GCRI US is the United States institution of The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (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, with a scope that follows United States institutions, law and systems. It is not a pillar institution in its own right: GCRI remains one pillar institution, with GCRI Canada as its lead organization. Return to About GCRI.
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GCRI US is the United States institution of the Global Centre for Risk and Innovation: a separate organization with its own legal identity, governance and responsibilities, working within GCRI's mandate for research, development and policy on United States institutions, law and systems. It is not a pillar institution in its own right, and it cooperates with GCRI Canada in writing.
Fig.How the platform is governed, from its mandate to the authorities who decide. Design, not a record.
Where people and networks concentrate, the exposure through which shocks travel between systems, shown for Mexico as an example geography for this subject.
| Item | Record |
|---|---|
| Name | GCRI US |
| Role | The United States institution of GCRI, within GCRI's mandate for research, development and policy |
| Legal identity | Separate from GCRI Canada, with its own governance and responsibilities |
| Published address | 4500 Forbes Blvd., Suite 200, Lanham, MD 20706, United States |
| Contact | gcrius@therisk.global |
Further legal particulars are on GCRI US legal record as they are recorded.
The North America programme region records a planned United States hub, a coordination role rather than an office, with this focus. GCRI US work within GCRI's mandate is concerned with the same systems.
Federal, state, Tribal and territorial interfaces, each engaged under its own authority and instruments.
Power, digital infrastructure, hazard resilience and supply chains, including cross-border dependencies with Canada and Mexico.
Research, development and policy research that follows the same evidence labels and review rules as the rest of GCRI.
See North America region for the regional programme, which is recorded as in formation.
GCRI US takes its own decisions under its own governance. Where GCRI Canada provides shared services to it, such as contracting frameworks, platform operations, privacy, security or Secretariat services, those services are delivered under written agreements. Canada and U.S. cooperation sets out the roles and decision boundaries, and Board and governance explains how each organization is governed.
Each term as this page uses it. Where a standard-setting body defines the term, the wording follows that body.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Board of directors | The body legally responsible for governing an organization, overseeing its management and answering for its conduct under its statutes and the law of its jurisdiction. |
| Affiliation | A recorded relationship, such as accreditation, membership or observer status, between an organization and another body; listing it implies no endorsement unless the other body says so. |
| Public accountability | The obligation of an institution to explain and justify its conduct to the public and to bodies that can question it, and to face consequences, as the OECD frames accountability in governance. |
The current service level is R0: information and enquiries. An enquiry to GCRI US receives a reference and the acknowledgement names the next step. GCRI US does not fund, invest in, procure for or approve projects. Finance and insurance readiness questions are led by The Global Risks Alliance (GRA), which shares the same published address and is a separate institution.
The current service level is R0: information and enquiries. An enquiry receives a reference and names the next step; applications, payments, compute allocations and registrations open only when their team, terms and review capacity exist.