Canada and U.S. cooperation
The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI), working across Canada and the United States. This page sets out how the two cooperate: the written roles each holds, the boundaries of each one's decisions, the shared services that run between them and who is responsible for what is published on therisk.global. The rule throughout is simple. Each organization keeps its own legal identity, and when one acts alone, the page names it. Return to About GCRI.
- 01InstitutionThe Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI)
- 02Service levelR0: information and enquiries
- 03In briefThe short answer
- 04RolesWritten roles for each organization
- 05BoundariesEach decides within its own authority
- 06Shared servicesServices GCRI Canada provides, under written agreements
- 07Key termsTerms used on this page
GCRI · Institution · service level R0
The short answer.
The Canada and U.S. cooperation page sets out how GCRI Canada and GCRI US work together: the written roles each holds, the limits of each one's decisions, the shared services GCRI Canada provides under written agreements, and who answers for what is published on therisk.global. Each keeps its own legal identity, and when one acts alone, the page says so.
Mandate to authority.
Fig.How the platform is governed, from its mandate to the authorities who decide. Design, not a record.
Jurisdictions in the Horn of Africa.
The jurisdictions that hold authority over this question: countries, their first-level divisions and capitals, shown for the Horn of Africa as an example geography for this subject.
Written roles for each organization.
| Area | GCRI Canada | GCRI US |
|---|---|---|
| Place in GCRI | Lead organization | United States institution of GCRI |
| Programme role | Consortium Secretariat and global contracting party in support of the national and regional consortiums | Work within GCRI's mandate for research, development and policy, within its own scope |
| Legal identity | Canadian not-for-profit organization | Separate organization with its own legal identity |
| Published address | Toronto, ON M4R 1V2 | 4500 Forbes Blvd., Suite 200, Lanham, MD 20706, United States |
Each decides within its own authority.
- Neither organization is the parent, agent or employer of the other.
- Commitments bind only the organization that makes them, under its own governance.
- A shared name or a shared page does not transfer a status, a membership or an obligation from one to the other.
- Where both take part in the same work, the agreement names each one's responsibilities.
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 |
|---|---|
| Consortium agreement | A contract among the members of a consortium that sets their roles, governance, contributions, intellectual property and dispute rules for joint work. |
| Data controller | The person or body that decides the purposes and means of processing personal data and answers for that processing under data protection law, in the GDPR's definition. |
| Decision rights matrix | A table showing which body proposes, approves, executes and oversees each decision. |
Who is responsible for this website.
GCRI Canada is the controller under the privacy notice of therisk.global and is responsible for its publication. Pages about GCRI US are prepared with GCRI US, and content that speaks for GCRI US alone says so. Enquiries are used to answer them and keep a record, and are never shared with The Global Risks Forum or The Global Risks Alliance, which publish their own notices. The counterpart description from the other side is GRA's role in the Consortium. See GCRI Canada and GCRI US.
Questions and answers.
Why does GCRI have two organizations?
Does a GCRI status apply to both organizations?
Who answers an enquiry?
What happens if the two organizations disagree?
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.