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The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation
  1. 01InstitutionThe Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI)
  2. 02About GCRIWhat GCRI is, and what it does not do
  3. 03Governments and institutionsWorking with GCRI
  4. 04ResearchersMethods, data and publications
  5. 05MediaStatements and requests for comment
  6. 06FundersFunding and independence
02About GCRI

What GCRI is, and what it does not do.

  1. 01

    What is GCRI?

    One pillar institution of the Nexus Consortium with two organisations, GCRI Canada and GCRI US, each with its own legal identity. It is the Consortium’s lead institution and Secretariat. See board and governance.

  2. 02

    What does GCRI not do?

    GCRI is a research, development and policy institution. It is not a regulator, and it does not certify, license or approve; its findings carry their methods and uncertainty.

  3. 03

    Who is accountable?

    People are named on leadership only where a current authorisation and a biography are on record.

03Governments and institutions

Working with GCRI.

  1. 01

    How does a country or institution start?

    Through work with us, which sets out each route and what it does and does not commit.

  2. 02

    What is open today?

    Information and enquiries. Services open one level at a time, as recorded on claims and status.

04Governance and structure

How the institution is governed.

Governance

Technical office and Secretariat

Consortium · Governance · Research · Platforms · Programme year · Foundry · Standards · Reports · Take part · Foundry year · Reports year · Handoffs · Contributed capacity · Programme states · Records · Report streams · The programme year · A national mission · Mission admission · Data and resources qualified · Build accepted for exercise · Action Week live operation · Stand-down and evidence sealed · Publication authorised · Correction and renewal · The Nexus cycle · National Nexus · Regional programmes · Working groups · Competence Cells and CERT · Joining as institution · Governance dialogues · Platform onboarding · Foundry builds · Labs · Reports · Standards adoption · Risk Academy · Index data intake · Finance readiness dossier · The Nexus Consortium · Twenty-seven phase cycle · Executable annual cycle · Complaint and appeal · Engineering change · Incident response and forensics · Provider exit and decommissioning · De-risking case handoff · Founding and institutional establishment · Consortium formation lifecycle · National Nexus formation · Constitutional amendment · Independent review and appeal · Correction and contestability · Body charter and council · Succession · Public interest and anti-capture · External authority hand-off · Funding · Ethics · Public transparency · Data stewardship and trust · Gates G0 to G7 · Forming the annual agenda · Adopting a Nexus Standard · NNC membership · Year-One leadership pathway · Working-group assignment by competence · National company and SPV · Public-authority interface and delegation · Annual Universe operating cycle · Provider qualification

GCRI is one institution working through two organisations, with GCRI Canada as Lead Institution, Consortium Secretariat and lead contracting organisation.

  1. 01 Two organisations

    1. 01GCRI CanadaStart · Canadian not-for-profit, OntarioLead Institution, Consortium Secretariat and lead contracting organisation.
    2. 02GCRI USStart · A separate organisationGCRI’s United States institution, with its own legal identity and responsibilities.

  2. 02 Secretariat and office

    1. 03Consortium SecretariatStep · GCRI CanadaCoordinates the programme and routes correspondence to the regional and country desks.
    2. 04Universe technical officeStep · GCRIScoping, qualification, the Core build, exercise control, evidence capture and closeout.

  3. 03 Roles of record

    1. 05Standards SecretariatRecord · GCRI CanadaGCRI Canada is Secretariat and publisher of record of the Nexus Standards.
    2. 06Academy issuer of recordRecord · GCRI CanadaNo credential is issued until the method, signing key and revocation path are on record.
    3. 07Reports publisherRecord · GCRIGCRI publishes Reports. The Global Risks Forum (GRF) authorises publication at G6.

  4. 04 Limit

    1. 08Never regulates, certifies, licenses or approvesGate · GCRIFindings carry their methods and uncertainty. GCRI decides for no one.
    2. 09Authority decidesOutcome · The competent authorityDecisions and execution stay with the government, operator or licensed institution.

GCRI · GCRI Canada · GCRI USAn outline of how the work is designed to run; it does not report the status of any decision or record.

05Researchers

Methods, data and publications.

  1. 01

    Where are the methods?

    In the STEM Commons and the research library.

  2. 02

    How do I report an error?

    Through corrections. A correction becomes a recorded new version.

06Media

Statements and requests for comment.

See press and media. GCRI speaks for its own work only.

07Funders

Funding and independence.

No support buys a finding, a ranking, an appointment or the suppression of a limitation. The rules are on independence and conflicts, and what is published about funding is on funding and accounts.

08Questions

Questions and answers.

Is GCRI part of the UN or a government?
No. GCRI Canada and GCRI US are independent organisations. Where a programme works with a public body, that body keeps its own authority.
Does GCRI rank or certify countries or companies?
No. GCRI publishes evidence with its methods and limits; it does not certify, license, approve or rate.
Is everything on the site free to read?
Yes. No page needs membership, an account or payment to read, and no correction route needs one.
Where are jobs listed?
Roles and calls are listed with their terms on Agency jobs and calls.
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