GCRI · Water Nexus
Working groups
Teams in Water Nexus adopted to deliver a defined piece of work, each with a workplan, a supervisor and a clear end. A working group has no public authority beyond its workplan.
Working groups in four parts.
Working groups in Water Nexus.
- Each entry shows its scope, host or owner, and terms.
- Participation follows published rules, applied equally.
- Taking part gives no authority or influence over findings.
Questions a working group could be adopted to answer.
| Question | Possible deliverable | Disciplines |
|---|---|---|
| How should drought triggers be defined consistently across a shared basin? | A method note and a comparison of trigger performance | Hydrology, statistics, basin governance |
| What minimum data does a utility need for a compound-stress continuity plan? | A data specification | Utility engineering, power systems, public health |
| How can satellite and model products fill gauge gaps with honest uncertainty? | A validation protocol | Remote sensing, hydrology, uncertainty quantification |
A working group exists only once adopted with a workplan, a supervisor and an end date; the rows above are proposals, not groups.
How the process runs.
Process
Working groups: Working group, charter to sunset
A working group is chartered by record for a fixed timebox, delivers bounded assignments, drafts and recommends, then dissolves unless renewed; it does not adopt.
01 Form
- 01NLC proposes the groupDecision · National Leadership CouncilThe NLC proposes working groups and nominates chairs, editors and experts from its leadership pools. It does not charter.
- 02Charter by recordDecision · National Standards CouncilA working group is chartered by record for a timebox of at most twenty-four months. The charter sets its scope, roles and decision rule.
- 03Members join by competenceStep · MembersExperts, practitioners, students and volunteers join by competence. Members declare interests and recuse on conflict.
02 Work
- 04Workplan from the national agendaStepAssignments come from the national agenda and the year’s missions. Each states the competence it needs and how the work will be reviewed.
- 05Drafts and deliverables, delivered monthlyRecordGroups deliver monthly. For standards they draft the national profile and deviation register and run national public comment and pilots.
03 Review
- 06Contribution record and reviewGateEach contribution is recorded and reviewed. A working group drafts and recommends; it does not adopt.
- 07Recognition follows the recordRecordContribution records are kept, so that recognition follows the record.
- 08National adoption is decided elsewhereDecision · National Standards CouncilThe National Standards Council decides the adoption mode and the national profile. The working group proposes and never decides.
04 Close
- 09Dissolved by default, or renewed by recordDecision · National Standards CouncilA group is dissolved by default at the end of the timebox. The National Standards Council renews or closes it, on the NLC’s proposal.
National Working Groups · National Standards Council · Decision rightsDesigned 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. No working group is constituted. The charter rules belong to the proposed Nexus Standards working model.
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