UN Women with the China Centre for Promotion of SME Development have developed Ready for Risk: A Business Continuity Management Toolkit for Women SME Entrepreneurs.

The toolkit provides a grounding in risk control and business continuity, with particular reference to the COVID-19 pandemic response. With its step-by-step guidance, checklist, and various tools, the toolkit becomes a self-learning tool for SME leaders across the world, so that they can better address risks and build their own gender- responsive business continuity management system.

Based on the International Business Continuity Management Standard ISO 22301, the toolkit has been researched and designed to meet the specific and practical needs of women entrepreneurs. It has also been field tested by women entrepreneurs and adjusted based on the valuable feedback of those who took part in a pilot training on this topic in October 2021, in Wuhan, China.

Originally designed for women SME entrepreneurs in China, it has been developed to be broadly applicable. Hence, we believe the toolkit will be beneficial for SME leaders across the world, and serve as a group training guide for practitioners, SME trainers and business supporting agencies that aim to promote a more resilient, inclusive, and sustainable business environment.

为风险做好准备：业务连续性管理培训工具包

联合国妇女署与中国中小企业发展促进中心共同开发了旨在赋能妇女所有中小企业的《为风险做好准备：业务连续性管理培训工具包》。

本工具包旨在为中小企业的风险控制和业务连续性管理能力提供指导、并为应对新冠肺炎疫情提供参考。通过循序渐进的分步指导、任务清单和配套工具，成为世界各地中小企业管理者的自学工具，以便更好地应对风险，并建立自己的促进性别平等的业务连续性管理体系。

我们依据国际业务连续性管理标准ISO 22301设计并开发了本工具包，以满足世界各地女企业家的需求。我们于2021年10月在中国湖北省武汉市开展了试点培训，并依据参与培训学员的反馈对本工具包进行了调整。

工具包最初是为中国的女性中小企业家和管理者开发的，由于工具包具有广泛的适用性，我们相信它将有助于世界各地的中小企业领导者，也将为相关领域的从业人员、中小企业培训师和商业支持机构提供参考，并有助于建设一个更有韧性、更具包容性和更可持续的商业发展环境。