23rd March to 27th March 2009

Introduction

Business Continuity Awareness Week is firmly fixed in the calendar of business continuity practitioners with the main focus of the week being to raise awareness with colleagues and clients and show the growing importance of Business Continuity Management (BCM) as an integral management tool.

Centrally, the Business Continuity Institute aims to raise understanding of BCM with leading opinion formers in government and industry. During 2007 the Business Continuity Institute launched the BCI Partnership as a way of working with organisations to raise the profile of the discipline and to encourage corporate excellence in BCM. BCI Partners include: Milton Keynes Council , Marsh, SunGard , ICM Business Continuity Services , Continuity Shop, BP International, Prudential, Cabinet Office - Civil Contingencies Secretariat, EADS, HBOS, PriceWaterhouse Coopers, Continuity SA, Texonet Limited, BT, Hewlett-Packard, EDS, 4C Strategies AB, eBRP Solutions Network, Continuity Central, BSI Management Systems, Crisis Solutions, Garrison Continuity, IBM, NCC, AON Risk Consulting, ABN Amro Bank, ABS Consulting, Getronics and De Boer Structures.

To enable BCI members and partners to participate fully in Business Continuity Awareness Week, the BCI have produced various resources which are downloadable below.

What to do

Suggested activities that BCI members could initiate during Business Continuity Awareness Week.

Tools

Pocket Size Good Practice Guidelines– print a copy of these edited highlights of the Good Practice Guide to distribute to your colleagues and clients.

Useful statistics

Business Continuity articles - going beyond the basics.

The Business Continuity Management Game – with thanks to Dan Occhini

Awareness Week poster (PDF)

For further information about the campaign contact +44 (0) 118 947 82153 or email lee.glendon@thebci.org

MEDIA CONTACT:

Melanie Johnson
Eclat Marketing
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Office: +44 (0) 1276 486 000
Email: melanie@eclat.co.uk