[can-talk] Business Continuity skills training - curriculum development - update

Dear colleagues,

 

On 11 July I posted to this list a request for input to curriculum
development for Business Continuity training within the Vocational Education
and Training (VET) sector. This email is to update readers on subsequent
events.

 

Many thanks to all who responded to my request. Your suggestions have been
passed on to the consultants who are working for "Innovation and Business
Skills Australia" (IBSA), the body that oversees - among other fields -
library and museum training packages in the VET sector.

 

The consultants have now drafted three 'units of competency' for Business
Continuity training at three levels: senior, middle and lower. The units are
designed for the Australian workforce - not just for people working in the
collections sector. IBSA invites comment from interested parties on the
content of these draft units of competency, and on a related discussion
paper.  The draft units and the discussion paper are located on IBSA's
Review and Feedback Register, which is located on the IBSA website. The
direct URL is: http://www.ibsa.org.au/content/currentprojects/bus_cont.html.
Feedback received will contribute to the further development of the new
units, and should be provided by COB Monday 1 September 2008.  

 

Finally, for information, here is a consolidated listing of the URLs
relating to Business Continuity as sent to me by various respondents (thanks
again for your contributions). 

*         http://www.easybcp.com.au/

*         http://www.thebci.org.au/ 

*         http://www.continuitycentral.com/news03857.htm 

*         http://www.disaster-recovery-guide.com/

*         DISACT is a "Disaster Recovery Resource for Public Collections in
the ACT Region" where the various collecting organisations have entered into
an MoU to supply mutual aid in times of disaster. Their website is useful in
general, but note in particular:
http://www.anbg.gov.au/disact/intro-prep-recover-2004.html and also
http://www.anbg.gov.au/disact/web-links.html - scroll down in this Useful
Web Links page to the "Business Continuity" section.

*
http://www.ag.gov.au/agd/www/nationalsecurity.nsf/Page/Information_For_Busin
essBusiness_Continuity (In particular have a look at the National Audit
Office document called Business Continuity Management, Keeping the Wheels in
Motion - currently being updated)

*         CAVAL risk management courses for libraries, collecting
organisations and record-keepers:
http://www.caval.edu.au/show-category.html?CATID=5

*         The RMIA have a lot of material on this subject
http://www.rmia.org.au/tabid/76/Default.aspx 

*         Risk Management Association http://rmaaustralia.org/

*         Emergency Management Australia has some great information in their
publications and research section http://www.ema.gov.au/

*         Business continuity plans have a relationship with information
security management. The NSW Government policy on information security is
detailed in M2007 - 04 (see
http://www.dpc.nsw.gov.au/publications/memos_and_circulars/ministerial_memor
anda/2007/m2007-04)

*         In NSW, there are formal requirements under the State Records Act.
Section 11 of the State Records Act 1998 requires that "Each public office
must ensure the safe custody and proper preservation of the State records
that it has control of."  To assist public offices (NSW Government Agencies,
Councils, Universities, and the public health system) understand and meet
this obligation, the State Records Authority of New South Wales has
developed the Standard on Counter Disaster Strategies for Records and
Recordkeeping Systems.  This Standard is mandatory, covers records in all
formats (paper-based and digital) and all NSW public offices are expected to
implement the requirements of the Standard.  The Standard was designed to
dovetail into the business continuity framework, but to also focus attention
on particular information assets - records and the recordkeeping systems.
It emphasises that the counter disaster plan for records must dovetail with
the organisation's business continuity plan.  The Standard is available from
http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/recordkeeping/counter_disaster_strategies_4437
.asp and Guidelines for the implementation of the Standard are available
from
http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/recordkeeping/guideline_5_counter_disaster_str
ategies_5021.asp 

*         State Records Authority of New South Wales in partnership with the
State Library of NSW run a 'De Dramatising Disasters' training course for
the NSW public sector (see
http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/staterecords/training_ddd_14142.asp)

*         Pandemic influenza Business Continuity guidelines for local
government: http://www.lga.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=1223 

*        USA sites: Solinet is mostly aimed at collection recovery:
http://www.solinet.net/Preservation/Disaster%20Resources/Disaster%20Prepared
ness%20and%20Recovery.aspx  FEMA has some information that could be useful
http://www.fema.gov/business/index.shtm

*        www.BS25999.com contains a wealth of useful information and
guidelines that reflect the principles of the UK standard, BS 25999 part 1
and 2 - 'the only comprehensive international BCM standard'.

 

Sincerely,

 

Margaret Birtley

CEO

Collections Council of Australia Ltd

PO Box 263

Rundle Mall  SA  5000

Tel:   (08) 8207 7272

Fax:  (08) 8207 7207

Mobile:  0418 814 957

Email:   ceo at collectionscouncil.com.au

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