The PRIMO Risk Management Award 2008

The award goes to the city of Saint-Étienne.

Gérard Combe | 2008

The city of Saint-Étienne has taken a renewing initiative to arm itself (the workforce) against the risk of a pandemic flu. This initiative is a pilot, a remedy to improve the processes. The initiative can be fully integrated into all running projects. Such a system aims to maintain an optimal level of services and simultaneously protect the workforce despite the risk of a lack of functioning.

The challenge of this project consists of the ability of the employees to deal with a shortage of personnel. Moreover, the workforce has to anticipate being overburdened by the crises and a decrease in the risk of an epidemic spreading by leaving affected people at home. Communities are the first to deal with the consequences of such a crisis.

Therefore, part of the communal plan is focused on continuity of services. The plan also includes protective measures for the workforce and the naming of specific tasks that must be fulfilled during a health crisis. These steps assure better control and management. This is the beginning of proactive and strategic thinking!

PRIMO France rewarded this initiative, and the city of Saint-Etienne received the PRIMO Risk Management Award 2008 in the category of Strategic Risk.

Bibliography

Combe, G. (2008). The PRIMO Risk Management Award goes to the city of Saint-Etienne. Risk Management & Governance, Edition 1, April 2009, p. 5.