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state andmunicipal level secretariats, technical agencies, universities and research centers, non-governmental organizations (including river basin committees), and the private sector. Inspired by successfulmodels and lessons fromother countries4 the key com- ponentsof theDroughtNLTAinclude: (i)developingaNortheastDroughtMonitor (DM); (ii) piloting drought preparedness plans (DPPs) for different sectors across the Northeast (urban water supply, rural rain-fed agriculture, and river basin management, each at different scales of planning); and (iii) the discussion and systematization of guidelines and principles towards a national drought policy (NDP). In the Results Framework, the first two components (i, DM and ii, DPP) compose the so-called “Northeast Regional Pilot Track” and the third piece (iii, NDP)iscalledthe“NationalTrack”.Avisualsummaryof thisstructurecanbeseen in the Fig. 17.1. The roles of key partners in the Drought NLTA are detailed in Table 17.1, referring to the different components of theDroughtNLTA (i.e., i, ii, and/or iii). The program design is based on the “three pillars of drought preparedness” framework: (a) monitoring and early warning; (b) vulnerability/resilience and Fig. 17.1 Visual and summarized representationof theDroughtNLTAresults framework 4International institutions and professionals that have been developing drought preparedness plans, drought monitor and related initiatives and studies were key-partners for the Drought NLTA:USDroughtMonitor and theNationalDroughtMitigationCenter–NDMC,CONAGUA, theMexicannationalwater agency, academics fromSpain, amongothers. 17 Drought PreparednessPolicies andClimateChangeAdaptation andResilience. . . 309