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Technical assistance

Technical assistance is bounded capacity-building under a defined scope. The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) provides it to public institutions, consortiums, and development and humanitarian organisations facing a specific gap: methods, data stewardship, preparedness analysis or programme operations. Every engagement first fixes scope, counterpart, data, resources and who authorises the next step. Part of GCRI programmes.

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01Workspace

The workspace for technical assistance.

Workstream tracker

Technical assistance · Programme year 2 · Example interface, not a record

Two milestones at riskGCRI · GCRI

Workstreams

owner · stage · status

National Model buildProgramme ownerTestM6 · week 18On track
Report edition planningProgramme ownerTestM6 · week 25Blocked
Country programme formationProgramme ownerTestM5 · week 37On track
Evidence label auditProgramme ownerScopingM7 · week 12At risk
Annual mission designIndependent reviewerScopingM2 · week 2At risk

Effort against plan

person-weeks

National Model build41 pw of 44 pw requiredReport edition19 pw of 23 pw requiredCountry programme53 pw of 21 pw requiredEvidence label audit20 pw of 27 pw required

Milestones

  1. W9M1National Model build: scoping note signed
  2. W13M2Inputs qualified at the gate
  3. W24M3Report edition planning: build review
  4. W27M4Controlled test with observers
  5. W43M5Publication and decision record
Workstream tracker.Illustrative interface; not live data.

GCRI · Workstream tracker. Workstream tracker: example names and illustrative values, not a record.

02Five conditions

What is fixed before work starts.

ConditionWhat it means
Legitimate scopeA problem the counterpart has the mandate to address, written down
CounterpartA named counterpart with authority over the scope and staff to be trained
DataThe data the work needs, under a rights schedule and the privacy notice
ResourcesStaff time and any cost, set in written terms under GCRI’s not-for-profit model
Next-step authorityWho decides what happens to the result, and how the handoff works
03Deliverables

What a counterpart receives.

Brief

Domain work brief

The agreed question, evidence requirements and review and receiver responsibilities.

Work

Supervised products

Work products built with the counterpart’s team, with training where agreed.

Handoff

Reviewed handoff

A handoff to the institution that decides, with limits stated beside findings.

04Process

How the process runs.

Process

Technical assistance: Policy question to decision

A priority becomes a question, evidence, a decision case and a limited publication; the competent authority decides, never the programme.

  1. 01 Question

    1. 01A priority becomes a questionStep · Universe; national counterpartsA priority becomes a researchable question with stated criteria. National counterparts own the agenda, data and decisions.
    2. 03Scientific and stakeholder challengeStep · GCRI; the Global Risks Forum (GRF)Scientific and affected-stakeholder challenge informs mission selection and methods.

  2. 02 Evidence and options

    1. 04Assemble the evidenceStep · GCRIMethods, labelled data and uncertainty are assembled. Every finding carries one of nine evidence labels.
    2. 06Decision case with optionsRecord · The decision owner named in the caseA decision case binds owner, alternatives, evidence and deadline. It needs sensitivity and robustness.

  3. 03 Review and publication

    1. 07G6 · Publication authorisedGate · The Global Risks ForumGRF authorises publication of results that have passed scientific and editorial review. It cannot publish personal data.
    2. 08Publish with method, uncertainty and limitsRecord · ReportsFindings are published with their method, uncertainty and limits. An edition is published after review, not to a calendar.

  4. 04 Outside the programme

    1. 02Competent authority decidesDecision · The competent authorityThe authority or institution decides under its own rules. The authority decides; the programme informs.
    2. 05Action and implementation stay with the ownersActor · The relevant government, operator or licensed institutionDecisions and execution stay with the relevant government, operator or licensed institution. The programme records one only if shared.

  5. 05 Learning

    1. 09Corrections and lessons feed the next agendaStep · UniverseCorrections and lessons feed the next annual agenda. The findings of one year set the mandate of the next.

The Nexus cycle · Decision rights · The programme yearDesigned programme process, not a record of operation. No cycle has run and every programme is at service level R0. A gate is a programme decision, never a public-authority approval, certification or deployment authorisation.

05Boundaries

What technical assistance is not.

  • It is not procurement, financing or execution authority.
  • National adoption of any result is a separate decision of the competent authority.
  • A decision not to proceed is recorded with its reasons; participants may withdraw under agreed exit conditions.
06Steps

How an engagement runs.

  1. 01

    Enquiry

    You write to the Secretariat or a regional desk and receive a reference.

  2. 02

    Scoping

    The question, counterpart, data and next-step authority are agreed.

  3. 03

    Terms

    A written agreement with the correct parties, scope, rights, cost and exit conditions, once service capacity exists.

  4. 04

    Work and review

    Work is done in Foundry and reviewed on method.

  5. 05

    Handoff

    The product passes to the institution that decides.

07Status

How to start.

Information and enquiries are open today. Write to the Secretariat at the contact form. The acknowledgement gives a reference and names the next step, normally a scoping conversation. Governments can also start at Governments and public institutions. Expert matching: Experts and technical support. The Global Risks Alliance (GRA) leads finance readiness: Finance and insurance readiness.

08Questions

Questions and answers.

How much does technical assistance cost?
There is no published fee schedule. Cost is set in the written terms for each scope, and cooperation with governments never depends on buying a membership tier.
Which organisation signs the agreement?
Normally GCRI Canada, as global contracting party in support of the consortiums. GCRI US acts within its own scope.
Can assistance include managing a project for us?
No. Technical assistance builds capability; execution authority stays with your institution.
The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation

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