1. SMEs needs and challenges in a changing disaster context
Towards Resilient Business Communities
Learning from Small and Medium Enterprises
SMEs needs and challenges in a
changing disaster context
Aslam Perwaiz,
Head, Disaster Risk Management Systems &
Team Leader, iPrepare Business Facility of ADPC

2. Towards Resilient Business Community !
ADPC, through its iPrepare Business facility, focuses on to build disaster-resilient businesses in the region, by partnership to strengthen resilience of private sector, particularly the SMEs ; providing technical assistance in strengthening resilience on a demand-driven basis; supporting governments in strengthening the enabling environment that promotes risk sensitive and informed investments by private sector and facilitating knowledge sharing at the regional and national level

3. Why SME Resilience ?
SMEs comprise more than 90% of all private businesses
SMEs embedded in a larger socio-ecological system: spatial interconnections and dependencies
Climate change is an additional stress to business planning and continuity
Impacts on the supply and production chains
SMEs face greater short-term losses after natural disaster and more vulnerable than larger businesses
Many SME owners’ operate and reside locally : double exposure

4. Need - Strengthen disaster resilience of the SME sector
Information on disaster risk and previous disaster impacts
Institutional Arrangement / Individual Arrangement
Incentives and Training needs
Risk Management and Risk Reduction Analysis
Financial Strength to Recovery
Business Continuity and Supply Chain Issues

5. Example - Strengthen disaster resilience of the SME sector
Enhancing SME general and disaster risk data
DRRM and BCM awareness and training
Tailored risk financing solutions
SME inclusion in DRR and CCA policy, planning and local institutions
Large enterprise role in SME resilience

6. 2. Need – A Roadmap for Disaster Resilience for the SME sector
Road Map and Action Plan for SME Disaster Resilience
Identified Roadmap Theme
Suggested key actions
Relevant actors, stakeholders or policy owners
Potential pilot initiatives
Time Line
Enhancing MSME general and disaster risk data
DRRM and BCM awareness and training
Tailored Risk Financing for SME/MSME
MSME inclusion in DRRM and CCA policy, planning and local institutions
What are the identified needs
Who needs to be concerned with SME disaster resilience
Which policy modalities or actions can best support SMEs to become more disaster- resilient
How and where policy initiatives and targeted activities can communicate with and access SMEs

7. 2. Example – Thailand SME Disaster Resilience
provide technical assistance on risk assessment, risk reduction and business continuity management to selected SMEs on a demand-driven basis.
encourage an enabling environment of disaster risk reduction among private enterprises particularly SMEs.
ensure disaster preparedness capacities are built within certain SMEs.
form selected SMEs as a role model to encourage other enterprises to have awareness and improvement on disaster resilience.

8. “Resilient SMEs Champion Program” (Thailand pilot)
08/10/2015
7-month program to provide direct technical support to SMEs in DRR and BCP
General profiles of 10 selected SMEs:
- Most of selected SMEs were affected by floods. One was affected by drought
- Average total loss by disaster event: USD 565,035
- Average period of disruption: 52 Days
Number selected SMEs in each industrial sector:
- Agriculture: 3
- Auto parts and automobiles: 3
- Hotel and Tourism: 1
- Trading: 2
- Communication services: 1
J.K.C. Bike Industry

9. How we make a resilient SME ?#1
BCP Framework #2
Risk Assessment & Business Impact Analysis #3
Strategies #4
Exercise (Plan-Do-Check-Act)

10. 3- Need for Tools and Capacities for
interconnected and systemic impacts

11. 3- Need for Tools and Capacities for
interconnected and systemic impacts