he Drought User Service (DUS), which will enable more accurate and efficientdrought monitoring and early warning for the entire Danube region. It will include a set of EarthObservation data from a range of operational remote sensing satellites, which are processed intoready-to-use drought information, available to the general public with a web-browser interface.With this service, the operational day-to-day work of national authorities, and end users such asfarmers and water managers, will be improved in all phases of drought-related disastermanagement (from monitoring, forecasting and evaluation to response).