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Communities and civil society

Communities, civil society, unions and public-interest groups know things no model captures: where water floods first, which services fail, who is left out. The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) offers consent-aware routes to contribute local knowledge, challenge findings and raise concerns. Reporting harm or correcting public information needs no membership or account. Part of Work with GCRI.

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01Sequence

The order things happen in.

  1. 01QuestionNational, regional or institutional priority
  2. 02EvidenceSTEM foundation of the platform
  3. 03BuildFoundry
  4. 04OrganiseNexus ecosystem
  5. 05TestUniverse (independent site)
  6. 06PublishReports
  7. 07DecideCompetent authorities and institutions, through NXS-RLS (participants, agreements and handoffs)
  8. 08RenewCorrections and the next annual agenda
02Ways to take part

Three routes, each free of charge.

Each route is open without membership, an account or payment.

Contribute

Local knowledge

Share what you know about a place, a service or a risk. Write to the contact form.

Challenge

Institutional challenge

Propose work or challenge a finding. A rejected recommendation receives a reasoned disposition rather than disappearing.

Concern

Report harm

Report harm or correct public information at the integrity concern form.

03Safeguards

Consent and protection come first.

  1. 01

    Informed consent

    You are told how your contribution will be used before you share it, and you can decline.

  2. 02

    Protected knowledge

    Protected community and Indigenous knowledge never enters public examples or model training.

  3. 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.

  4. 04

    Withdrawal

    You can withdraw future participation, and the record shows how earlier contributions are handled.

  5. 05

    Safe routes

    Safeguarding concerns use a restricted route, described under safeguarding and complaints.

04Process

How the process runs.

Process

Communities and civil society: 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.

  1. 01 Form

    1. 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.
    2. 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.
    3. 03Members join by competenceStep · MembersExperts, practitioners, students and volunteers join by competence. Members declare interests and recuse on conflict.

  2. 02 Work

    1. 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.
    2. 05Drafts and deliverables, delivered monthlyRecordGroups deliver monthly. For standards they draft the national profile and deviation register and run national public comment and pilots.

  3. 03 Review

    1. 06Contribution record and reviewGateEach contribution is recorded and reviewed. A working group drafts and recommends; it does not adopt.
    2. 07Recognition follows the recordRecordContribution records are kept, so that recognition follows the record.
    3. 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.

  4. 04 Close

    1. 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.

05Terms

What you receive, contribute and can expect.

QuestionAnswer
What you receiveAn acknowledgement with a reference, and a reasoned response, disposition, remedy or referral where appropriate
What you contributeLocal knowledge, challenge or a concern, in your own words
CostNone. No fee to contribute, challenge or report harm
Who is accountableThe GCRI organisation named in the terms, GCRI Canada or GCRI US
How to leave or raise a concernWithdraw at any time under the agreed terms; concerns go to the integrity concern form
06Accessibility

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 and we will try to arrange it. The site is designed to meet WCAG 2.2 level AA; report barriers under accessibility. Information and enquiries are open today. 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.

07Questions

Questions and answers.

Do I need to be part of an organisation?
No. Individuals and informal groups can contribute or raise concerns. Organisations may also take part institutionally through a national programme where one exists.
Will my contribution be published?
Only with your consent and in the form you agree. Personal details are not published, and protected knowledge stays protected.
Is there a cost?
No. There is no fee to contribute, challenge or raise a concern.
What if my community disagrees with a GCRI finding?
Tell us, with what you know. The challenge is reviewed, recorded and answered with reasons, and an accepted point leads to a correction.
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