Morning 

8:00 – 8:15 

REGISTRATION

8:15 – 8:30

OPENING SESSION 

• Javier Gordon Ruiz, Director (a.i.) of Relations for Integration and Cooperation of the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
• Hon. Tracy T. Panton, Minister with Responsibility for Investment Trade and Commerce of the Ministry of Economic Development, Petroleum, Investment, Trade and Commerce of Belize

8:30 – 9:00

INTRODUCTORY SESSION

Moderator: Representative of the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) 

Presentation and methodology of the workshop: Yves Dávila, SELA’s Consultant (*) 

9:00 – 9:15

COFFEE BREAK

9:15 – 10:45

MODULE 1: Introduction to business continuity

Contents: This module aims to provide the reasons why the implementation of a business continuity programme is necessary and to review the various international standards and best practices on the issue of business continuity.

10:45 – 12:00 

MODULE 2: Roles and responsibilities to consider

Contents: This module aims to release the roles, responsibilities and resources that every organization must define and implement in order to ensure the success and sustainability of a business continuity programme.

12:00 – 2:00 

2:00 – 3:15

MODULE 3: Prioritizing activities based on urgency

Contents: This module aims to release the methodology for prioritizing, once a major event occurred, the recovery of activities and resources of a company considering the urgency of complying with its contractual, legal, social, and reputational obligations, among others, without affecting its financial viability.

3:15 – 3:30

COFFEE BREAK

3:30 – 5:00

Practical activity

5:30 

Thursday, 29 June 2017

MODULE 4: Protecting more urgent activities

Contents: This module aims to release the methodology for identifying and assessing risks and vulnerabilities that exist during the implementation of activities and use of resources to operate in normal conditions, with the purpose of identifying preventive measures additional to the existing ones, which mitigate risks and help protect the most urgent activities of the company.

MODULE 5: Design and implement response, continuity and recovery strategies

Contents: This module aims to release the strategies that a company must design and implement to ensure reasonably, in case a major event occurs, a fast and orderly response, internal and external effective communications and progressive recovery of resources it needs to continue providing its services, in compliance with its contractual, legal, social and reputational obligations, among others, without affecting its financial viability.

COFFEE BREAK

Practical activity

FREE TIME FOR LUNCH

Afternoon

MODULE 6: Documenting continuity plans

Contents: This module aims to release the characteristics of the effective business continuity plans and the best way to document them, so that they can be used to respond, maintain internal and external communications, and recover progressively the activities and resources of the company.

MODULE 7: Conducting testing and exercises related to continuity plans

Contents: This module aims to show the importance of conducting different types of tests and exercises related to business continuity plans, in order to prepare the participating staff for the biggest event and enable them to familiarize themselves and practice sufficiently to respond appropriately.

COFFEE BREAK

Practical activity

Friday, 30 June 2017

Morning

8:00 – 8:45

MODULE 8: Raising awareness and developing skills in the organization

Contents: This module aims to show how an awareness-raising programme is implemented to keep staff in a state of permanent alert, in addition to developing the skills required for the maintenance of the business continuity programme and response to major events.

8:45 – 9:30

MODULE 9: Maintaining the business continuity programme

Contents: This module aims to show the importance of maintaining, and how to maintain despite the changes suffered by the enterprise, the business continuity programme updated and ready for use when the major events occurs.

9:30 – 10:15 

MODULE 10: Indicators of the business continuity programme

Contents: This module aims to show the importance of business continuity indicators, which of them must be defined and how often must they be measured, in order to assess the maturity of the business continuity programme over time and create a strategic plan.

10:15 – 10:30 

COFFEE BREAK

10:30 – 11:30 

Practical activity

11:30 – 12:00

12:00 – 12:30

CLOSING SESSION 

• Representative of the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
• Representative of the Belize Trade and Investment Development Service (BELTRAIDE)

2:00 

Tour to the archaeology sites in Belize “Lamani” courtesy of Belize Trade and Investment Development Service (BELTRAIDE).

(*) Yves Dávila is Executive Director of Protiviti, Instructor of Certification Courses offered by the Business Continuity Institute (BCI), Instructor of courses offered by the International Consortium for Organizational Resilience (ICOR) and SELA´s Consultant. He has more than 20 years of work experience and is President of the Editorial Advisory Board of the DRJ (Disaster Recovery Journal) in Spanish. Furthermore, he holds the MBCI, CBCP, LA 22301, LI 22301 certifications and is Advisor of the Business Continuity Maturity Model (BCMM).