div >
EEMA Recommends Covid Risk Compliance Committees in SOPs for Post-pandemic Events
by Mugdha Gaonkar Industry Watch | August 21, 2020 | News
EEMA
While the world is finding ways to re-open things with this new normal, EEMA releases SOPs that will guide the industry to put things in order to plan a large or small event. The guidelines were announced at a webinar held on 20th August 2020 and identified reasonably foreseeable health risks and suggested options to mitigate them.
These guidelines are intended to be used by event planners and professionals to re-approach projects of our various corporate/ brands at most authentic, transformational, safe way while addressing every project of different scale, size, touch point, geography, for different sectors.
To aid the adoption of new-normal, EEMA unveiled SOPs for eight types of events. In this set of SOPs, EEMA also recommends the CR-MACC. Covid Risk - Mitigation, Audit & Compliance Committee (CR-MACC) is a team lead by a member of the Event Planner’s Team comprising of:
Event Planner Rep – The fulcrum under whose leadership and guidance the event will be held will depute a member with an overall responsibility for the various stakeholders‟ Covid risk preparedness & response plan, coordinating and aligning with all involved and the Crisis Team.
Venue Rep – Will support CR-MACC with demonstrated leadership with regard to preparedness of the venue and be an integral part of the process to confirming preparedness of all vendors and materials coming into the venue.
Host Rep – Host to depute one member to co-ordinate within CR-MACC to develop protocols to ensure the wellness and safety of all guests, the overall pandemic preparedness and response plan, ensuring alignment between venue, event crew and their special needs in this regard and act as a watchdog for satisfactory preparedness and compliance.
EEMA Rep –To ensure recording of measures taken, audit and compliance.
The CR-MACC is one of the important SOP as it helps to overlook the industry for smooth functioning of events by following all the rules and regulations during the new normal.
Each type of event SOPs also includes the following guidelines:
-Generic Preventive Measures
-Isolation Protocol
-Venue – Pre Event / During Event / Post Event measures
-Crew - Pre Event / During Event / Post Event measures
-Insurance
-F&B -Pre Event / During Event / Post Event measures
-Guest & Host - Pre Event / During Event / Post Event measures
-Green Room Norms
-Misc Vendors- Pre Event / During Event / Post Event measures
The SOPs are to guide industry professionals while re-approaching people for weddings and social events in the most authentic and safe manner, according to EEMA.
The guidelines are applicable to events or weddings of different sizes across geographies.
Click here to know more about the SOPs released by EEMA
In this set of SOPs, EEMA also recommends the CR-MACC. Covid Risk - Mitigation,Audit & Compliance Committee (CR-MACC) is a team lead by a member of the Event Planner’s Team