Business Continuity and Crisis Simulation
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)
contact: lawalk@un.org
Description
Reducing the impact of disasters requires a coordinated approach to the development of resilience in the public and private sectors and education on the importance of effective Business Continuity and Crisis Management.
Building upon work delivered in Manila in support of the UNISDR Private Sector Forum on Business Continuity, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) are working with the United Nations to test the concept of developing a global crisis management simulation toolkit for use by UN agencies to deliver across the globe in support of UNISDR values.
The toolkit concept, which will be showcased during the session, is intended to be used to promote the need for robust crisis management and business continuity arrangements and close collaboration between the public and private sectors through the use of training and a crisis simulation exercise to rehearse existing plans and demonstrate the need for robust planning.
Business Continuity and Crisis Simulation
Delegates will gain an understanding of what makes a robust crisis management and business continuity capability with an opportunity to take part in an interactive exercise designed to simulate an organisational response to a real disaster.
Session Objectives
1. Promote the need for robust crisis management and business continuity arrangements through a short presentation covering the theory
2. Demonstrate the value of robust crisis management plans through a highly interactive crisis simulation exercise involving delegates “playing” the role of a crisis management team
3. Showcase the UNISDR/ PwC crisis simulation exercise concept
Online registration now closed
Online registration for the Business Continuity and Crisis Simulation event is now closed. To still participate in this event, please contact Mr. Sam van den Berg directly at the venue before the event begins. There are limited seats left.
Expected Outcomes
Delegates will gain an understanding of what makes a robust crisis management and business continuity capability, with an opportunity to take part in an interactive exercise designed to simulate an organisational response to a real disaster.
Main focus of the event is on practical approaches to developing good practice in crisis management and business continuity.
