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COVID-19 small business continuity and recovery planning toolkit

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Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific

The outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has created a vicious circle of vulnerabilities across the private sector. The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) and partners published a toolkit to provide business continuity and recovery planning support to affected small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Chambers of commerce, business associations and local governments are encouraged to customize and tailor the toolkit for their constituents and communities

The toolkit was developed to support SMEs:

  • Protect their employees and customers from contracting and passing COVID-19.
  • Rapidly take measures that can protect their businesses from the incoming disruptions, especially in countries that have not yet been severely impacted by COVID-19. 
  • That have been impacted by COVID-19 to utilize all resources that might be available to them to remain solvent and operational.

The toolkit includes:

  1. Planning Tool organized around ‘10 tips’ to make businesses resilient.
  2. Brief guide for impacted businesses with an ‘additional 5 tips.’
  3. Awareness-raising brochure summarizing the ’10 tips’ and the ‘5 additional tips.’

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Last checked: 24 November 2021

Editors' recommendations

  • WHO guidance for business continuity planning
  • Mapping the professional practices for business continuity management from DRI International to the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
  • Ensuring state continuity during the coronavirus pandemic
  • Helping small businesses in Asia-Pacific go beyond surviving disasters to thriving
  • 10 reasons businesses need to build resilience to disasters

Explore further

Hazards Epidemic and Pandemic
Themes Private sector Recovery
Country and region Asia Oceania
Number of pages
18 p.
Publication year
2020

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