1. Milan Dacić WMO Representative for Europe
CBS-16
MULTI-HAZARD EARLY WARNING ADVISORY SYSTEM IN SOUTH EAST EUROPE
Milan Dacić
WMO Representative for Europe
Ivan Čačić
President RA VI (Europe)

2. MHEWS-A Consortium of Operations / SEE
Background
MHEWS-A Consortium of Operations / SEE
In 2014 ended successful WMO / EU project
“Building Resilience to Disasters in the Western Balkans and Turkey”
2nd phase (two years) DRR project in SEE
follow up of the “ Regional Programme on DRR in SEE” (1st phase DRR project)
At the 2015 ICSEED meeting beneficiaries expressed the need for follow up in
line with the concept presented at the WMO Symposium on MHEWS during the
2015 UN World Conference on DRR in Sendai, Japan
The concept was reiterated in April 2016 at the 2016 EC-WG-DRR meeting with
the rational based on the
events in mid-May 2014, when Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Croatia
faced severe flooding, in some places the worst in 120 years
achievement of a good practice after provision of meteorological support
following the UNHCR request to the WMO during the refugee crisis in Europe
2016 EC WG DRR issued recommendation on developing new projects such as a
SEE MHEWS-A project with a perspective to collaborate with other regional
projects

3. MHEWS-A Consortium of Operations / SEE
Background
MHEWS-A Consortium of Operations / SEE
WMO in cooperation with and financial support of the U.S. Agency for
International Development - USAID initiated SEE-MHEWS-A project which aims
to strengthen the existing early warning capacity in the region
October Regional Conference on SEE MHEWS marked the commencement
of the SEE-MHEWS-A project and comprised of
Project kick-off meeting
Workshop on CAP
2016 ICSEED
Regional Conference achievement
starting of the first phase of the SEE-MHEWS-A implementation
ICSEED commitment to participate the project
17 PRs from the SEE + Ukraine
cooperative foundation for project implementation
also joined by the World Bank
successful training on CAP implementation

4. Technical Platform SWFDP - Part of MHEWS Distributed Network in SEE

5. Organizational Platform MHEWS-A Consortium of Operations / SEE
3 Clusters of Operations
oriented from NW towards SE
Sava River
Panonian Valley
Adriatic Sea
Meadle East
East Mediteranean
Danube River
Black Sea
Ionean Sea C1 C2 C3
Greece C23
Turkey C23
Cyprus
Israel
Lebanon
Jordan
Slovenia
Hungary C12
Croatia
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Serbia C12
Kosovo (UNSCR 1244)
C12
Montenegro
Albania C12
Hungary C12
Bulgaria
Romania
Moldova
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Distributed MHEWS

6. Organizational Platform MHEWS-A Consortium of Operations / SEE
3 Clusters of Operations
oriented from NW towards SE
Fixed Clusters
Swich to
AD-Hoc Clusters of Operations
Dynamic Clusters
Dynamic Clusters
Flash Flood Risk C1
Sava River
Panonian Valley
Adriatic Sea
Cross-boarder SOP
Slovenia → Croatia
Croatia → Bosnia and Herzegovina → Serbia
Serbia → Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) →
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia C2
Danube River
Black Sea
Ionean Sea

7. SEE MHEWS-A Project as a Template for Other Regions
Following the 2016 EC WG DRR recommendation SEE MHEWS-A project was
succesfully presented at the
2016 Wilton Park Conference, Wiston House, United Kingdom
“Flooding in the Greater Horn of Africa: building effective early warning systems ”
28th Session of Interstate Council on Hydrometeorology of the
Commonwealth of Independent States, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
President RA I supported an initiative of RA VI on regional collaboration
between RA I, RA II and RA VI on MHEWS, particularly linking the North
African region that has Mediterranean climate with Europe and Middle East
Recent meeting of the WMO SG, Mr. Petteri Taalas with Mr. Neven Mimica,
European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development
opened possibility to expand the EWS implementation
initiated by MHEWS-A project in SE Europe
into Central Asia under the EC DG DEVCO support

8. Thank you 谢谢