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Technology and infrastructure providers

SMEs, startups, technology teams, high-performance computing centres, research networks, telecoms, cloud and equipment providers can answer testbed and mission calls of The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI), or offer qualified resources. Selection follows documented criteria. Evaluation never depends on contribution size. Testing is not certification. An offer is never counted as an allocation. Part of Work with GCRI.

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01Workspace

The workspace for technology and infrastructure providers.

Community workspace

GCRI · Technology and infrastructure · Example interface, not a record

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Working groups

Evidence WG306Week 16Active
Methods council238Week 14Active
Technical office265Week 37Active
Country programmes WG357Week 22Active

Join requests

  1. J-1Hydrologist, early careerEvidence WG4 d
  2. J-2Utility engineerMethods council9 d
  3. J-3Conflict of interest to declareTechnical office4 d

Contributions

Proposed01
Country programme formationcredit: named
In review01
National Model buildtwo reviewers
Accepted01
Country risk profilecredited on record
Community workspace.Illustrative interface; not live data.

GCRI · Community workspace. Community workspace: example names and illustrative values, not a record.

02Two routes

Respond to a call or offer resources.

WhoFirst stepFirst outcome
SMEs, startups and technology teamsRespond to a testbed or mission callA documented selection decision, an evaluation plan and controlled results
Computing centres, networks, telecoms, cloud and equipment providersOffer qualified resources or technical capacityA resource-offer disposition, a qualification record and separately approved allocations
03Resource states

An offer moves through separate states.

None of these states implies the next.

  • Offered
  • Qualified
  • Reserved
  • Allocated
  • Accessible
  • Measured
  • Accepted

An offer records the owner and contact, legal and use constraints, location and availability window, hardware and software profile, security state, support coverage and return and sanitisation requirements.

04Process

How the process runs.

Process

Technology and infrastructure providers: 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 receiveA documented selection decision and evaluation plan, or a qualification record for offered capacity
What you contributeTechnology or capacity, documentation and support during testing
CostSet out in each call or agreement; evaluation never depends on the size of a contribution
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
06Neutrality and licensing

How providers are treated.

  1. 01

    Neutral selection

    Participants are selected on documented criteria. Contribution level never decides evaluation.

  2. 02

    Licensing

    Each test sets out the licence for provider technology and for results. Background intellectual property stays with its owner, as described under rights and licences.

  3. 03

    Approved test pathways

    Tests follow an evaluation plan with stop rules, described under technology assessment.

  4. 04

    No endorsement

    A test result describes what was tested. It is not accreditation, certification, endorsement or exclusivity.

07Questions

Questions and answers.

Can we use participation in our marketing?
Only as an accurate statement of what took place, with published results cited in full. Participation may not be described as endorsement, partnership or certification.
Does offering capacity commit us to provide it?
An offer is the first state. Commitment arises only through a separately approved allocation with agreed terms.
Are calls open now?
Calls are published when they open, with their terms. Today, providers can send an enquiry and receive a reference.
How do we start?
Write to the partnership form describing your technology or the capacity you can offer.
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