1、Stronger together in emergenciesHow chambers of commerce can strengthen small business resilience2025 edition guide2025|Stronger together in emergencies:How chambers of commerce can strengthen small business resilience|2Please cite as:ICC(2025),Stronger together in emergencies:How chambers of commer

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4、to the status of or sovereignty over any territory,to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries and to the name of any territory,city or area.2025|Stronger together in emergencies:How chambers of commerce can strengthen small business resilience|3ContentsAbout this guide .4Introduct

5、ion .5Part 1:Emergency preparedness .7Recommendation 1:Provide education,tools,and awareness .7Recommendation 2:Prepare for emergency communications .15Recommendation 3:Lead community-level emergency planning .16Part 2:Emergency response .21Recommendation 4:Initiate response coordination.22Recommend

6、ation 5:Analyse the situation.24Recommendation 6:Mobilise information and resources.25Part 3:Emergency recovery .32Recommendation 7:Energise the local economy.32Recommendation 8:Support long-term economic recovery planning.34Recommendation 9:Promote recovery-to-resilience strategies .35Recommendatio