Kuldip Nar is Managing Director in India of The Aidmatrix Foundation, a U.S. non-governmental organization (NGO) headed by former Wisconsin governor Scott McCallum. Aidmatrix mobilizes the collective efforts of 35,000 major companies, NGOs and government agencies that provide technology support to address humanitarian crises around the world. Many public and private organizations rely on Aidmatrix’ powerful supply chain software to manage delivery of tents, supplies and equipment to disaster areas, many of them in Asia.

Kuldip is the first officer of an NGO to be named an IAEM National Representative, and is a pioneer in the IAEM-Asia Council’s efforts to extend IAEM’s networking, education and certification programs in Asia.

Discover the current job titles, salaries, benefits and certifications of emergency management (EM) professionals in Asia in BC Management’s 8th annual Compensation Study. Click this link to complete the survey: http://www.keysurvey.com/survey/233170/18e6/

Deadline: Sunday, 15 March 2009
Your survey must be completed by March 15, 2009 to win the prizes in our raffle drawing.

The survey is for employees & consultants in:

Business continuity

Disaster recovery

Emergency management

Crisis management

Risk management and

Information security

You can participate even if you are between jobs at the moment!

Daniel Steele is the new IAEM National Representative in Singapore.Dan is Senior Director of Quality and Reliability Assurance in the EHSS & Risk Management Division of Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, one of the largest chip manufacturers in the world. Dan was a primary author of Singapore’s business continuity standard, SS540, and its predecessor, Technical Reference 19. He is Chairman of the Singapore Business Federation’s BCM Council. A chemist, he previously worked for Motorola. This is his LinkedIn profile.

Dan has lived and worked in Singapore since 2000, and is married with two daughters. He can be reached at iaemsingapore@gmail.com.

Emergency management is:

a. Comprehensive emergency managers consider and take into account all hazards, all phases, all stakeholders and all impacts relevant to disasters.

b. Progressive emergency managers anticipate future disasters and take preventive and preparatory measures to build disaster-resistant and disaster-resilient communities.

c. Risk-Driven emergency managers use sound risk management principles (hazard identification, risk analysis, and impact analysis) in assigning priorities and resources.

d. Integrated emergency managers ensure unity of effort among all levels of government and all elements of a community.

Full-time students working toward degrees in emergency management, disaster management or a related field are eligible for financial assistance provided by an IAEM scholarship. IAEM’s Scholarship Commission is now accepting applications for scholarships for the 2009-10 school year that begins in September 2009.

Students in the Asia Council countries are eligible for IAEM scholarships.

The application deadline is May 15, 2009.  Here is the IAEM scholarship application with instructions.

Questions about the program may be directed to the Asia Council representative on the Scholarship Commission, Mr. Kailash Gupta at kailashgupta@gmail.com, or to Ms. Dawn Shiley-Danzeisen Scholarship Program Director, at shiley@iaem.com

I think of organizational resilience as a chain that links security, emergency management (EM), disaster recovery, business continuity management (BCM) and crisis management. A resilient organization deploys appropriate security, has an I.T. disaster recovery plan, exercises its business continuity plan and has a separate crisis management plan.

But most organizations do not make emergency management plans, in my experience. Emergency management in the private sector is the weakest link in the resilience chain.  That may be because there are substantial differences between emergency management (EM) and business continuity management (BCM) in scope, scale and skills.

The IAEM CEM Commission elected Nick Crossley, CEM, as chairman at its October, 2008 meeting. Gordon Deno, CEM was elected Vice-Chair.

The IAEM Global Board of Directors has elected Arthur Rabjohn, CEM, as the first Chairman of the IAEM’s new global Board of Directors.The global Board includes representatives from each of the seven IAEM Councils (Asia, Canada, Europa, Oceania, International, Students, and USA) plus additional representative based on numbers of members.

“The formation of the IAEM Global Board is a huge milestone in the association’s move to restructure the organisation to reflect its growth worldwide,” Rabjohn said on his election.

The International Association of Emergency Manager (IAEM) has eliminated the enrollment fee to obtain the application for the Certified Emergency Manager® (CEM®) program. CEM® application forms may be downloaded for free at http://iaem.networkats.com/members_online/members/app_fee.asp.

IAEM now encourages emergency managers in Asia to see the application to self-assess and determine their qualifications without paying a fee. IAEM believes this transparent application process will encourage more applicants to apply for the CEM® credential.

The fee to apply for CEM® is $325 for IAEM members and $450 for non-members. The fee is collected only when the application is submitted.