The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) publishes how its governance works before anyone relies on its findings: who decides what, how neutrality and conflicts are managed, how a finding is accepted and corrected, and where to raise a concern. Every route is open to anyone, without membership or payment.
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Trust and accountability at GCRI is the set of public rules and records that let anyone check its work: what is open today and what is only planned, how results are labelled and reviewed, how conflicts are handled, how personal data is protected, how concerns are raised and how errors are corrected in the open.
The three pillar institutions lead one programme, but each decision has one accountable holder. GCRI prepares evidence; it does not take the decisions that belong to governments, operators or licensed institutions.
| Decision | Accountable | What that means |
|---|---|---|
| Integrated consortium secretariat | GCRI Canada, within the approved lead mandate | One coordinated programme with separate institutional responsibilities |
| Evidence, methods and technical assistance | GCRI technical and evidence stewardship | Problems become testable questions and reusable capability |
| Leadership, convening and Nexus Universe governance | The Global Risks Forum (GRF), within its instruments | Year-round participation culminates in structured annual work |
| Finance, insurance and development readiness | The Global Risks Alliance (GRA) | Evidence becomes diligence material, not an approval or a transaction |
| National agenda and local participation | Competent National Nexus structures | National ownership precedes federation |
| Scientific and editorial acceptance | Qualified, conflict-managed reviewers and the publisher | Institutional influence cannot decide a scientific conclusion |
| Public decisions and execution | The relevant government, operator or licensed institution | Nexus prepares evidence and supports lawful continuation |
Support of any kind buys nothing in the findings. These rules apply to every funder, sponsor, member, host and technology provider.
No support buys a finding, a ranking, an appointment, consent, procurement advantage or the suppression of a limitation.
Reviewers and leaders declare their interests. A reviewer with a declared conflict does not sign the acceptance it concerns.
Funding and review are disclosed with each publication, and sponsorship has no say in a test result.
Each finding is linked to its sources, methods and review, with its uncertainty stated. Qualified reviewers who manage their conflicts accept it on method, not on who funded or hosted the work.
Every result carries one: observed, officially reported, institution-reported, estimated, modelled, forecast, scenario, expert judgement or unknown. Missing data is shown as missing, never as zero.
Domain and editorial review precede publication. Release follows review, not publicity deadlines, and a planned report is not shown as released.
Anyone can challenge a public finding. A correction creates a new recorded version with its history, never a silent edit.
Fig. 01A country report edition, with its evidence labels and version history.Illustrative interface; placeholder values, not results.
Write to the address for your route and describe the matter in the subject. The acknowledgement gives a reference and names the next step. No route promises a response time, and none requires membership, an account or payment.
| Route | Write to | Who handles it |
|---|---|---|
| Ordinary enquiry | contact@therisk.global | The Secretariat, for programme questions and cooperation requests |
| Scientific correction or integrity concern | integrity@therisk.global | The responsible editor or source owner; open to anyone |
| Privacy and rights request | privacy@therisk.global | The Interim Privacy Officer of GCRI Canada |
| Security report | security@therisk.global | The security disclosure team |
| Safeguarding concern | safeguarding@therisk.global | A restricted route, not handled in public forums or by a chatbot |
| Programme or decision complaint | integrity@therisk.global | Someone not responsible for the contested decision |
Enquiries are used to answer the enquiry and to keep a record of it. therisk.global has its own privacy notice, and GCRI Canada is its controller; GRF and GRA have their own notices and controllers.
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These statuses and memberships belong to GCRI. They do not extend to GRF, GRA or participating institutions, and they are not endorsements of Nexus programmes by the bodies named.
GCRI is one pillar institution working through GCRI Canada, its lead organization, and GCRI US. Shared branding does not make GCRI the legal parent, treasury, employer or regulator of any participant.
| Legal name | The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation |
|---|---|
| Organization | Canadian not-for-profit organization with its registered office in Ontario |
| Registered office | Toronto, ON M4R 1V2 |
| Role | Consortium Secretariat and global contracting party in support of the national and regional consortiums |
| Governing law | Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein |
| Contact | contact@therisk.global |
GCRI US is the United States institution of GCRI, a separate organization within Nexus Consortiums with its own legal identity, governance and responsibilities. It works within GCRI's mandate for research, development and policy, and it is not a pillar institution in its own right.
| Address | 4500 Forbes Blvd., Suite 200, Lanham, MD 20706, United States |
|---|---|
| Role | The United States institution of GCRI, within GCRI's mandate for research, development and policy |
| Contact | gcrius@therisk.global |
Each term as this institution uses it on this page.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Evidence label | The one classification every GCRI result carries: observed, officially reported, institution-reported, estimated, modelled, forecast, scenario, expert judgement or unknown. |
| Recorded version | The form every correction takes: a new published version with its history kept, never a silent edit. |
| Consortium Secretariat | The coordinating office of Nexus Consortiums, held by GCRI Canada in Toronto, which receives programme enquiries, gives each a reference and routes it. |
| Declared conflict | An interest a reviewer or leader has stated in writing; a reviewer with a declared conflict does not sign the acceptance it concerns. |
Corrections and concerns are part of the work. The acknowledgement gives a reference and names the next step, and no membership or account is needed.
