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Protecting SMEs. Building crisis-readiness worldwide.
GCBR is a social impact organisation. Our two core programmes are the expert network and resilience certification. The Paris Resilience Summit convenes that work.
Expert network · Resilience certification · Paris Summit
Expert network
Join a vetted community of resilience specialists — and be found when organisations need trusted expertise.
Resilience certification
Assess, run a tabletop, and receive a GCBR certificate — the path for leaders and organisations.
Paris Resilience Summit03 November 2026 · Leonard:ParisSummit details →
100+
Experts in the GCBR network
International coverage — worldwide geographic reach
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, our expert 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, activating a trusted expert 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.
02Expert network
A vetted community of resilience specialists — so organisations can find the right expertise when preparation, response, or recovery cannot wait.
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
Our Experts
International resilience network
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Need someone not listed? Contact recruitment · 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, Experts Network, SME Platform, or institutional partnerships. We build resilience side by side.
- Paris SummitTickets & agenda
- Experts NetworkFind or join specialists
- SME PlatformAssess · Learn · Toolkits
- PartnershipsWhat we offer
Partnership