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Welcome to the course on Business Continuity!

Small businesses, often referred to as Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), contribute to the well-being and the livelihoods of their community by providing employment, goods and services. Their presence and ability to stay afloat are crucial in times of crisis and important in aiding communities to survive and recover from economic shocks and disasters. 

This course presents the basic concepts of business continuity and provides tools for businesses interested in developing a practical way forward to remain operational in times of crisis or reopen as quickly as possible.

It also showcases the role of the private sector networks in promoting business continuity for MSMEs with many examples from CBi Member Networks and partners from around the world. 

This way, small businesses taking the course can also learn how they might benefit from the support provided by local business networks. 

This course is for you if you want to…

• Familiarize yourself with business continuity concepts and tools
• Learn how to implement business continuity in your context through practical examples from across the world
• Understand how as a small business you can benefit from business networks, and how as a business network you can support MSMEs

Learning objectives

The goal of the course is to explain business continuity concepts by providing examples and identifying the different ways in which private sector networks can support MSMEs in their development of BC strategies.

In Module 1, you will learn about a variety of topics on business continuity: what it is, what it means practically speaking, and why it’s important. 

The goal of Module 2 is to highlight the risks that your business may face and how a business continuity plan can address and mitigate these risks.

In Module 3, you will gain an understanding of how businesses can develop and implement practical business continuity strategies.

In Module 4, you will find out about tools and exercises to develop training and awareness campaigns, test your business continuity plan as well as monitor and evaluate the plan, 

You will be able to get a badge and download a certificate once you have completed all of the modules and passed the tests within the course.

Length

This course should take you around six hours to complete. As it is self-paced, you can do it at your own rhythm, over the course of a few days or weeks.

Certificate

You will be able to get the certificate if you pass the assessment with a score of 80% or above.

Copyright

This online course was funded by Connecting Business initiative and developed by the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF), a CBi Member Network.