NCEMA 7000 (AE/SCNS/NCEMA 7000:2021)
National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority · United Arab Emirates · Updated July 30, 2026
AE/SCNS/NCEMA 7000:2021 is the UAE’s national standard for business continuity management systems. It follows the clause structure of ISO 22301 and makes an explicit split ISO does not: clauses 3–7, 9 and 10 carry management system requirements, while clause 8 alone carries operational requirements.
The standard also interleaves requirements with implementation guidance, where ISO keeps guidance in a separate publication. For a first-time implementer that makes it the more usable document.
Structure at a glance
- Clauses
- 3 to 10
- Management system requirements
- Clauses 3–7, 9, 10
- Operational requirements
- Clause 8
- Base structure
- Follows ISO 22301
- Current version
- 2021
Clause structure drawn from the published standard and independent technical review. The official PDF was unreachable at time of writing — see the guide for the specific provenance note.
Who is in scope
- UAE government and semi-government entities
- Organisations assessed against the UAE national BCM standard rather than ISO 22301
- Entities where NCEMA 7000 alignment appears in tender or regulatory requirements
How compliance is assessed
Assessed against the national standard rather than certified in the ISO sense. Note that ISO 22301 certification does not by itself demonstrate NCEMA 7000 compliance, because of the divergences in clauses 8.4.2 and 8.5.3.4.
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NCEMA 7000 and what software must do
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