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- 1. Municipal Recovery Plan ToolkitTraining Module #4 BUSINESS RESUMPTION AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY
- 2. This guide outlines the risks and the impact of a disaster on private sector businesses, describing how a municipality can effectively support the planning and implementation of business resumption and recovery over both the short and long-term. INTRODUCTION
- 3. To provide elected officials, senior administrative personnel, and the local business community the context, rationale, and available methodologies to support the recovery of their local economy post-disaster. INTENT
- 5. DESIRED OUTCOMES Readers of Guide #4 will better understand: • The evolving threat posed by disasters to the business community • The broad disaster risk reduction tools available to the business community, including pre-disaster considerations • The relationship of their business community’s disaster resiliency to their municipality’s long-term sustainability • The various private sector tools, agencies, and government organizations that can support recovery of their local economy
- 6. AGENDA • Overview — Guide #4: Business Resumption & Economic Recovery • Information Requirements • Participants’ Advice & Opinions • Summary
- 8. OVERVIEW – GUIDE #4 • Disaster and the economy • Preparing your business pre-disaster • Assessment of disaster impacts • Business assistance tools
- 10. WHY WORRY? The majority of disaster-related risk decisions that directly affect the viability of a business rests with individual business owners in advance of the event
- 11. WHERE TO START? • Understand your community’s risk profile • Understand your community’s Emergency Management Plan • Understand your community’s Recovery Plan • Know your business drivers
- 13. PROVINCIAL DISASTER RECOVERY PROGRAM • The Government of Alberta provides financial relief to eligible businesses post-disaster in a highly-prescriptive manner as outlined in provincial Disaster Assistance Guidelines • Damage associated with insurable perils is typically ineligible for funding under a Disaster Recovery Program • Important to understand guidelines for eligibility (criteria outlined in Section 2 of Guide #4 Business Resumption & Economic Recovery in the Municipal Recovery Plan Toolkit)
- 14. Businesses are encouraged to fully explore and determine the appropriate coverage to mitigate the risk for property insurance and business interruption insurance. Risks including the loss of stock, revenue, and productivity should be carefully analyzed and mitigated. UNDERSTAND INSURANCE OPTIONS
- 16. BOARD CONSIDERATIONS Corporate governance boards usually examine a company’s operations by employing a risk perspective The risk posed by a disaster to the operation, brand, and even viability of a business should be on the board’s agenda
- 18. MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS: HOW DO WE HELP? • Pre-disaster Relationships • Assessing the Impact • Business Recovery Centre • Know your community’s critical economic drivers • Business Needs Survey • Business Advisory Committee • Economic Opportunity and Advisory Team
- 20. BUSINESS ASSISTANCE TOOLS • Critical Employee Housing • Critical Employee Transportation • Economic Development Officer • Case Management • Tax Considerations • Business Loan Programs • Grant Programs and Seed Monies • Monetary Donations • Hosted Website • Pre-disaster Database • Asset Mapping • Focused Lobbying
- 22. INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS 1)What are your community’s post-disaster key businesses? 2)What are their critical business drivers? 3)Identify existing government/business relationship forums as well as opportunities to deepen pre-disaster relationships 4)How do you increase disaster preparedness in your business community?
- 24. IR #1 – POST-DISASTER KEY BUSINESSES • IR #1: What are your community’s post-disaster key businesses? • Review: Your community’s employment statistics and municipal business taxation. • Advice & Opinions: Subgroup dialogue and plenary feedback Method: Plenary Discussion Use Internet; Handouts
- 25. IR #2 – CRITICAL BUSINESS DRIVERS • IR #2: What are their critical business drivers? • Review: Awareness of Critical Business Drivers Section – Guide 4 • Advice & Opinions: Subgroup dialogue and plenary feedback Method: Plenary Discussion Use Internet; Handouts
- 26. IR #3 – GOVERNMENT-BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS • IR #3: Identify existing government/business relationship forums as well as opportunities to deepen pre- disaster relationships • Review: Relationships with the Local Business Community Section – Guide 4 • Advice & Opinions: Facilitated discussion Method: Plenary Discussion Use Internet; Handouts
- 27. IR #4 – BUSINESS DISASTER PREPAREDNESS • IR #4: Explore and solicit input on how to increase disaster preparedness in your business community • Review: Appendix 2 – Business Pre- Disaster Risk Reduction Check List • Advice & Opinions: Facilitated discussion Method: Plenary Discussion Use Internet; Handouts
- 28. SUMMARY • Prior to the writing the PDR Contingency Plan, it is important for the municipality to frame the aforementioned aspects of disaster recovery • Participants’ advice and considerations to inform the development of the community’s PDR Contingency Plan • Further consultation and feedback will be sought as necessary
- 29. Dana Woodworth, woodworthd@ae.ca Brian MacGillivray, macgillivrayb@ae.ca QUESTIONS & CONTACT INFORMATION
Editor's Notes
- Intent. The intent of this municipal recovery guide is to introduce and define recovery frameworks, recovery planning, and decision-support tools to enable municipal elected officials, public servants, and key stakeholders in the drafting of a community-specific, all hazards pre-disaster recovery contingency plan.
- Intent. The intent of this municipal recovery guide is to provide elected officials and senior administrative personnel at the municipal level the context and rationale, as well as relevant methodologies, to support the recovery of their local economy post-disaster. This guide outlines the risks to and the impact of a disaster on private sector businesses, describing how a municipality can effectively support the planning and implementation of business resumption and recovery over both the short and long-term.
- Desired Outcomes. The outcomes of Guide #4 include the ability to: Connect with and inform the municipal business community of their role in disaster risk reduction pre-event Integrate sound business resumption and recovery actions into the overarching municipal PDR Contingency Plan Plan and actively support recovery of their economy, including local business resumption and recovery, in the event of an actual disaster
- Desired Outcomes. The outcomes of Guide #4 include the ability to: Connect with and inform the municipal business community of their role in disaster risk reduction pre-event Integrate sound business resumption and recovery actions into the overarching municipal PDR Contingency Plan Plan and actively support recovery of their economy, including local business resumption and recovery, in the event of an actual disaster Readers of this guide will understand how a disaster can impact their business community, the economy, and their long-term viability as a municipality. They will better understand: The evolving threat posed by disasters to the business community The broad disaster risk reduction tools available to the business community, including pre-disaster considerations The relationship of their business community’s disaster resiliency to their municipality’s long-term sustainability The various private sector tools, agencies, and government organizations that can support recovery of their local economy following a disaster
- This seemingly simple planning tool is deceptively powerful. It forces owners and employees to focus on their core business drivers, identify and understand the risks, craft relevant strategies that are compiled into a plan, and then test the rigor of their thinking by exercising the business continuity plan.
- In addition to providing an overview of the learnings from this guide, the intent is to extract the community representative’s advice and opinions that supports the developing of the community specific, pre-disaster recovery plan. This session is designed to draw advice or opinions for the following information requirements: What are your community’s post-disaster key businesses? What are their critical business drivers? Identify existing government/business relationship forums as well as opportunities to deepen pre-disaster relationships. How do you increase disaster preparedness in your business community?