For many reasons, Central Banks need a proper Business Continuity Management (BCM) process as part of broader risk management, for example to show their own good practice as a regulator, to meet direct/indirect Government and Finance Sector compliance requirements, to meet customer expectations, for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), to meet global industry standards (e.g. ISO) and/or to achieve better/cheaper insurances.

Many Central Banks find themselves with outdated Business Continuity Plans (BCPs), too much documentation, too much focus on ‘pleasing auditors’ but not having a plan that works when they need it most, and whereby staff and senior leaders actually understand what their role is. 

In order to overcome some of these common frustrations, we offer the following Business Continuity training program in Mombasa (Kenya), customised for African Central Banks:

• Guidance to review and optimise BCM within your Bank

• Demonstration of the ISO 22301:2019 on BCM

• Practical sessions to actually implement/improve BCM documentation and procedures within the Bank, including use of world-class templates (e.g. a Quick Reference BCP Activation Guide)

• Optional detailed walk-through of the ISO 31000:2018 standard on Risk Management (RM) and the brand new ISO 22361:2022 standard on Crisis Management (CM).

• Mini-assessment at end of the training course to show all participants have gained the expected learnings

• Optional computer-based ISO 22301 Business Continuity PECB Foundation, Lead Implementer or Lead Auditor certification exam after the course at a date and time convenient to the participant, remotely invigilated by PECB.*

• Optional computer-based ISO 31000 and/or ISO 22361 certification exams after the course at a date and time convenient to the participant, remotely invigilated by PECB.*
  

* Foundation includes lifetime free recertification. Manager and Lead Implementer/Auditor certifications incur USD 100-120 per annum directly payable to PECB, in order to maintain certification status. A Windows computer with camera is required to sit an exam, as well as a private space. However Foundation is not a requirement for the Manager or Lead exams, in fact there is no formal requirement for any of the exams., to be fully certified, 2-5 years professional experience is required as per the PECB website.

Overall objectives of this program

• By delegates attending the course, their organisation will be able to minimise the need for future consultants’ assistance on BCM. Participants will be equipped with the skills to own BCM themselves.

• Your organisation will come away with an initial review of its current BCM process. Our Principal Consultant Ms Rinske Geerlings will deliver the training to your staff, as she is familiar with BCM and broader risk management practices and requirements of central banks (including African CBs).

• The ISO suite is increasingly popular, ISO 22301 (as well as ISO 31000 and ISO 22361) are becoming the chosen standards for BCM, RM and CM. These standards ‘talk the same language’ as the ISO 27001 Information Security standard and other (e.g. ISO 9001) standards. This course will ensure your staff understand the alignment between those standards and other, finance and Government sector-specific standards.

• By the course being held offsite away from the normal workplace, your staff will be able to focus on these important topics together with their colleagues. Not only in relation to the BCM training content, but also to discuss general BCM issues/challenges, and how to deal with various continuity/risk scenarios.

• By completing the final course assessment, your staff will receive a Business As Usual achievement certificate.

• Should you opt for your staff to take any of the ISO certification exams, this provides confidence internally but also to external stakeholders, of your bank’s professional, world-class approach to BCM.

Please contact us to request a brochure including registration form for this customised programme.