. 3, 2012)
Risk assessment
Risk = f(hazard, loss/vulnerability)
Vulnerability assessm.
Drought monitoring
& warning systems
Drought hazard analysis
Van Loon et al.
Drought hazard analysis
Van Loon et al.

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European Drought Impact Inventory (EDII)
Achievements - impacts
Blauhut et al.
(ERL, 2015)

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European
Drought Impact
Inventory (EDII)
Achievements - impacts
Blauhut et al.
(ERL, 2015)

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European Drought Impact
Inventory (EDII)
Drought risk map
for Europe
(likelihood of
impact occurrence)
Achievements - impacts
Blauhut et al.
(ERL, 2015)
mild
drought
severe
drought

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Impacts & vulnerability
4 sectors
Achievements
De Stefeno et al (DROUGHT-R&SPI TR No. 26, 2015)
González-Tánago et al. (CRC Press, 2015)

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Dissemination (Science-Policy Briefs, Flyers, Technical Reports, Book, Scientific Papers)
Achievements - output
Andreu et al.
(CRC Press, 2015)
Flyers
1st Science-Policy
Brief (2013)
Technical reports
No. 1 – 33
http://www.eu-drought.org/
Peer-reviewed
science papers

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EU-funded projects
Fostering European Drought
Research and Science-Policy
Interfacing
Henny A.J. van Lanen
(project coordinator)
• EU-FP7 project
• 12 partners
• budget 4.2 M€
(EC subsidy: 3.5 M€)
• Oct 2011 – March 2015

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EU-funded projects
Fostering European Drought
Research and Science-Policy
Interfacing
Henny A.J. van Lanen
(project coordinator)
• EU-FP7 project
• 12 partners
• budget 4.2 M€ (EC
subsidy: 3.5 M€)
• Oct 2011 – March 2015
• EU-FP6 project
• about 25 partners
• budget around 10 M€
•2007 – 2011

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STEPS (prior to publication call / tender):
0. (Influence call / tender text)
1. Investigate (research) topic
2. Exploration consortium
3. Draft call / tender (leak)
4. Identify coordinator
5. Establish Core Group of consortium
6. Refine (research) topic
7. Call / tender published
How to write winning proposal?

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STEPS
(cont’d):
8. Investigate guidelines (fulfil all criteria, e.g. SMEs,
budget)
9. Identify WP / WB leads (Core Group)
10. Organize proposal meeting (face to face; own costs)
How to write winning proposal?

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Investigate call text thoroughly
How to write winning proposal?
Identify keywords

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STEPS
(cont’d):
11. Write draft (pre)proposal
12. Control budget (coordinator / WP leads)
13. Extend consortium
14. Obtain all administrative data consortium members
14. (contact EC Project Officer)
15. Contact national Programme Committee member
16. Receive comments / write final consistent proposal /
do not accept revisions last two weeks
17. Submit (pre)proposal
How to write winning proposal?

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Proposal 0. Abstract: informative, concise
1. Scientific and/or technical quality / Excellence (H2020)
- Concept and objectives
- Progress beyond the state-of-the-art
- Scientific / Technological methodology and associated work plan
2. Implementation
- Management structure and procedures (Coordinator, WP leads, EAB,
communication strategy, conflict resolution)
- Individual participants
- Consortium as a whole
- Resources to be committed
How to write winning proposal?

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Proposal
(cont’d)
3. Impact
- Expected impacts
Reduction of vulnerability to droughts
Identification of the most sensitive areas and sectors in Europe
Better preparedness and risk reduction measures in support of EU policies and
international efforts (Hyogo Framework for Action)
Wider EU policy reference
Contribution to the European Research Area
EU added value
Links with other EU-projects and/or proposal
Integration of national and international research activities
- Dissemination
How to write winning proposal?

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Proposal (make attractive package!)
Think about layout (use graphs,
schemes, text boxes)
How to write winning proposal?

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Outcome (hope to achieve)
How to write winning proposal?