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With healthcare continuity standards set, ADCMC

eyes energy, water sector guides next

8 May 2025 23:48
SARA ALZAABI (ABU DHABI)

Abu Dhabi has introduced new standards to make sure healthcare services continue without
disruption during emergencies. These guidelines are part of a larger effort to improve emergency
preparedness and ensure essential services stay available. The next step in this plan will be to
create similar business continuity guides for the energy and water sectors.

The Emergencies, Crises and Disasters Management Centre - Abu Dhabi (ADCMC) is in the process
of streamlining alternative national services that can ensure operations' continuity when crucial
public services are impacted by disruptions.

The initiative reinforces integrated governance, early response and resource alignment consistent
with Abu Dhabi's vision to be a world leading centre of business continuity.

Speaking to Aletihad, Shaikha Khamis AlAzizi, Director of Business Continuity and Alternative
Services Department at the ADCMC, said they will be developing 14 standards for business
continuity, each tailored to a vital sector in Abu Dhabi.

The first one was for the healthcare sector. "We will then move on to the next: energy and water,
including sustainable water. That work will be done in collaboration with the Department of Energy,"
she said.

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