How can the usefulness of capability assessments be improved?

Lindbom, Hanna; Tehler, Henrik; Frykmer, Tove; Uhr, Christian

doi:10.1201/b19094-441

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“…To respond to these shortcomings of the NRA process, some countries carry out capability assessments in conjunction with the NRA (Pursiainen & Rød, 2021), see, for example, Sweden (MSB, 2016(MSB, , 2019 and the Netherlands (RIVM, 2016). However, the capability to handle the identified risks has in many cases not been assessed and studies suggest that the methodological basis for capability assessments is somewhat unclear (Lindbom, Tehler, Frykmer, et al, 2015). The need for such assessments has been highlighted (see e.g., Lin, 2018;Lindbom, Tehler, Eriksson, et al, 2015).…”

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Using business continuity methodology for improving national disaster risk management

Tomasson

2022

Contingencies & Crisis Mgmt

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Crises affecting societies at a national level have regularly highlighted the importance of societies being prepared and resilient. There is a lack of standardized and proven procedures to ensure continuity of vital societal functions at a national level, as demonstrated in the recent COVID‐19 pandemic. This article investigates how the methodology of business continuity management (BCM) can be used at a national level to increase resilience and societal safety. The article shows that a societal safety approach, where critical societal functions are based on societal values and basic individual needs, can be a fundamental platform for national continuity management. National risk assessments (NRAs), refer to the process and documentation of assessing risks at a national level. NRAs in three Nordic countries where societal safety is the basis for national disaster risk management (DRM) is analyzed, and in two other countries, which have worked extensively with NRAs. This article presents several possibilities and problems inherent in using the BCM process and methodology for national DRM. Finally, a rough proposal is given on how DRM can be developed at the national level with the help of concepts and methods from BCM that would increase societal safety.

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