General Secretariat of the National Risk Council

(Article Three):

The National Risk Council shall determine the direction, vision, and objectives related to risk, emergency, crisis, disaster and business continuity affairs at the national level, and enhance the capacity of the relevant entities to prevent, plan and prepare for them, and to co-ordinate among themselves in relation to those affairs.

Vision

The resilience of a nation...

Drives its development and enables its prosperity.

Mission

We strengthen proactive national capabilities in risk and emergency management and business continuity, to enable resilience and achieve the highest levels of readiness
Values
 
Leadership
Integration
Cooperation
Proactive
Readiness
Foresight
Role
We oversee 4 focal areas:
1 Risk Management
2 Emergency management
3 Business Continuity Management
4 Supply chain continuity management

Pillars of our plan

Comprehensive policies and integrated governance
Effective risk, emergency, and business continuity management
Qualified human capabilities, awareness, and a strong culture
Distinguished institutional and operational model

Strategic goals

  • Develop national legislation, policies and frameworks for risk, emergency, and business continuity management, and ensure compliance with them.
  • Strengthening the capabilities of the authorities to reduce, prevent and mitigate risks and prepare for emergencies.
  • Ensure the continuity of essential services, reduce the risk of supply chain disruptions, and protect critical and essential infrastructure.
  • Developing national human capabilities for risk, emergency, and business continuity management.
  • Promote a culture of risk and emergency management and business continuity and raise awareness of it.
  • Enhancing organizational excellence and digital transformation.
  • Investing in human capital within an attractive and productive work environment.

Disaster and Crisis Management Center

Operational on January 24, 2022
  • Monitoring and controlling all matters related to national risks and their indicators, in coordination with the relevant authorities, and reporting to the Council on what requires action in this regard.
  • Collecting, classifying, analyzing, and evaluating data, information and incidents related to national risk affairs that are received from the relevant authorities, and reporting to the Council on what requires action in this regard.
  • Participate in crisis and disaster management in accordance with the approved regulations, frameworks, and procedures.
    • Coordinating efforts between the concerned sectors when dealing with the event in accordance with the plans, frameworks and procedures regulating that.
  • Evaluate the measures taken by the relevant authorities to respond to and recover from emergencies, crises, and disasters, and draw lessons learned from them and proposed solutions to address them, and report to the Council what requires action in this regard.

Center of Excellence

 
  • Find solutions to reduce national risks, emergencies, crises, and disasters, and ensure business continuity through studies, applied research and advanced technologies, in coordination with the relevant authorities.
  • Organizing and delivering educational programs and training courses in the areas of risk and emergency management and business continuity.
  • Organizing and presenting the necessary programs to raise awareness of risks, emergencies, crises and disasters of all kinds and their effects, and how to deal with them before, during and after their occurrence.
  • Building professional standards and frameworks, as well as developing and implementing standardized tests in the risk, emergency and business continuity sector.
  • Qualifying experts from the public and private sectors in the areas of risk, emergency, and business continuity management, according to a financial consideration set for this purpose.