National applications

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National applications

Country programmes in this field, each listed with its status. A country appears only when a programme record exists for it.

Publisher
The Global Risks Forum
Field
Innovation, Artificial intelligence, Industry and robotics
Status
Established
Service level
R0: information and enquiries

Programme portfolio

Innovation · National applications

Portfolio viewGRF · Innovation Nexus

Where the work sits

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Portfolio

Innovation hub AFrontier technology watchScopingOn track
Regulatory sandboxTechnology transfer playbookScopingAt risk
Regional innovation systemResponsible innovation…ScopingBlocked
Frontier tech panelRegulatory sandbox cohortScopingOn track

Decisions waiting on owners

  1. D-1Frontier technology watchInnovator · decision record12 d
  2. D-2Technology transfer playbookPublic sector buyer · decision record9 d
  3. D-3Responsible innovation frameworkTechnology transfer lead · decision record12 d

Innovation Nexus · Programme portfolioProgramme portfolio, in outline: domain structure with placeholder names and illustrative values, not a record.

01In brief

The short answer.

Innovation Nexus country programmes are listed one by one, each country with a programme record showing its work on innovation and its status. A country appears only when such a record exists; national institutions lead under country ownership, and the platform supplies evidence and methods.

02Canvas

Scoping to review.

Canvas · scoping to reviewDesign, not a record
National applications: a programme through its gatesA request with a named owner becomes a scoping note; inputs are qualified at a gate; delivery runs in workstreams; a controlled test and an independent review precede publication; the owner decides. Design of the process, not a record of a run.

Fig.A programme from scoping to the owner's decision. Design, not a record.

03Geography

Connected activity in Germany.

Night-time lights and population density, the footprint of electrified, connected activity, framed on Germany as an example geography for this subject; each layer is a dated NASA product.

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Connected activity

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Night-time lights and population density, the footprint of electrified, connected activity, framed on Germany.Satellite and model products as NASA publishes them, each with its own date; indicators, not assessments of any place; claim ceiling INTEGRATED.

Data: NASA GIBS · ASTER GDEM · Natural EarthSources and licences

  • We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • VIIRS Black Marble night-time lights, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; distributed by the NASA Level-1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System (LAADS DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University. 2018. Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11. NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). CC BY 4.0
  • VIIRS near-real-time products (flood, land surface temperature, snow cover, corrected reflectance), NASA LANCE; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • ASTER GDEM is a product of METI and NASA (ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003, NASA LP DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com. Public domain

Layers and dates

  • Night-time lights, daily: VIIRS Black Marble (VNP46A2), NASA LAADS DAAC · 12 Oct 2026
  • Population density, 2020: Population: CIESIN, Columbia University, Gridded Population of the World v4.11 (2018), NASA SEDAC, CC BY 4.0 · static
  • True colour: VIIRS NOAA-20 corrected reflectance, NASA LANCE · 13 Oct 2026

04Scope

Countries in Innovation Nexus.

  1. 01

    Responsible innovation

    Public purpose, safeguards and accountability.

  2. 02

    Innovation ecosystems

    Researchers, builders and public institutions.

  3. 03

    Technology transfer

    Adoption conditions and capacity.

  4. 04

    Public interest innovation

    Mission-oriented programmes and public benefit.

  5. 05

    Innovation and society

    Inequality and social impacts.

  6. 06

    Experimental governance

    Sandboxes and evaluation without regulatory claims.

05National instruments

The national levers for innovation in public risk.

LeverHolderRisk-relevant use
Innovation procurementPublic buyersPre-commercial procurement of early warning or monitoring tools
Regulatory sandboxSector regulatorControlled trial of a new service
Challenge prizeMinistry or agencySolutions to a defined resilience problem
Public research fundingResearch councilsMission-oriented calls
06Status

Work is shown as its record stands.

Programmes are listed as exploring, forming, constituted, active, paused or archived. Country and regional entries appear when a programme record supports them.

07Key terms

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.

TermDefinition
Country ownershipThe 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 ConsortiumIn 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.
Programme statusThe recorded state of a programme on Nexus pages: exploring, forming, constituted, active, paused or archived. A plan is never presented as an activity.
08Sources

Where this page's references lead.

The bodies and documents this page is read against. Status and editions change; each link goes to the issuing body.

09Questions

Questions and answers.

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