Cells · GRF
Field and practice cells
Working groups, practice communities and forum teams. They turn expert dialogue into shared readiness outputs across the councils, the sector and national forums and the annual programme.
- 13 cell types
- 9 networks
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What would you like to do?
How a cell works
From forming to reporting
- FormA team, a host and a mission on the map
- CharterRoles, a decision rule and agreements, ratified by vote
- RegisterA listed cell with its own page and record
- OperateProjects, decisions, meetings and calls
- ReportOutputs, reviews and a signed record
Cell types
Start from a type that fits your work
Research cell
Working group cell
Experts on one theme who produce a readiness output for the annual programme.
- Team
- 3 or more members
- Decides by
- Consent (sociocratic objection rounds)
- Host
- An organisation on the network, confirmed at review
- Term
- Mission-bound: the founders set it
- Outputs
- Research plan and question · Evidence and literature review
- Roles
- 4, each a credential: Principal investigator, Secretary, Data steward…
- Safeguarding
- Adults; under 18s with a safeguarding contact
- Expertise
- Risk governance and institutions, Multi-hazard and compound risk assessment, Foresight and futures +1
Policy and advisory cell
Institutional dialogue cell
Convenes institutions on a shared risk and records what they agree to explore together.
- Team
- 3 or more members
- Decides by
- Consensus with fallback
- Host
- An organisation on the network, confirmed at review
- Term
- Mission-bound: the founders set it
- Outputs
- Policy brief · Consultation
- Roles
- 3, each a credential: Lead, Rapporteur, Secretary
- Safeguarding
- Adults; under 18s with a safeguarding contact
- Expertise
- Risk-informed public policy, Risk governance and institutions, Foresight and futures +2
Learning cell
Community of practice cell
Practitioners who learn from each other's cases and keep a shared practice record.
- Team
- 3 or more members
- Decides by
- Simple majority
- Host
- An organisation on the network, confirmed at review
- Term
- Mission-bound: the founders set it
- Outputs
- Cohort plan · Study sessions
- Roles
- 3, each a credential: Facilitator, Secretary, Safeguarding contact
- Safeguarding
- Adults; under 18s with a safeguarding contact
- Expertise
- Capacity development and technical assistance, Work, skills and occupational safety, Human development, poverty and inequality
Learning cell
Leadership practice cell
Develops leadership for shared risk as a practice that can be learned, not a certification.
- Team
- 3 or more members
- Decides by
- Simple majority
- Host
- An organisation on the network, confirmed at review
- Term
- Mission-bound: the founders set it
- Outputs
- Cohort plan · Study sessions
- Roles
- 3, each a credential: Facilitator, Secretary, Safeguarding contact
- Safeguarding
- Adults; under 18s with a safeguarding contact
- Expertise
- Capacity development and technical assistance, Work, skills and occupational safety, Human development, poverty and inequality
Field and operations cell
Exercise and simulation cell
Designs and runs exercises and tracks. An exercise result is a learning record, not a certification.
- Team
- 4 or more members
- Decides by
- Advice process
- Host
- An organisation on the network, confirmed at review
- Term
- Mission-bound: the founders set it
- Outputs
- Early warning protocol · Anticipatory action plan with triggers
- Roles
- 4, each a credential: Lead, Operations coordinator, Monitoring and learning lead…
- Safeguarding
- Adults; under 18s with a safeguarding contact
- Expertise
- Early warning and anticipatory action, Disaster risk reduction, Humanitarian action and displacement +2
Sector cell
Sector forum cell
A professional community around the systemic risk of one sector.
- Team
- 3 or more members
- Decides by
- Consent (sociocratic objection rounds)
- Host
- An organisation on the network, confirmed at review
- Term
- Mission-bound: the founders set it
- Outputs
- Sector risk profile · Interdependency map with other sectors
- Roles
- 3, each a credential: Lead, Secretary, Sector liaison
- Safeguarding
- Adults; under 18s with a safeguarding contact
Youth, campus or chapter cell
National forum cell
A national team that convenes the forum's work in its country.
- Team
- 5 or more members
- Decides by
- Simple majority
- Host
- An organisation on the network, confirmed at review
- Term
- Mission-bound: the founders set it
- Outputs
- Plan for the year · Welcome and membership drive
- Roles
- 4, each a credential: Lead, Secretary, Safeguarding contact…
- Safeguarding
- Under 18s with a safeguarding contact
- Expertise
- Capacity development and technical assistance, Community resilience and inclusion, Work, skills and occupational safety
Youth, campus or chapter cell
Students and volunteers cell
Students and volunteers who support the forum's programme and learn by taking part.
- Team
- 5 or more members
- Decides by
- Simple majority
- Host
- An organisation on the network, confirmed at review
- Term
- Mission-bound: the founders set it
- Outputs
- Plan for the year · Welcome and membership drive
- Roles
- 4, each a credential: Lead, Secretary, Safeguarding contact…
- Safeguarding
- Under 18s with a safeguarding contact
- Expertise
- Capacity development and technical assistance, Community resilience and inclusion, Work, skills and occupational safety
Community emergency response team (CERT)
Community emergency response team (CERT)
Local preparedness and first response, formed through a forum host.
- Team
- 5 or more members
- Decides by
- Advice process
- Host
- An organisation on the network, confirmed at review
- Term
- Mission-bound: the founders set it
- Outputs
- Local hazard and resource map · Household and site preparedness plan
- Roles
- 5, each a credential: Lead, Deputy lead, Safeguarding contact…
- Safeguarding
- Under 18s with a safeguarding contact
- Expertise
- Preparedness, emergency and crisis management, Community resilience and inclusion, Early warning and anticipatory action +4
Standards cell
Industry and standards practice cell
Practitioners who comment on and test standards in their field.
- Team
- 3 or more members
- Decides by
- Consensus with fallback
- Host
- An organisation on the network, confirmed at review
- Term
- Mission-bound: the founders set it
- Outputs
- Scope and work item proposal · Working draft
- Roles
- 3, each a credential: Convenor, Editor, Secretary
- Safeguarding
- Adults; under 18s with a safeguarding contact
- Expertise
- Risk governance and institutions, Digital public infrastructure and digital identity, AI assurance and audit +1
Review and assurance cell
Public-safe reporting review cell
Reviews outputs so that what is published is accurate, safe and clearly labelled.
- Team
- 6 or more members
- Decides by
- Supermajority
- Host
- An organisation on the network, confirmed at review
- Term
- Mission-bound: the founders set it
- Outputs
- Review protocol · First review round
- Roles
- 4, each a credential: Panel chair, Integrity contact, Secretary…
- Safeguarding
- Adults; under 18s with a safeguarding contact
- Expertise
- Risk governance and institutions, AI assurance and audit
Engineering and digital cell
Demonstration and tools cell
Builds the technical demonstrations and tools shown in the annual programme.
- Team
- 3 or more members
- Decides by
- Advice process
- Host
- An organisation on the network, confirmed at review
- Term
- Mission-bound: the founders set it
- Outputs
- Specification · First release
- Roles
- 3, each a credential: Maintainer, Reviewer, Security contact
- Safeguarding
- Adults; under 18s with a safeguarding contact
- Expertise
- Digital public infrastructure and digital identity, Cybersecurity and digital resilience, Reliability, safety and resilience engineering +2
Data and observation cell
Shared evidence cell
Collects and curates the open evidence a working group or forum relies on.
- Team
- 3 or more members
- Decides by
- Consent (sociocratic objection rounds)
- Host
- An organisation on the network, confirmed at review
- Term
- Mission-bound: the founders set it
- Outputs
- Station and sensor inventory · First open data release
- Roles
- 3, each a credential: Lead, Data steward, Quality reviewer
- Safeguarding
- Adults; under 18s with a safeguarding contact
- Expertise
- Earth observation and Earth system data, Data infrastructure, compute and semiconductors, Atmosphere and air chemistry +2
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Active cells on this network. Filter them, or draw an area on the map, then open one to see its mission and ask to join.
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Cells appear here once their core areas are done. Form the first one: it takes about two minutes and starts as a draft that only its members see.
How cells work here
Open, peer to peer and protected
A public good
Forming and running a cell is free, outputs are open access by default, and nothing here is priced.
Peer to peer
Members work directly with each other and with other cells, under the rules they adopt together.
Trust from records
Nobody is trusted by default: roles are credentials, decisions and agreements are signed records, and each can be checked.
Protected
Members under 18 are never listed in public and always have an adult safeguarding contact. Small numbers are never shown in public.
Across the networks
Cells under every organisation
Each network forms cells in its own field. A cell can work with cells of the other networks.
GCRI
Nexus Competence Cells
Institutionally hosted, mission-bounded expert units. They localise and operate risk capabilities, keep a record of everything they do, and incubate new work with partner institutions.
GRA
Alliance, sector and operations cells
Teams of member institutions and experts who build shared understanding of systemic risk in financial services. They prepare evidence for finance readiness and never lend, underwrite, rate, invest, advise on or arrange transactions.
Nexus Standards
Standards development cells
Teams that draft, test and correct open standards in the open, with the technical committees. A validator report is evidence for review, never a conformance claim, and each jurisdiction decides what it adopts.
Risk Academy
Learning-by-doing cells
Cohorts, study groups and labs that learn by doing real risk work together. A completion record is a learning record: not a licence to practise and not an academic credential.
The Global Risks Index
Index evidence cells
Teams that bring evidence, corrections and local knowledge to the country risk indexes. An index value is not a rating, a risk signal is not verified risk, and every contribution is reviewed in public.
Observatory Protocol
Observation and protocol cells
Teams that design, build and run observation on the open Observatory Protocol, from local sensors to shared data. Conformity support is evidence for review, never a certification.
KCO
Kurdish community cells
Teams of members who organise where Kurdish communities live: city chapters, language circles, heritage, civic voice and mutual support. Cells are for adults; younger members can follow them but not join.
IDCDC
Iranian diaspora cells
Teams of members who organise where Iranian diaspora communities live: city chapters, language circles, heritage, civic voice and mutual support. Cells are for adults; younger members can follow them but not join.