Country programme enquiry
A National Nexus programme is nationally owned. It begins with an exploration led by an accountable national contact, who sets out the jurisdiction, the questions that matter and the limits of the enquiry. The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI), as Consortium Secretariat, supports that exploration. It may lead to scoping and a formation dossier, and only the competent national authority decides whether a programme is constituted. A country research profile alone does not mean a programme exists. 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.
A country programme enquiry is the first step of a National Nexus programme: an exploration led by an accountable national contact who sets out the jurisdiction, the questions that matter and the limits of the enquiry. GCRI supports it as Consortium Secretariat; it may lead to scoping and a formation dossier, and only the competent national authority decides.
People and services in Pakistan.
Where people live and how far each division sits from a large city's services, shown for Pakistan as an example geography for this subject.
Four stages, each a decision point.
No stage implies the next. A country can stop at any point.
- 01
Exploration
An accountable contact, the jurisdiction, the questions that matter and the limits of the enquiry. Open for enquiries.
- 02
Scoping
A scoping note, an authority map and a first-quarter baseline plan.
- 03
Formation dossier
The ownership model, host options, first risk questions, safeguards, resources and exit conditions.
- 04
Constitution
The competent national authority decides whether to constitute the programme.
Who can open an exploration.
An exploration needs a named person who can speak for the institution they represent, and who is accountable for the enquiry. A claimed identity is not authority to represent an institution, so authority is checked before scoping begins.
Government contacts
Officials acting within their mandate.
Host candidates
Institutions willing to consider a host or lead role.
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 |
|---|---|
| Country ownership | The principle that a country leads its own development policies and strategies and coordinates the actions that support them, set out in the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. |
| National Nexus Consortium | In the Consortium's national model, the body through which a country's institutions take part in Nexus work, formed under a national record with its own leadership and working groups. |
| Competent authority | The body that a law or regulation designates to exercise a given power or duty, such as a supervisor, a civil protection agency or a ministry; only it can take the decisions the law assigns to it. |
What an exploration cannot do.
- It does not create a programme, an office or a local legal presence
- It does not bind a government or any institution
- A planned hub is a coordination role, never an office
- Countries under the programme's sanctions and eligibility policy have no desk or enquiry route
How national programmes are built is described under formation pathway and National Nexus. The current service level is R0, information and enquiries: an enquiry receives a reference, and the acknowledgement names the next step.
Questions and answers.
Our country has a research profile on the site. Does a programme exist?
Who decides whether to form a programme?
Is there a cost to explore?
How do we start?
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.