This document provides guidelines on the design and development of an organizational resilience policy and strategy. It includes:

—     how to design and formulate a resilience policy;

—     how to design strategy to achieve the objectives of a resilience policy;

—     how to determine priorities for implementation of the organization’s resilience initiatives;

—     how to establish a cooperative and coordinated capability to enhance resilience.

This document is applicable to organizations seeking to enhance resilience. It is not specific to any industry or sector. It can be applied throughout the life of an organization to enhance resilience.

This document does not provide guidance on the development of an organizational resilience capability.