Creating Economic Resilience:
A Whole Community Approach

EMPOWERING LEADERS TO BUILD RESILIENT ECONOMIES

Global disasters can have significant impacts on the local economy. Major disasters adversely affect regional economies through lost revenue, income, taxes, jobs, and assets. Many Economic Development Organizations (EDOs) lack the resources, methods, and training to help businesses in their regions build economic resilience to survive and recover from major disasters. According to FEMA, 75% of companies that do not have business continuity plans will fail within three years of a natural disaster. This course is designed to provide regional economic developers with the resources, knowledge, and tools to empower local businesses in building economic resilience to withstand the disasters they may face.

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Course Overview

This course will provide you with the knowledge and framework for strategic partnering with businesses to enhance the culture of preparedness among the business community. By understanding the community’s threat/hazard profile and businesses’ economic, geographic, and operating risks within the same framework, Economic Development Organizations (EDOs) can support regional economic resilience strategies. The goal is to provide context to understand the disaster risks/impacts to businesses and highlight the need for EDOs to engage with businesses in disaster preparedness. This course will also provide fundamental information and resources to EDOs to recognize the economic risks from disasters in order to engage the public and private sector in creating economic resilience. This will be a knowledge-based course to orient EDOs for CER-101.

Target Audience

Course Topics

Emergency managers, Economic development organization personnels, commercial services personnel, National, regional, and local government employees, Business owners and managers, Economic resilience analysts, Emergency management directors, Sustainability managers, Business continuity managers, Public policy professionals, Community development specialists, Urban and regional planners.

Course Objectives

Identify the roles of economic development

organizations in economic resilience.
List business risks and their impacts on

operations and the economy.
Describe local threats and hazards.
Identify general economic drivers and

indicators as well as sources for the

indicators.
Describe localized economic drivers by

sector.

Culture of Preparedness
Emergency Management Mission Areas
Traditional Role of EDOs
Strategic Role of EDO
Community Lifelines
Business Model Canvas
Business Risks, Threats, and Hazards
Contributing Factors to Disaster Risks
Resilience Analysis & Planning Tool
Risk Mapping, Assessment & Planning
Threat & Hazard Identification Risk Assessment

(THIRA)
Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment (HIRA)
NAICS Codes
Risks to Economic Stability

Course Length

2-hours, recored training videos, self-pace

Certification

A certificate of completion will be given to those participants who pass the test with a score of 70% or higher. Students who do not achieve a score of 70% or higher will be allowed to retake the test an additional two times.

EI2 Global at Georgia Tech

ADDRESS:
75 5th Street NW
Atlanta, GA, 30308
Phone: 404-894-0730
Email: dkincaid6@gatech.edu

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Creating Economic Resilience: A Whole Community Approach