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September, 2014, between federal and regional partners (i.e., specificallyMI, ANA and FUNCEME), valid until December, 2015. (6) TheMoU defines an institutional arrangement for the DM, an operational structure, and transition rules, withMI andANA assuming key-roles in the governance (roles that are currently being supported by the strongest regional leader of this partnership, FUNCEME). TheDM, as evidenced by theMoU, is also evidence of collabo- ration throughestablishednetworkswithdefinedgovernance rules, amilestone designed for theNortheast RegionalDrought Preparedness track. TheDMhas beenconsideredaconcreteand tangible technologicaland institutionalupgrade, and to someextent, it is buffered fromstrongpolitical influence andpoliticiza- tion. The GoB considers the DM the foundation uponwhich any future NDP might bebuilt. • Inmid-2014, halfway through the program, theMI requested additional assis- tance to theWBtoevaluate the impacts andcosts of the current drought across the Northeast to support improvements in vulnerability/resilience and impact assessment (progressing towards pillar 2 of the3drought preparedness pillars). This represents another concrete step towards institutionalizationofaparadigm shift on droughtmanagement. (4) (8)Water Agencies from Ceará(CE) andPernambuco (PE) institutionalizing DPmeasures with internal decrees (6)MI +ANA +FUNCEME sign MoU to operate droughtmonitor (institutionalizaon in state andfederal levels) (7)Water Agencies in CEand PE implementing the DPP (10) StateofCeará includes drought preparedness and drought monitor in the livingwith the drought stateplan (9) Water Agency in CE hires a consultantto developother DPPs (2)Water, Climate andAgriculture agencies in state andfederal levels sharingdata and producing monthly Drought Monitor map (3)Multisector actors indifferent levels actively involved in thedesignof 5 DroughtPreparedness Plans(DPP) (11)Piquet- Carneiro Rain-fed agricultureDPP approvedas a modelto multiplyacross Ceará, and to feed into the state plan. (1) Ministry of Integration (MI) promotes regional meetings to discuss policies for semi-arid region. (5) Drought Monitor (DM) and DPPs included in final reportof theMI regional seminars (4) Ministry of Integration (MI) requests study about drought costs and impacts 2014 2015 Fig. 17.4 MappingofDroughtNLTAkey-outcomesharvested fromMay2014 to January2015 318 E.Bretan andN.L.Engle