The Good Practice Guidelines (GPG) are the independent body of knowledge for good Business Continuity practice worldwide. They represent current global thinking in good Business Continuity (BC) practice and now include terminology from ISO 22301:2012, the International Standard for Business Continuity management systems.

Drawing upon the considerable academic, technical and practical experiences and expertise of BC professionals from across the BCI’s global Statutory membership, the GPG 2013 has been subject to a stringent quality assurance process to ensure it continues to drive the highest standards in BC practice worldwide.

The real value of the GPG to BC professionals lies in the fact that it considers not just the ‘what’ to do but also the ‘why’, ‘how’ and ‘when’ of practices written by real-world experts. In addition to providing a robust and proven guide to all BC professionals, the GPG serves as a recognised industry benchmark against which BC professionals can be effectively measured and their professional and technical competency examined.

Practical knowledge of the GPG underpins the BCI Statutory membership application process that requires its members to demonstrate competency across all six of the GPG’s Professional Practices at a Management and Technical level.
The six Professional Practices include Policy and Programme Management; Analysis; Design; Implementation; Validation and Embedding Business Continuity. Together they make up the Business Continuity Management (BCM) Lifecycle, which is central to good BC practice and ensures the success of any BCM Programme and its continued value to the organization.

All BCI Certification Training is based on the GPG, including the Certificate of the BCI Examination (CBCI), which tests a candidate’s knowledge of the Good Practice Guidelines and is one of the entry points to BCI Statutory membership.

The GPG 2013 is currently only available in English (UK) as a pdf version. All Members of the BCI are entitled to a free download of the GPG 2013 as part of their Membership benefits. Non-members may purchase a download from the BCI Shop. The cost of the GPG 2013 download is £20 + VAT where applicable.

How to get your copy of the GPG 2013

MEMBERS
BCI members can download a free copy of the GPG 2013 from the Member's Area

NON-MEMBERS
Non members of the BCI can purchase a copy of the GPG 2013 using the buttons below:

Pay in GBP: £20 + VAT where applicable	Pay in USD: $30	Pay in euro: €23

IMPORTANT: When you have made your payment click on the 'Return to the BCI Forum Ltd' link: this will take you to the GPG 2013 download page.

Other language versions of the GPG 2013
In addition to UK English, the GPG 2013 will also be made available as a Pdf download in the official BCI languages of English (USA), French, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and Arabic. The BCI Certificate examination (CBCI) will also be available in these languages. We will be adding these versions to the BCI website over the coming months; all versions will be available to download or purchase by the end of June 2013 at the latest.

Additionally BCI members are working on the further languages of German, Italian, Portuguese and Korean which will be available as we receive them.

Printed copies
Printed hard copies of the GPG 2013 English (UK) version will be available to buy from the BCI Shop from May onwards. The price for the printed version will be £20 for BCI Members and £30 + VAT where applicable for non-members including postage and packing.

The Certificate of the BCI Examination

Pen and Pencil Format via BCI Licensed Training Partners
The Certificate of the BCI Examination (paper and pencil format) based on the GPG 2013 will be available from 1st May 2013. This coincides with the launch of the new BCI Certification Training and is only available to those examination candidates who take BCI training through one of our licensed training partners.Those candidates wishing to prepare for and take the Certificate of the BCI Examination in paper and pencil format before the end of April will be required to base their studies and examination preparation on the GPG 2010.

Computer Based Testing (CBT) via our network of Prometric examination centres
The Certificate of the BCI Examination (CBT format) based on the GPG 2013 will be available from 1st July 2013.
Those candidates wishing to prepare for and take the Certificate of the BCI Examination (CBT format) before the end of June at one of our designated Computer based Training Centres (CBT) will be required to base their studies and examination preparation on the GPG 2010.

Good Practice Guidelines 2010 and the Certificate of the BCI Examination

To support learning for the current Certificate of the BCI Examination (CBCI) all versions of the GPG 2010 will continue to be made available until the end of June 2013. Use the buttons below to buy:

Pay in GBP: £20 + VAT where applicable	Pay in USD: $30	Pay in euro: €23

IMPORTANT: When you have made your payment click on the 'Return to the BCI Forum Ltd' link: this will take you to the GPG 2010 download page.