Overview
ISO 22354:2026 is an international standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that provides comprehensive guidelines for developing local resilience capability within communities. This standard is part of the ISO 22300 family focusing on security and resilience, specifically addressing societal resilience in the face of disruptions resulting from emergencies, disasters, or crises. By adopting a whole-of-society approach, ISO 22354:2026 helps organizations and partnerships work collaboratively with the public, civil society, and business sectors to co-create sustainable and adaptable local resilience frameworks.
ISO 22354:2026 is applicable to any organization or group involved in enhancing societal resilience, including government agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), voluntary groups, businesses, and community networks. It outlines an eight-stage process for building resilience capability, focusing on engaging stakeholders, identifying priority groups, leveraging local assets, and ensuring continual improvement. The standard aims to encourage self-help and mutual support while prioritizing those most vulnerable to disruption.
Key Topics
- Eight-stage Resilience Development Process
- Stepwise guidance for vision alignment, team formation, strategy development, co-designing resilience modules, collaboration, management, delivering societal value, and continual improvement.
- Whole-of-Society Approach
- Involves diverse stakeholders from public, private, and voluntary sectors, fostering broad participation in resilience initiatives.
- Engagement with Priority Groups
- Emphasis on identifying and addressing the needs of at-risk and vulnerable groups within the community.
- Risk and Opportunity Assessment
- Guidelines for recognizing and managing risks, vulnerabilities, and societal needs, as well as leveraging community assets.
- Collaborative Partnerships
- Framework for forming and maintaining local resilience partnerships with effective governance, shared vision, and coordinated action.
- Continual Improvement
- Mechanisms for ongoing evaluation, stakeholder feedback, and iterative enhancement of resilience capability.
Applications
ISO 22354:2026 is designed for practical use across a range of sectors and organizational types aiming to enhance local-level resilience:
- Emergency Planning and Response: Helps local partnerships develop agile structures to prepare for, respond to, and recover from various disruptions, such as natural disasters, health crises, or technological incidents.
- Community Engagement Initiatives: Encourages active participation by citizens, businesses, and NGOs in resilience planning and module co-design, increasing the relevance and sustainability of resilience measures.
- Vulnerable Group Support Programs: Provides a structured approach to identify and respond to the specific needs of priority groups, ensuring support is targeted and effective.
- Civil Society and NGO Collaboration: Enables community organizations to work synergistically with local authorities, leveraging existing networks and resources.
- Business Continuity and Corporate Social Responsibility: Assists private sector entities in integrating societal resilience into business continuity plans and social responsibility strategies, enhancing their role in community resilience.
- Local and Regional Government Policy Development: Guides authorities in developing policies and frameworks that unite stakeholders under a shared vision for resilience.
Related Standards
Implementing ISO 22354:2026 is highly compatible with other international standards on security, resilience, and emergency management. Organizations may benefit from considering these related standards:
- ISO 22300: Security and resilience - Vocabulary
Provides the foundational terminology used across the ISO 22300 series.
- ISO 22319: Guidelines for planning the involvement of spontaneous volunteers
- ISO 22315: Mass evacuation - Guidelines for planning
- ISO 22322: Guidelines for public warning
- ISO 22324: Guidelines for color-coded alerts
- ISO 22393: Guidelines for planning recovery
- ISO 22395: Guidelines for supporting vulnerable persons in an emergency
- ISO 22371: Urban resilience - Framework and principles
- ISO 22398: Guidelines for exercises
- ISO 22320: Emergency management - Incident management
- ISO 22361: Crisis management - Guidelines
- ISO 31000: Risk management - Guidelines
Provides principles and guidelines for risk management applicable to resilience planning.
By adopting ISO 22354:2026 and aligning it with these related standards, organizations can establish robust, adaptable, and community-centered resilience capabilities, ensuring preparedness for future disruptions and fostering long-term societal resilience.