December 21, 2009
Upcoming
Events
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Feb. 11 – Multi-sector roundtable with AmCham, Venezuela
Director’s
Note
Season's Greetings to
All!
2009 was certainly a lesson in
accelerated adversity and overcoming challenges
to continuity and resilience, globally and
locally. Building alliances and working
together is becoming more necessary every day.
As our team here at PADF continues preparations
for the 2010 Regional Integration Conference in
Guatemala City this January 19-21, it my
pleasure to announce that we will hear from
Cervecería Centroamericana, Fundación
Castillo Córdova, Rio Garment, Merck, Grupo El
Angel, CONRED, CEPREDENAC, ODPEM, OFDA/USAID,
BCLC, ANDI, and many others. We will learn,
first hand, how they build alliances for
disaster management and risk reduction.
On that note I also encourage everyone
to take advantage of the free BDA Global
webinar on January 12. Taking stock and
protecting your critical operations, come what
may, will put you ahead of your competition in
2010 and beyond.
Please be sure to visit www.PlanforDisasters.org to follow the
conversations on our business continuity and
the mutual aid committee blogs. This facility
allows you to ask specialists about how they
are handling issues of interest to you.
Remember to check out our resources section for
recent publications that can guide and support
your efforts.
All the best!
Christine
Herridge
Director, Disaster Management
Alliance
Announcements
The DMA Regional Integration Conference will take place January 19-21, 2010 in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
The
Conference will provide an exciting opportunity
to learn from a distinguished group including
business leaders, government officials, and
specialists in disaster management from over 10
countries in the
region.
Contact
AskDMA for more
information.
Complimentary Webinars: The
basics of Business Continuity Planning-
everything you need to know to get
started!
for your organization, but
you’re not really sure where to start. What
exactly is a Business Impact Analysis (BIA)?
What should be included in a BCP? How do you
start? What is the purpose of BCP and how does
it relate to IT
recovery?
This complimentary
webinar will cover all of the basics of
Business Continuity Planning. The webinar will
consist of 45 minutes of slides/speaker and 15
minutes for
question/answer.
Webinar is provided by
BDA Global, a leading Business Continuity
Planning and Emergency Management consulting
firm (www.bdaglobal.com).
BDA Global has provided training on BCP and
Emergency Management to businesses in 8
countries throughout the Caribbean and Latin
America in partnership with the Pan American
Development Organization (PADF). The webinar
will be conducted in English.
Date: January 12th,
2010
Time: 10:00 am
EST
Register here for this
free opportunity: http://www.bdaglobal.com/event.php
Visit our website to see the latest
blog posts:
·
International Earthquake Simulation in
Bogotá. More>>
·
Training Response Squads in the Mutual
Aid Committees. More>
To post questions and comments, please
login to PlanforDisasters.org or contact
AskDMA to get registered
today!
Need help finding
information? Contact the AskDMA
hotline.
Help is only an e-mail away. To find
information and tools related to disaster
preparedness and business continuity topics
just e-mail AskDMA or call (202)
458-6351. Assistance is available in English
and Spanish.
The PADF/DMA team wishes you
Happy Holidays and
Happy New
Year!!
Pan
American Development
Foundation
1889 F Street, NW,
2nd Floor
Washington, D.C.
20006
202.458.3969