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Routes for institutions, leaders and experts
Bring your question, your data or your discipline.
The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) has a route for each kind of contributor: governments, international institutions, universities, operators, technology providers, civil society, experts and students. Institutions, leaders and experts join national programmes through three separate pathways. Every first step is an enquiry that receives a reference.
Pathways registerInformation and enquiries
- 01Routes by audience08
- 02Pathways into a programmeNNC · NLC · NWG
- 03A national programmeFour stages
- 04What is open nowEnquiries to full programmes
- 05What an enquiry createsA reference
No fee schedule published · no fee for working groups
01Routes by audience
Start from who you are and what you need.
Pick who you are. Each route names its first useful outcome, its boundary and how long an answer takes, and continues to its own form.
Route 01 · Governments and public agencies
Request a country-scoping dialogue
A scoping dialogue tests whether a national programme would answer the questions that matter to your country, and who holds authority over them.
- Form
- Make an enquiry
- Time to answer
- 5 days from receipt
- First outcome
- A scoping note, an authority map, a first-quarter baseline plan and a decision on whether to proceed
- Handled
- Regulator participation confers no approval or privileged access
Each form opens on its own page. When you send it you get a reference, and you follow the answer on this site, not by email. A request creates no membership, role or commitment.
Route 02 · UN and development institutions
Propose programme cooperation
Cooperation runs through your own instruments, with roles, results and data rights agreed before the work starts.
- Time to answer
- 10 days from receipt
- First outcome
- A concept note, a results and evidence plan, roles, and a data and rights schedule
- Handled
- Participation creates no endorsement; a readiness record is not a loan, grant or procurement decision
Each form opens on its own page. When you send it you get a reference, and you follow the answer on this site, not by email. A request creates no membership, role or commitment.
Route 03 · Universities and research institutes
Propose research or independent review
Research collaborations and independent reviews are agreed on a protocol that keeps negative findings publishable.
- Time to answer
- 10 days from receipt
- First outcome
- A research protocol, contribution and rights terms, and a publication route
- Handled
- Research terms keep negative findings and independent scrutiny possible
Each form opens on its own page. When you send it you get a reference, and you follow the answer on this site, not by email. A request creates no membership, role or commitment.
Route 04 · Operators and enterprises
Submit an operationally grounded mission
A mission starts from a dependency your operation actually faces, such as a substation, a port or a supplier.
- Form
- Make an enquiry
- Time to answer
- 5 days from receipt
- First outcome
- A dependency study, a controlled test design, options with their limits and a handoff to the operator
- Handled
- Membership gives no access to production systems. Competitors’ confidential information is not exchanged, under a written competition policy that counsel reviews before membership opens
Each form opens on its own page. When you send it you get a reference, and you follow the answer on this site, not by email. A request creates no membership, role or commitment.
Route 05 · Technology and infrastructure providers
Respond to a testbed call or offer resources
Technology is tested against a stated evaluation plan; offered capacity is qualified before anyone counts on it.
- Time to answer
- 10 days from receipt
- First outcome
- A documented selection decision and evaluation plan, or a qualification record for offered capacity
- Handled
- Testing is not accreditation, and offered capacity is not counted as allocated
Each form opens on its own page. When you send it you get a reference, and you follow the answer on this site, not by email. A request creates no membership, role or commitment.
Route 06 · Civil society and communities
Contribute challenge, local knowledge or a concern
Local knowledge and challenge improve the evidence. A correction to public information has its own form.
- Form
- Make an enquiry
- Time to answer
- 5 days from receipt
- First outcome
- An acknowledgement and a reasoned response or disposition
- Handled
- No membership or account is needed to report harm or correct public information
Each form opens on its own page. When you send it you get a reference, and you follow the answer on this site, not by email. A request creates no membership, role or commitment.
Route 07 · Experts and reviewers
Find a bounded assignment or review role
Assignments follow competence, with review criteria and a record of what you contributed.
- Time to answer
- 15 days from receipt
- First outcome
- A scoped assignment, review criteria and a contribution record
- Handled
- A reviewer with a declared conflict does not sign the relevant acceptance
Each form opens on its own page. When you send it you get a reference, and you follow the answer on this site, not by email. A request creates no membership, role or commitment.
Route 08 · Students and volunteers
Explore supervised learning and contribution
Students, early-career researchers and volunteers learn on safe tasks with a mentor.
- Time to answer
- 15 days from receipt
- First outcome
- A safe task, a mentor, a learning plan and a record of your contribution
- Handled
- No fee for ordinary participation and no unsupervised high-consequence work
Each form opens on its own page. When you send it you get a reference, and you follow the answer on this site, not by email. A request creates no membership, role or commitment.
The offers behind these routes, with their terms, are on GCRI programmes and services. Financial institutions start with membership at The Global Risks Alliance (GRA), the Consortium’s finance steward.
02Participation pathways
Three pathways into a national programme.
Three pillars of participation, not three tiers of membership. Each has a different member, a different selection route and different limits.
Institutions
National Nexus Consortium (NNC)
The institution is the member. It brings authorised representatives, a contribution plan and capability, including through the constituency councils.
- Institutional enquiry
- Due diligence and authority check
- Contribution plan
- Terms for the programme
Leaders
National Leadership Council (NLC)
The selected individual is the member, in a personal capacity, in the Leadership Council and the national leadership councils. The first year is designed around a leadership baseline, a contribution plan, quarterly work and a Year-One Gateway.
- Application or nomination
- Fit-and-proper and conflict review
- Invitation and terms
- Year-One Gateway
Experts and volunteers
National Working Groups (NWG)
The working groups, where assignments follow competence. Experts, practitioners, students and volunteers take on bounded, supervised work with prerequisites, review points and closure criteria.
- Current work calls
- Competence and availability
- Supervised assignment
- Contribution record
| Pathway | Who is the member | What it does not create |
|---|---|---|
| NNC | The institution | A Council seat, or influence over a technical conclusion, public authority or procurement |
| NLC | The selected person, in a personal capacity | Office, employment, a Board seat or access to restricted data; selection precedes any payment |
| NWG | Assignments by competence | A fee for ordinary participation; paid work and fellowships are separate arrangements |
Leaders and institutions can also see how The Global Risks Forum (GRF) convenes participation, as the Consortium’s policy and governance steward.
03National programme enquiry
From a first enquiry to a national decision.
A national programme belongs to the country. It starts with an exploration led by an accountable national contact and may or may not lead to formation. Write to the Secretariat or to the desk for your region, listed on Contact GCRI; countries under the Consortium’s sanctions and eligibility policy have no desk.
- 01
Exploration
An accountable contact, the jurisdiction, the questions that matter and the limits of the enquiry. Open for enquiries now.
- Held by
- The national contact, with the Secretariat
- Record
- Reference and scope of the enquiry
- 02
Scoping
A scoping note, an authority map and a first-quarter baseline plan.
- Held by
- The Secretariat and the regional desk
- Record
- Scoping note
- 03
Formation dossier
The ownership model, host options, first risk questions, safeguards, resources and exit conditions.
- Held by
- National counterparts, with GCRI technical support
- Record
- Formation dossier
- 04
Constitution
The competent national authority decides whether to constitute the programme. GCRI does not take that decision.
- Held by
- The competent national authority
- Record
- A national decision
04What is open now
Information and enquiries are open. The rest opens in stages.
Services open one level at a time, only when the team, the terms and the review capacity for that level exist. Today information and enquiries are open.
| Level | What it means | State |
|---|---|---|
| Level 0 · Information and enquiries | You can understand the programme and send an enquiry, which receives a reference | Open now |
| Level 1 · Enquiry queue | A staffed queue issues a durable receipt for every relevant question | Not yet open |
| Level 2 · Application | Formal candidates apply for a defined pathway with current terms and an appeal route | Not yet open |
| Level 3 · Commitment | An accepted participant signs an agreement with the correct parties and scope | Not yet open |
| Level 4 · Operation | Authorised users undertake the scoped service, workload or exercise | Not yet open |
| Level 5 · Public release | Evidence or status is released with independent release authority | Not yet open |
05What an enquiry creates
An enquiry gets a reference. It is not membership.
Each step is separate and none implies the next. The distinctions protect participants as much as the programme.
| This | Is not |
|---|---|
| An enquiry | Membership, an appointment or a service contract |
| A submitted application | Acceptance or membership |
| A claimed identity | Authority to represent an institution |
| A payment | An appointment or access to restricted data |
| An infrastructure offer | An allocation |
| A country research profile | A constituted national programme or local office |
| A planned hub | An operational site |
| Readiness evidence | A financing or underwriting decision |
Questions about how decisions, conflicts and complaints are handled are answered on Trust and integrity. Finance and development readiness is led by GRA; see finance readiness at GRA.
06Questions
Questions about working with GCRI.
Do governments or UN agencies need to buy membership?
No. Cooperation in a public capacity, observer roles, technical assistance, source provision and research collaboration are separate routes. Agencies can use their own authorised instruments.
Is there a membership fee?
No fee schedule is published, and no one is asked to pay a fee that has not been stated with its issuer, currency, effective date and scope. Ordinary participation in the National Working Groups has no fee, and for leaders selection precedes any payment.
What is the difference between the NNC, NLC and NWG?
In the National Nexus Consortium (NNC) the institution is the member. In the National Leadership Council (NLC) the selected individual is the member in a personal capacity. In the National Working Groups (NWG) experts and volunteers take bounded, supervised assignments by competence.
Can I apply online today?
Not yet. Information and enquiries are open today. An enquiry receives a reference, and the acknowledgement names the next step; online applications open only when their team, terms and review capacity are in place.
My country has no national programme. Can it start one?
An accountable national contact can open an exploration with the Secretariat or the regional desk. Exploration leads to scoping and, if the national authority decides, a formation dossier. A country research profile alone does not mean a programme exists.
Can I raise a concern without being a member?
Yes. Corrections, concerns and complaints about public information require no membership, account or payment. Write to the integrity concern form, or see the routes on Trust and integrity.
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Consortium Secretariat
Tell us who you are and what you need.
The Secretariat confirms the route and the conditions for any next step. An enquiry receives a reference; it does not create membership, an appointment or a service contract.
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