National Portfolio
The National Portfolio is the linked view of a country's priorities: its material risks, the capabilities it has and lacks, its innovation posture, the projects and research under way and the readiness decisions that move work towards the institutions that act. The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) provides the structure and tools in Nexus Foundry; the country decides what enters the portfolio and what happens next. The portfolio makes no claim of ownership over national assets. Return to National Nexus.
- 01InstitutionThe Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI)
- 02Service levelR0: information and enquiries
- 03In briefThe short answer
- 04ViewsWhat the portfolio links together
- 05ReadinessHow a readiness decision is made
- 06PrioritisationCriteria for what enters the portfolio
- 07RightsWho controls the portfolio
GCRI · Institution · service level R0
The short answer.
The National Portfolio is the linked view of a country's priorities: material risks, the capabilities it has and lacks, its innovation posture, the projects and research under way and the readiness decisions that move work toward the institutions that act. GCRI provides the structure in Nexus Foundry, and the country decides what enters and who sees it.
Systemic exposure in South Asia.
Where people and networks concentrate, the exposure through which shocks travel between systems, shown for South Asia as an example geography for this subject.
What the portfolio links together.
Risk portfolio
Material risks from the National Model, with evidence labels and uncertainty.
Capability portfolio
Institutional, technical and human capability, and the gaps between them.
Projects and research
Projects, research and infrastructure work under way, each with an accountable owner.
Readiness and handoffs
Items prepared for a competent next owner, with limits stated beside findings.
How a readiness decision is made.
- 01
Stated next step
Readiness is fitness for a stated next step, within a stated scope and evidence state.
- 02
Evidence check
The evidence behind the item is reviewed and its gaps recorded.
- 03
Recipient
A competent recipient is named: a ministry, operator, research body or financial institution.
- 04
Decision
The recipient decides under its own authority; readiness is not approval, bankability or certification.
Criteria for what enters the portfolio.
- Materiality and national demand
- Cross-system dependence and evidence gaps
- Tractability and capability value
- Safeguards, resource feasibility and a competent recipient
Who controls the portfolio.
The country controls what enters the portfolio, who can see each view and what is published. Restricted items stay restricted, and public views never reveal restricted topology or protected community knowledge. Contributions follow a rights schedule that separates background material, joint results and third-party material.
Terms used on this page.
Each term as this page uses it. Where a standard-setting body defines the term, the wording follows that body.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| National portfolio | The set of programmes, projects and evidence a country maintains in the Nexus network, each with its owner, status and records. |
| National risk register | A government's published assessment of the main risks facing the country. |
| Theory of change | A stated chain of causes from a programme's activities to its intended outcomes, used to plan evaluation. |
No portfolio is published.
No national programme is recorded as constituted or active, so no country's desk, model or portfolio is shown as operating. The current service level is R0: information and enquiries. Portfolio movement is designed to be reported in the quarterly country editions and the Portfolio and Readiness series. Finance-readiness questions about portfolio items are translated by The Global Risks Alliance (GRA), which does not lend, underwrite, rate or invest; see its National portfolio interface. The model behind the portfolio is described on National Model.
Questions and answers.
Does inclusion in the portfolio mean a project will be funded?
Who decides what enters the portfolio?
Can GRA use the portfolio to arrange finance?
Does the portfolio claim ownership of national assets?
Around GCRI.
Start with an enquiry.
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.