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Protecting SMEs. Building crisis-readiness worldwide.
GCBR is a social impact organisation. We protect SMEs, convene the Global Resilience Network, and host the Paris Resilience Summit — turning shared experience into practical resilience.
Global Resilience Network · Paris Resilience Summit · SME protection
Core news
Paris Resilience Summit 2026
03 November 2026Leonard:Paris
Organised by GCBR · Co-organiser École des Ponts Business School · Partner UNESCO Chair
110+
People in the Global Resilience Network
An existing community across regions and sectors
10,000+
Cumulative hours of experience
Crisis leadership in the field
90%
Of all businesses are SMEs
Backbone of the real economy
03 Nov 2026
Paris Resilience Summit
The issues we still avoid
Our operating principle
Collaborative Confluence
We cooperate, collaborate and create social impact through business resilience — as our approach. That principle becomes action through SME protection, the Global Resilience Network, and the connector role we play — including the Paris Resilience Summit.
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Cooperate
Business, institutions, and government working in the same direction — shared standards, shared intelligence, and coordinated crisis-readiness.
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Collaborate
Experts, SMEs, and partners building solutions together — not siloed advice, but joint practice that travels across borders and sectors.
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Create social impact
Resilience that protects livelihoods and communities — because when SMEs survive disruption, the wider economy and society hold.
What GCBR does
Protect SMEs. Connect the ecosystem. Convene the summit.
The Global Council for Business Resilience is the connective tissue of crisis-readiness — safeguarding smaller enterprises, convening the Global Resilience Network, and linking business with institutions and government so resilience scales beyond any single organisation.
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SME protection
We put smaller businesses first — open assessments, full Academy access, crisis toolkits, and a clear path to a GCBR certificate.
02Global Resilience Network
Board members, executives, institutional leaders and resilience practitioners exchange experience across regions — so insight becomes better decisions, and specialist introductions remain available when organisations need them.
03The connector
GCBR bridges business, institutions, and government — turning isolated effort into shared intelligence, coordinated standards, and action that travels across borders.
Services
Resilience solutions
Pick what you need — full detail on the Services page.
Diagnose & stress-test
Continuity & compliance
Global Resilience Network
A global network for leaders navigating disruption
Exchange experience across regions and sectors. Specialist introductions, when needed, are facilitated by GCBR.
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Need a specialist not listed? Request specialist support · info@gcbr-org.com
Flagship Event
Paris Resilience Summit 2026
The Unaddressed Issues We Need to Solve
03 November 2026Leonard:Paris
A curated day for leaders from business, institutions, and government who refuse to prepare for the last crisis — with SME resilience at the centre of the agenda.
- Organised by
- GCBR
- Co-organiser
- École des Ponts Business School
- Partner
- UNESCO Chair
View summit page →SME Engine · Heart of the mission
From resilience check to GCBR certificate
One path: assess, tabletop, certificate. Academy is optional practice. Progress lives in your office.
Shared path
How the Engine works
Three steps — Assess, Tabletop, Certificate. Academy and toolkits stay open if you want extra help.
01 02 Tabletop
Pass two short crisis decision exercises. Always required.
Open tabletop →03 Certificate
Receive the English GCBR certificate for your stream — valid three years.
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Four certificates
What each certificate means
Resilient Leader certifies the person who is accountable across business, team, cyber, and self — most questions. Organisation BASIC / ADVANCED / MATURE certify the company at rising depth. Leader and BASIC are free; ADVANCED and MATURE free through 31 Dec 2026.
- IndividualFree
Resilient Leader
You are responsible for yourself, your team, your organisation’s business resilience, and cybersecurity. That is why this path includes the full set of assessments.
What it means: Certifies the individual leader. Scope covers personal leadership, the business you lead, team resilience, and cyber readiness — the broadest instrument set.
Assessments: Business (30) · Leader (7) · Team (7) · Cyber (15) · plus Composite Index
Gates: Leader ≥70% · Business ≥65% · Team ≥60% · Cyber ≥60% · Index ≥65% · dTTX Pass
Open Resilient Leader → - OrganisationFree
Organisation — BASIC
Foundational resilience for smaller organisations (typically 1–49 people). Focuses on the company’s business and team — not the individual Leader instrument.
What it means: Certifies the organisation at foundation level. Evidence is Business + Team only. No Leader assessment, no Cyber gate, no composite Index.
Assessments: Business (core 30) · Team (7)
Gates: Business ≥70% · Team ≥70% · category floor ≥55% · dTTX Pass
Open Organisation — BASIC → - OrganisationPaid from 1 Jan 2027
Organisation — ADVANCED
Deeper organisational continuity for mid-sized companies. Adds cybersecurity to Business and Team. One organisation pathway in progress at a time.
What it means: Certifies the organisation at ADVANCED level. Evidence is Business + Team + Cyber. Governance extension questions will deepen Business later (not gating yet).
Assessments: Business (core 30) · Team (7) · Cyber (15)
Gates: Business ≥75% · Team ≥75% · Cyber ≥70% · category floor ≥60% · dTTX Pass
Open Organisation — ADVANCED → - OrganisationPaid from 1 Jan 2027
Organisation — MATURE
Highest organisation level — embedded capability for larger enterprises. Same instrument set as ADVANCED with stricter gates.
What it means: Certifies the organisation at MATURE level. Evidence is Business + Team + Cyber at the highest bars. Governance extension staged for later activation.
Assessments: Business (core 30) · Team (7) · Cyber (15)
Gates: Business ≥80% · Team ≥80% · Cyber ≥75% · category floor ≥65% · dTTX Pass
Open Organisation — MATURE →
Publications
Insights & intelligence
Research, briefings, and thought leadership from GCBR — and curated external references that shape the resilience agenda.
Insight
Business in the Era of Permacrisis
Why resilience is the new capital — operational, financial, leadership, cyber, climate, and technological priorities for leaders navigating permanent disruption.
Read →Assessment
The Resilience Imperative: Building Business Foundations for Societal Stability
A GCBR strategic assessment of convergent crises and why resilient businesses become stabilizing infrastructure for societies under pressure.
Read →External
The State of Business Resilience 2025
Industry benchmarking referenced in GCBR governance work — how resilience expectations are evolving beyond ISO 22301.
Read →Network
Partnership & collaborators
We build resilience with institutions that shape knowledge, risk practice, and SME finance worldwide.
Creating social impact together
Partner with us — through the Summit, Global Resilience Network, SME Platform, or institutional partnerships. We build resilience side by side.
- Paris SummitTickets & agenda
- Global Resilience NetworkJoin the community or request a specialist
- SME PlatformAssess · Learn · Toolkits
- PartnershipsWhat we offer
Partnership