As Lead Institution of the Nexus Consortium, the Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) publishes its rules before anyone relies on its findings: who decides what, how conflicts are managed, how a finding is accepted and corrected, and where to raise a concern. Every route is open to anyone, without membership or payment.
Not an emergency service, regulator or funder
Each decision has one accountable holder. GCRI prepares the evidence; governments, operators and licensed institutions take the decisions that are theirs.
| Decision | Accountable | What that means |
|---|---|---|
| Consortium Secretariat and contracting | GCRI Canada, as Lead Institution and lead contracting organisation | One coordinated programme with separate institutional responsibilities |
| Evidence, methods and technical assistance | GCRI technical and evidence stewardship | Problems become testable questions and reusable capability |
| Leadership, convening and Universe governance | The Global Risks Forum (GRF), independent consortium steward, within its instruments | Year-round convening leads to one tested annual programme |
| Finance, insurance and capital readiness | The Global Risks Alliance (GRA), independent consortium steward | Evidence becomes diligence material, never an approval or a transaction |
| Technology and infrastructure supply | External providers, at arm’s length, under agreements GCRI Canada holds | A provider owns no finding, no national data and no decision |
| National agenda and local participation | Competent National consortium structures | National ownership precedes federation |
| Scientific and editorial acceptance | Qualified, conflict-managed reviewers and the publisher | Institutional influence cannot decide a scientific conclusion |
| Public decisions and execution | The relevant government, operator or licensed institution | The programme prepares evidence and supports lawful continuation |
Support of any kind buys nothing in the findings. The rules bind every funder, sponsor, member, host and technology provider.
No support buys a finding, a ranking, an appointment, consent, procurement advantage or the suppression of a limitation.
Reviewers and leaders declare their interests. A reviewer with a declared conflict does not sign the acceptance it concerns.
Funding and review are disclosed with each publication, and sponsorship has no say in a test result.
Each finding is linked to its sources, methods and review, with its uncertainty stated. Qualified reviewers who manage their conflicts accept it on method, not on who funded or hosted the work.
Every result carries one: observed, published statistics, institution-reported, estimated, modelled, forecast, scenario, expert judgement or unknown. Missing data is shown as missing, never as zero.
Domain and editorial review precede publication. Release follows review, not publicity deadlines, and a planned report is not shown as released.
Anyone can challenge a public finding. A correction creates a new recorded version with its history, never a silent edit.
Fig. 01A country report edition, with its evidence labels and version history.Example screen with illustrative values, not results.
Write to the address for your route and name the matter in the subject. None requires membership, an account or payment. Every concern then runs the same four steps.
| Route | Write to | Who handles it |
|---|---|---|
| Ordinary enquiry | the contact form | The Secretariat, for programme questions and cooperation requests |
| Scientific correction or integrity concern | the integrity concern form | The responsible editor or source owner; open to anyone |
| Privacy and rights request | the privacy request form | The Interim Privacy Officer of GCRI Canada |
| Security report | the security report form | The security disclosure team |
| Safeguarding concern | the safeguarding report form | A restricted route, not handled in public forums or by a chatbot |
| Programme or decision complaint | the integrity concern form | Someone not responsible for the contested decision |
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An acknowledgement with a reference and the next step.
By someone not responsible for the work or decision in question.
Accepted, partly accepted or declined, with the reasons in writing.
An accepted correction becomes a new version with its history.
No route promises a response time at the current service level. The Consortium is not an emergency service; in immediate danger, contact your local emergency services.
These statuses and memberships belong to GCRI alone. They do not extend to GRF, GRA or any participant, and no body named here endorses a Consortium programme.
Since 2023
GCRI Canada contracts for the Consortium; GCRI US is a separate institution. Shared branding does not make GCRI the legal parent, treasury, employer or regulator of any participant.
| Legal name | The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation |
|---|---|
| Organisation | Canadian not-for-profit organisation with its registered office in Ontario |
| Registered office | Toronto, ON M4R 1V2 |
| Role | Lead Institution of the Nexus Consortium, Consortium Secretariat and lead contracting organisation |
| Governing law | Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein |
| Contact | the contact form |
A separate United States institution with its own legal identity, governance and responsibilities. It works within GCRI’s mandate for research, development and policy and does not contract for the Consortium.
| Address | 4500 Forbes Blvd., Suite 200, Lanham, MD 20706, United States |
|---|---|
| Role | The United States institution of GCRI, within GCRI’s mandate for research, development and policy |
| Contact | the contact form |
Reports is the Consortium’s quarterly publication. What you know about this subject can become evidence, a case or a correction in the next edition, credited to you and published under CC BY 4.0 where it is your own work.
Never send personal data, sensitive infrastructure detail or anything you have no right to share. A contribution is reviewed before use; sending it confers no authorship or editorial rights, and sponsorship never buys a finding.
Corrections and concerns are part of the work. The acknowledgement gives a reference and names the next step, and no membership or account is needed.
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