Case Study: Welsh disaster recovery sharing (WADRC)
Colin Gadd, Project Manager, Cardiff County Council

A case study about the co-operative approach involving Cardiff, Carmarthenshire CC and Wrexham CBC who agreed in 2004 to jointly procure and run a disaster recovery system. The three partners drew up an invocation agreement, which includes an agreement for the partners to provide each other with services to help with the recovery of systems of the affected partner. A key benefit derived from this initiative has been a new, tight bond and willingness to share issues amongst the three partners.