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Participate Membership and pathways
Institutions, leaders, experts and hosts

Take part by what you bring.

The Global Risks Forum (GRF) convenes the people who shape policy and govern shared systems. An institution, a leader, an expert and a host each join by a different route, bring something different and receive something different. None of them buys authority over the agenda, a finding or a decision.

Council and edition agenda, example screenAn illustrative GRF console: council participation across six constituencies, the annual programme from dialogues and mission selection to the Core build, the test week, a planned stand-down and synthesis, a dialogue record from adopted agenda to open corrections, and the three participation pillars.

Council agendaA council session, where each pathway meets. Illustrative interface; example values.

02Institutions

Institutions join through a constituency council.

In the National Nexus Consortium (NNC) the institution is the member. Here, institutions take part through five constituency councils; financial institutions and regulators through a cross-cutting pathway led with the Global Risks Alliance (GRA).

  • State and government
  • Research and universities
  • Industry and standards
  • Media and civil society
  • Communities and Indigenous institutions
  1. 01

    Institutional enquiry

    Your institution writes to the Secretariat and receives a reference.

  2. 02

    Due diligence and authority check

    The institution’s identity, mandate and the authority of its representatives are confirmed, and interests are declared.

  3. 03

    Contribution plan

    What the institution brings: representatives, capability, data under agreed rights, or programme support.

  4. 04

    Terms for the programme

    Written terms with the correct parties and scope.

  5. 05

    Separate council nomination

    A nomination to the Leadership Council, where relevant, follows its own selection procedure.

Institutional membership does not create a Leadership Council seat, and no contribution decides a technical conclusion, public authority or procurement treatment.

03Leaders

Leaders are selected first, then contribute.

The National Leadership Council (NLC), the Leadership Council on this site, is for individuals in a personal capacity. Selection precedes any payment, and a year of service produces a reviewed next step rather than an automatic appointment.

  1. 01

    Application or nomination

    With the evidence the selection procedure requests.

  2. 02

    Diagnostic and review

    A leadership and capability diagnostic, then a fit-and-proper and conflict review.

  3. 03

    Invitation and terms

    An invitation with the terms in force for the programme.

  4. 04

    Baseline and contribution plan

    A Leadership Baseline and an Annual Leadership Contribution Plan.

  5. 05

    Quarterly evidence and Year-One Gateway

    Quarterly work, mentoring and mission contribution, reviewed at the end of the first year.

Council standing does not buy office, employment, a board seat or restricted data, and an employer does not own a personal seat. Questions about nomination can go to the council application form.

04Experts and working groups

Experts take bounded, supervised work.

In the National Working Groups (NWG), the working groups on this site, experts, practitioners, students and volunteers take assignments that match their competence, with stated prerequisites, review points and closure criteria.

Specialist communities also work through GRF’s twelve platforms, each at its own address.

  1. 01

    Explore current work

    Work calls are listed once a working group is open.

  2. 02

    Competence and availability

    What you can do, and when.

  3. 03

    Bounded assignment

    A defined task with a named supervisor.

  4. 04

    Contribution record and review

    Your work is reviewed and recorded, then recognised with a next assignment where appropriate.

Ordinary participation has no fee. Paid work, internships and fellowships are separate arrangements, and unqualified contributors never take safety-critical tasks.

05Hosts and supporters

Support the programme without steering it.

Hosts, venues, campuses, foundations and sponsors make convening possible. A written agreement sets out their role, with safeguards that keep the programme neutral.

Hosts

Hosting is not ownership

A host provides a venue or operational support. A hosting agreement is designed to give it a readiness decision, a responsibility schedule and a closeout record. No event is presented as confirmed before the host’s authority and readiness are evidenced.

Supporters

Sponsorship is not authority

A supporter funds a defined public-good capability under a contribution agreement, which is designed to include a use-of-resources report. Agreements disclose support and keep it separate from editorial and scientific decisions.

Safeguards designed into every agreement

01

No support buys an appointment, a finding, consent or a procurement advantage.

02

Sponsors cannot approve publications or change evidence.

03

Funding grants no ownership of the programme, its records or its results.

04

Neither hosting nor sponsorship secures a computing allocation or mission admission.

05

A host or sponsor is named only with its written permission and a current record.

06

Conflicts are declared, and anyone may raise a concern about capture.

Hosting and support proposals can go to the partnership form. A proposal is not a confirmed host, sponsor or event.

06National and regional participation

Countries own their programmes; regions connect them.

National structures set their own priorities under their own legal authority. GRF brings their leaders and institutions into dialogue and into the annual programme. It never represents a country.

National

Country-owned priorities

National structures keep agenda authority and may decline participation or data sharing. A city relationship never becomes national representation.

Regional

Shared-system questions

Six regions bring together questions that cross borders. No regional body binds a country, and withdrawal never erases other parties’ lawful work.

Annual programme

Contributions to Universe

National and regional missions are proposed and admitted through the annual cycle described on the Universe gateway.

Country formation, the regional desks and the planned hubs are coordinated by the Consortium Secretariat; see Work with GCRI. Regional desks are listed on Contact.

07What is open now

Today: information and enquiries.

Services open in steps. Each opens only when its team, terms and review capacity exist.

  1. 01

    Information and enquiries

    You can understand the programme and its current state, and send an enquiry that receives a reference.

    Open now
  2. 02

    Application

    Candidates apply for a defined pathway with current terms and an appeal route.

    Not yet open
  3. 03

    Commitment

    An accepted participant enters an agreement with the correct parties and scope.

    Not yet open
  4. 04

    Operation

    Authorised participants take part in the scoped programme, mission or exercise.

    Not yet open
08What an enquiry creates

Each step is only what it is.

An enquiry gets a reference and reaches the right team. It does not, by itself, create anything further.

ThisIs not
An enquiryMembership, a council seat or a commitment
A submitted applicationAcceptance or membership
A claimed identityAuthority to represent an institution
A paymentAn appointment or access to restricted data
An infrastructure offerAn allocation
A hosting proposalA confirmed event
A country research profileA constituted national programme or a local office
09Questions

Questions about membership and participation.

Can I join GRF today?
You can send an enquiry today and receive a reference. Applications, membership agreements and nominations open when their terms and review capacity are in place. Their current state is shown on this page.
Do governments or UN agencies need to buy membership?
No. Cooperation with public authorities and international bodies never depends on buying a membership tier. Agencies can take part through their own authorised instruments.
Does my employer own my Leadership Council seat?
No. Leaders are selected in a personal capacity. An employer does not own a personal seat, and the seat does not transfer if you change roles.
Is there a fee for working groups?
No fee applies to ordinary working-group participation. Paid work, internships and fellowships are separate arrangements with their own terms.
What does a sponsor receive?
A contribution agreement for a defined public-good capability and a report on how the resources were used. A sponsor receives no influence over the agenda, participants, publications or findings.
How do I leave or raise a concern?
You can withdraw by notice. Concerns, including about capture or conduct, go through the routes on Governance and trust; complaints are designed to be reviewed by someone not responsible for the contested decision.
ReportsContribute

Contribute evidence from this page.

Reports is the Consortium’s quarterly publication. What you know about this subject can become evidence, a case or a correction in the next edition, credited to you and published under CC BY 4.0 where it is your own work.

Global Risks Forum
Consortium Secretariat

Tell us what your institution can bring.

The Secretariat, held by the Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI Canada) for the Nexus Consortium, confirms the pathway and what is open now. An enquiry receives a reference; it does not create membership, a seat or a commitment.