Wei Sen Li, APEC EPWG Co-Chairs

Dr. Wei-Sen Co Chairs

21 Member Economies in APEC

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 APEC region
disaster-prone
a highly disaster prone area

Earthquake Typhoon
China, 2008 Philippines, 2014

D b i flow
Debris fl Flood
Earthquake & Tsunami
China, 2010 Thailand, 2011
Japan, 2011 2
 A glance at APEC SMEs

APEC SMEs Monitoring 2013

98% of total business is SMEs

41% GDP
64% of employment
70% global natural disasters
Causing supply chain disruptions and economic losses
averaged 68 billion USD per year during 2003-2013.
Statistics compiled by the United Nations
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and
the Pacific (UNESCAP)
Top priorities of APEC Emergency
Preparedness since 2010

• Business and community resilience

• Public--private partnerships
Public
• Disaster risk reduction
• Cooperation and coordination with
regional and international
stakeholders
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• Preparations for the recoveryy phase
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 Initiatives : APEC Workshop on Private Sector
Emergency Preparedness in 2011
• The first international workshop after the Great North Eastern
Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
• The purpose of workshop is to enhance capacity in the Asia-
Asia-
Pacific
P ifi to protect business,
b i trade
d andd economic i growth,
growthh, as wellll
as communities, from disruption caused by disasters.
• This workshop focus on strengthening public
public--private partnership
capacity for emergency preparedness and Business Continuity
Plan..
Plan

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 Actions : Improving Natural Disaster Resilience
of APEC SMEs to Facilitate Trade and Investment
SMEs are the lifeblood in APEC Region
2011 &2012
2013 • SMEs account for 90% of the businesses
APEC
APEC Ministerial and employ well over half of the workforce
Priorities Statement for the majority of economies in the region
SMEs lack of disaster preemptive
knowledge and mechanisms
APEC MYP on • From the 311 Earthquake in Japan, more
APEC High
2011&2012 Improving than 300 companies went down in six
Level Policy
APEC SME Natural
Dialogue on months, and 90% out of these companies
Ministerial Disaster
Disaster
Statement Resilience of went bankrupt by “Indirect loss or
Resiliency
APEC SMEs damage” caused by natural disasters.
damage disasters

2011&2012
APEC Chinese Taipei proposed a multi-
multi
Leader’s 2013~2016 APEC year project for SMEs to respond to
2012 APEC Declaration Strategic Plans natural disasters in APEC region, to
Priorities of EWPG and
SMEWG establish reliable supply chains for
SMEs and to ensure the continuity
of trade and investment
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 Multi-year Framework and major goals by
inviting regional collaboration, ADRC and ADPC
Phase I (2012) Phase II (2013) Phase III (2014)

Preparation and Research Train the Trainer Dissemination

• Conducted joint study • Held the second expert • Hold the second stage
& survey meeting
i training workshop
• Established focal point (Thailand, Indonesia,
• Finalized the and Singapore)
network
Guidebook on SME
• Held
H ld the
th first
fi t expertt • Assist APEC economies
Business Continuity to build PFMs and
meeting
Planning BCPs of their SMEs
• Endorsed Guidelines
on Promoting BCPs • Held the Train-the- • Hold
H ld th
the High
Hi h Level
L l
• Drafted educational Trainers Workshop in Dialogue on Resilient
guidebook August in Taipei SMEs for Better Global
Supply Chains

ADRC ADRC and ADPC 7

ADRC and ADPC
 Project closely links with APEC core values

2013
APEC Theme Resilient Asia-
Asia-Pacific : Engine of Global Growth

2014
Shaping the Future through Asia-
Asia-Pacific Partnership
APEC
C Theme
e e

2014 Resilience
APEC Innovation and Sustainability APEC MYP
SMEMM on Disaster
Resilience
of SMEs
Recovery 8
 Project milestones to implement designed
goals
2013
2013/3 2014/3/24
2012/2 2012/4~10 Collaboration with
nd
2 Focal Point High Level Policy
Project Joint study in ADRC
Network Dialogue on
proposal collaboration with Published:
Meeting Resilient SMEs for
approved EPWG and other Guidebook on SME
and Expert Better Global
stakeholders Business Continuity
Meeting Supply Chains
Planning

2012 2013 2014

Preparation and Research Train the Trainer Dissemination

2012/7/11~12 2013/8
Focal Point APEC Train-the-
Network Meeting Trainer
and
d Expert
Workshop on
Meeting
Promoting SME
BCPs
16 Economies
Economies, 21 Experts 16 Economies,
E i 20 Experts,
E
and 300+ Participants 44 Seed Trainers and
400+ Participants 9
 Summarized outcomes of 3-Year Project

1. 30,000+
Subscriptions
Establish
bl h
the expert
and focal 2.
7. point
Study and
Hold High-Level network
Policy Dialogue explore
meeting demands of
APEC SMEs
Scenario Checking
Tasks 10 steps based on
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6. 3. ISO22301
2012-2014 Publish the
Host train
APEC SME
the trainer Monitor
workshop
5. 4.
Publish Collect
SME BCP BCP best 6 Languages
L
Guidebook practices
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 Outcomes : BCP Guidebook designed for
SMEs in 6 languages already
Lecture Discussion Case Study
(BCP Guidebook)
G id b k) (
(Scenario
i Assessment)) (6
( Reall Cases))

Step 1: Determine BCM purpose

purpose, scope and team
Step 2: Prioritized activities and Recovery Time Objective
Step 3: Key resources necessary for prioritized activities
Step 4: Risk assessment – know your worst scenarios
Step 5: Do not forget pre-disaster protection and mitigation
St 6: Emergency response to disaster
Step
Step 7: BC Strategies to early resumption
Step 8: Be financially prepared
Step 9: Exercise makes your plan functional
Step 10: PDCA cycle for your continuous improvement
1) Scenario Checking
2) 10 steps based on
ISO22301 Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC) helped to develop the guidebook
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 Recommendations on Resilient SMEs to
business’ss role at DRR
enhance business

• Establish SME Business Continuityy Plans to Facilitate Trade and

Investment
– Develop exclusive BCPs for all other industries to build up the
capacity on disaster resilience for SMEs.
• Implement BCP Guidebook for Better Global Supply Chains
– Di
Disseminating
i ti Guidebook
G id b k in i different
diff t languages
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– Organizing the local training programs to train the seed trainers
– Sharing the best practices, knowledge and information
• Enhance the Public-
Public-Private Partnership and Cross-
Cross-Fora
Cooperation
– Collaborating within APEC and other organizations for
promoting BCPs at SMEs
– Integrating
I t ti the
th resources from
f the
th public
bli andd private
i t sectors
t
and experts to strengthen the capacity of SMEs
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 Next step: Seven Principles for enhancing global
supply chain resilience (with APEC TPTWG)
1. Share information and knowledge
2. Promote disaster risk management and hazard
mapping
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3. Support planning and business continuity
4 Promote best practice policy,
4. policy regulations,
regulations and
flexibility
5 Leverage
5. L regional
i l cooperation
ti to
t supportt the
th supply
l
chain,
6. Promote critical infrastructure protection
7. Recognize and promote best practice in human
resource and capacity management
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Th k You
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