Communities and civil society
Communities, civil society organizations, unions and public-interest groups know things about risk that no model captures: where water floods first, which services fail, who is left out. The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) offers accessible, consent-aware routes for communities to contribute local knowledge, challenge findings and raise concerns, with safeguards that protect people and their knowledge. No membership or account is needed to report harm or correct public information. This page is part of Work with GCRI.
- Institution
- The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI)
- Service level
- R0: information and enquiries
- 01QuestionNational, regional or institutional priority
- 02EvidenceSTEM foundation of the platform
- 03BuildNexus Foundry
- 04OrganizeNexus Ecosystem
- 05TestNexus Universe (independent site)
- 06PublishNexus Reports
- 07DecideCompetent authorities and institutions, through Nexus Rails
- 08RenewCorrections and the next annual agenda
The short answer.
Communities, civil society organizations, unions and public-interest groups work with GCRI through accessible, consent-aware routes to contribute local knowledge, challenge findings and raise concerns. Each route is free and open without membership or an account, and safeguards protect people and the knowledge they share.
People and services in Mexico.
Where people live and how far each division sits from a large city's services, shown for Mexico as an example geography for this subject.
Three routes, each free of charge.
Each route is open without membership, an account or payment.
Local knowledge
Share what you know about a place, a service or a risk. Write to contact@therisk.global.
Institutional challenge
Propose work or challenge a finding. A rejected recommendation receives a reasoned disposition rather than disappearing.
Consent and protection come first.
- 01
Informed consent
You are told how your contribution will be used before you share it, and you can decline.
- 02
Protected knowledge
Protected community and Indigenous knowledge never enters public examples or model training.
- 03
Co-design for rights-holders
Indigenous and rights-holder institutions can co-design a programme, with a knowledge-use schedule, a benefit plan and withdrawal conditions.
- 04
Withdrawal
You can withdraw future participation, and the record shows how earlier contributions are handled.
- 05
Safe routes
Safeguarding concerns use a restricted route, described under safeguarding and complaints.
What you receive, contribute and can expect.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What you receive | An acknowledgement with a reference, and a reasoned response, disposition, remedy or referral where appropriate |
| What you contribute | Local knowledge, challenge or a concern, in your own words |
| Cost | None. No fee to contribute, challenge or report harm |
| Who is accountable | The GCRI organization named in the terms, GCRI Canada or GCRI US |
| How to leave or raise a concern | Withdraw at any time under the agreed terms; concerns go to integrity@therisk.global |
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 |
|---|---|
| Local knowledge | Understanding of hazards and coping developed by communities through experience and tradition. |
| Free, prior and informed consent | The right of Indigenous peoples to give or withhold consent, without coercion, in advance and with full information, to measures that affect their lands, territories and rights, as the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples sets out. |
| Community engagement | Involving communities in shaping, conducting and using research that affects them. |
| Safeguarding | The reasonable steps an organization takes to protect people who come into contact with it, its staff or its programmes from harm, abuse and exploitation, and to respond well when concerns arise. |
Taking part should not require expertise or technology.
Contributions can be short and in plain language. If you need another format or language support, say so in your message and we will try to arrange it. The site is designed to meet WCAG 2.2 level AA; barriers can be reported as described under accessibility. The current service level is R0, information and enquiries: an enquiry receives a reference, and the acknowledgement names the next step.
The Global Risks Forum (GRF) runs a community and Indigenous constituency for leadership participation.
Questions and answers.
Do I need to be part of an organization?
Will my contribution be published?
Is there a cost?
What if my community disagrees with a GCRI finding?
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.