Presenters: Laura Owens, Technical Specialist, Partnerships and Organisational Development and G Dhoot, FFI’s International Health, Safety & Security Manager.

This webinar was part of the Organisational Resilience Festival 2022, hosted by FFI and WCS. 

Session Outline & Highlights:

• Understanding risks (offers a definition of risk, what threats might be faced & how)
• Is it a risk or a crisis? A crisis can be escalation of a risk
• Activity identifying most likely risks for your organisation  
• Health, safety, & security impacts (legal, financial, reputation)
• Identify and track ways to manage each risk 
• Assess risk by likelihood and possible impact (when preparing to handle) 
• Create safeguards for risks 
• Written plan for managing risks and crises 
• Communication & operation through process
• Practice scenarios - try to avoid crises, but know how to mitigate should they still happen 
• A crisis has ability to have long-term effects 
• Necessary resources in crisis: funding, reserves (related to funding), budget, skills, collaborators, staff priorities, things & people to help you continue to run 
• Practice and confidence building

This webinar was made possible through funding by Arcadia –a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin.