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The Global Risks Forum
The Global Risks Forum
The Global Risks Forum
Derbarê Komeleya Swîsrayî Nexus Consortium steward
Policy, governance and convening

A neutral forum for governing shared risk.

The Global Risks Forum (GRF) is a Swiss association with a public-good purpose and an independent steward of the Nexus Consortium with the Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI). It convenes the people who make policy and govern shared pergalên, keeps a record of what they agree and governs Universe, the annual programme where their arrangements are tested before a crisis tests them.

Discuss institutional cooperation See the council model
Tomara saziyanKomeleya Swîsrayî
  1. MîsyonSazîyên bihêztir û hevkariya tevahiya salê ji bo cîhanekê bi xeterên girêdayî
  2. FormSwiss association with a public-good, not-for-profit purpose
  3. RolIndependent consortium steward with GCRI, the Lead Institution
  4. RêberCouncils, institutional dialogue, the annual agenda and Universe governance
  5. PrensîpHosting is not ownership. Sponsorship is not authority.

Tomara saziyê

01Mîsyon

Why GRF exists: shared risks need institutions that prepare together.

The risks that matter most cross every mandate, sector and border that must manage them. GRF exists so that public authorities, operators, researchers, civil society and communities agree on priorities, prepare together and test their arrangements before a crisis forces the question.

Bi armancekê bicivînin

Each dialogue is designed to start from a stated question and end with a record: what was agreed, who committed to what, and where participants disagreed.

Rêberiyeke domdar ava bikin

Encumen ji saziyan, rêber û pisporan re salekê bi avahî ya beşdariyê didin, bi xeta bingehîn, plan û encamên hatine nirxandin li şûna sernavan.

Berî ku tê hesibandin biceribîne

Through Universe, selected work is built and exercised under controlled conditions, and the lessons return to the next year’s agenda.

02Komeleya Swîsrayî

A Swiss association with a public-good purpose.

Komeleyeke Swîsrayî bi armanca berjewendiya giştî û ne ji bo qazancê, weşangera berpirsiyar a globalriskforum.com û platformên wê yên pispor.

NavThe Global Risks Forum (GRF)
Formeya qanûnîKomeleyeke Swîsrayî
Dadrêsiya malêSwîsre
Location6300 Zug, Swîsre
KarakterNot-for-profit, public-good institution
Rola di Nexus Consortium deIndependent consortium steward with GCRI: policy, governance, convening and Universe programme governance
Bi rêve diçe ji aliyêIts statutory organs under its articles of association; councils are programme bodies, not statutory organs
TêkilîProgramme enquiries through the Secretariat, forma têkiliyê; questions for the association, the contact form
03What GRF leads

What GRF leads, and what it does not do.

A convener is trusted only when its own role is bounded. GRF states both sides plainly.

GRF leads

Leadership, dialogue and the annual programme

  • Convening leaders and institutions around the annual agenda
  • The council model: institutions, leaders and working groups
  • Documented institutional dialogues with published records
  • Governance of Universe within its instruments, including mission admission and gate decisions
  • Testing the inclusion, institutional fit and public-purpose legitimacy of selected missions
  • Its twelve specialist platforms for governance research and practice, each at its own address
GRF does not

Exercise authority that belongs to others

  • Regulate, license or supervise any person or sector
  • Finance, underwrite, rate or invest, or approve projects
  • Procure goods or services on behalf of participants
  • Certify people, institutions, products or results
  • Act as a government body, an intergovernmental body or a diplomatic mission
  • Promise events, hosts or dates that are not on record

Universe is not a trade show, a procurement fair or a funding platform. Its results are evidence for competent institutions to use under their own authority.

04Governance and independence

Biryar li cem alîgirê ku berpirsiyar e dimînin.

GRF governs the programme it leads and nothing beyond it. Each decision has a named owner; no contribution, host or sponsor can move it to someone else.

Who decides what in the annual programme
BiryarKî berpirsiyar eEv tê çi wateyê
Rêberî, civandin û rêveberiya UniverseGRF, di nav amûrên xwe deBeşdariya tevahiya salê di xebata salane ya bi avahî de dighîje lûtkeyê
Delîl, rêbaz, ofîsa teknîkî û peymankirina konsorsiyûmêGCRI, the Lead Institution; GCRI Canada contractsQuestions become testable work, and the technical build is qualified
Amadebûna fînans, sîgorta û sermayêGlobal Risks Alliance (GRA), parêzvanê serbixwe yê konsorsiyûmêEvidence becomes useful diligence material, never an approval or a transaction
Ajandaya neteweyî û beşdarbûnAvahiyên Konsorsiyûmê yên neteweyî yên jêhatîXwedîtiya neteweyî beriya federasyonê tê
Pejirandina zanistî û edîtoryalNirxandkarên jêhatî, bi nakokî hatine birêvebirin û weşangerBandora saziyî nikare encamekê diyar bike
Biryar û bicihanînHukûmeta têkildar, operator an sazîya bi lîsansBername delîlan amade dike; aktorên jêhatî biryar didin û çalak dibin
Serbixwebûn

No purchased outcomes

No member, host or sponsor can buy a finding, an agenda item, an appointment or the removal of a stated limitation.

Nakokî

Declared and managed

Beşdar berjewendiyên xwe radigihînin. Kesê xwedî nakokiyeke daxuyandî li ser mijara têkildar biryar nade û îmze nake.

Tomar

Rewş li dû tomaran e

An edition, host, appointment or outcome is described as confirmed only when a record shows it. The full rules are on Rêveberî û bawerî.

05The council model

Encumenên li ser vê malperê, û avahiyên Nexus ên ku girêdayî wan in.

Councils are how people and institutions take part through GRF. Each maps to one of the three national participation pillars, so a council seat, an institutional membership and a working-group assignment are never confused.

Li ser vê malperêAvahiya NexusEndam kî yeYa ku nade
Constituency councils: state and government; research and universities; industry and standards; media and civil society; communities and Indigenous institutionsNexus a neteweyî (NNC), beşdariya saziyîThe institution, through authorised representatives and a contribution planKursiyek Encumena Rêberiyê, desthilata giştî, mameleya kirrîna giştî an bandor li ser encameke teknîkî
Leadership CouncilNational Leadership Council (NLC)Kesê bijartî, bi kapasîteya şexsîOffice, employment, a board seat or restricted data; an employer does not own a personal seat
Komên xebatêNational Working Groups (NWG)Experts, practitioners, students and volunteers, assigned by competenceA professional licence or employment; unqualified contributors never take safety-critical tasks
Saziyên fînansî û rêzikvanRêyeke NNC ya hemû-beşî, bi GRA re tê birêvebirinSazîSernivîskirin, deyndayîn, sermaye an gihîştina taybet a rêzikvanê

Global and regional councils are in formation, and their scope is published only once adopted. Councils are programme bodies; they are not the statutory organs of the association. Council enquiries can go to forma serlêdana encumenê.

How a leader joins the Leadership Council

The procedure is designed in four steps. Nominations and applications open only when its terms and review capacity are in place.

  1. 01

    Namzedkirin an serlêdan

    A candidate applies or is nominated, with the evidence the selection procedure asks for.

  2. 02

    Nirxandin

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

  3. 03

    Vexwendin û şert

    Selection comes first. Any contribution follows the terms in force for that programme, never the reverse.

  4. 04

    Salek a yekem a bi avahî

    A Leadership Baseline, an annual contribution plan, quarterly evidence and a Year-One Gateway that produces a reviewed next step, not an automatic appointment.

06GRF di konsorsiyûmê de

GCRI leads. GRF and GRA steward, each in its own voice.

GCRI is the Lead Institution of the Nexus Consortium and, through GCRI Canada, its Secretariat and lead contracting organisation. GRF and GRA are independent consortium stewards with GCRI. GRF carries policy, governance and convening, and governs the annual programme.

GCRI

Global Centre for Risk and Innovation

Lead Institution: science, evidence and the technical office. GCRI Canada holds the Secretariat and contracts for the Consortium. Derbarê GCRI

GRF

The Global Risks Forum

Independent steward: policy, governance and convening, and governance of the Universe annual programme, from Switzerland.

GRA

The Global Risks Alliance

Independent steward: finance, insurance and capital. GRA never lends, underwrites, rates, invests or approves. Finance readiness

Wêne 02The convening network: the Consortium Secretariat in Toronto linked to the six programme regions, each anchored at its population-weighted centre. Cells shaded by distance to the regional anchor.Real geography; the links are the programme design, not venues, members or commitments.

Nexşeya cîhanêThe world’s land and country boundaries, for context.
dûrahî heta lengera herêma bernameyêDerveyîHerêmîNêzîkBingehîn

GRF · sazî · qadWÊNEYA SÊWIRANÊ

How the annual agenda is formed

The agenda is designed to form in five steps, each owned by the institution responsible for it.

  1. 01

    Pirsên neteweyî

    National Desks collect material questions, capability gaps and candidate missions; regional coordination identifies dependencies that cross borders.

  2. 02

    Delîl

    GCRI’s evidence process classifies what is observed, unknown, modelled and worth testing.

  3. 03

    Participation and legitimacy

    GRF tests inclusion, institutional fit, leadership demand and public-purpose legitimacy, and scientific and affected-stakeholder challenge informs selection.

  4. 04

    Amadebûn

    GRA identifies financial transmission, protection gaps and diligence requirements, without selecting investments.

  5. 05

    Mandat

    The authorised annual mandate sets scope, participating structures, evaluation questions and publication intentions. National structures may still decline participation or data sharing.

07Prensîp

Six principles that keep the forum neutral.

They bind every council, dialogue, host, sponsor and edition, and they are written so that anyone can hold GRF to them.

01

Mêvandarî ne xwedîtî ye

A host provides a venue or operational support. It gains no ownership of the programme, its records or its results.

02

Sponsorî ne desthilat e

Piştgiriya fînansî ji rojev, hilbijartina beşdaran û her encamê tê veqetandin.

03

Beşdarî ne tayîn e

Taking part in a council or dialogue is not an endorsement, an appointment or a share in governance power.

04

A record is not consensus

Dialogue records state what was agreed and where participants disagreed. Silence is never reported as agreement.

05

Biryar li cem aktorên jêhatî dimînin

GRF prepares the ground for decisions. Governments, operators and licensed institutions take them under their own authority.

06

Correction is open to anyone

Anyone can challenge a public claim without membership or payment, and a correction is recorded, never silently edited.

08Gava din li ku biçe

Find the part of GRF’s work that fits your institution.

Pêşkêşî

Bername

Dialogues, council programmes, policy cooperation and exercises, each with its terms. See programmes

Bernameya salane

Universe

The cycle, its gates and how national contributions are admitted. Open the gateway or visit the Universe website.

Rêyan

Beşdar bibin

Institutions, leaders, experts and hosts, and what is open now. Choose a pathway

Tor

Platformên pispor

Twelve platforms for governance research and practice, each at its own address. Explore the network

09Tomara saziyî

Dosyeya li pişt vê rûpelê.

Each part of the institution’s own record has a page of its own. A page states what is on record and what is not yet; nothing here is a figure, a ranking or an outcome.

Tomar 01

Mîsyon

What GRF exists to do, in its own words.

Tomar 02

Serokatî

Who leads the association and the roles they hold.

Tomar 03

Komîte û rêveberî

Biryar çawa têne dayîn, ji aliyê kê ve û li ser kîjan tomarê.

Tomar 04

Komeleya Swîsrayî

The legal form and the public-good purpose.

Tomar 05

Serbixwebûn

Çima mêvandarî ne xwedîtî ye û sponsorî ne desthilat e.

Tomar 06

Dîrok

Forum çawa gihîşt şiklê xwe yê heyî.

Tomar 07

Annual reviews

Raporta salane ya rêveberî û radestkirinê, dema ku were weşandin.

Tomar 08

Stratejiya 2030

The objectives the association has set itself.

10Pirs

Questions about GRF as an institution.

What kind of organisation is The Global Risks Forum?
GRF is an association under Swiss law with a public-good, not-for-profit purpose. It is an independent steward of the Nexus Consortium with GCRI, responsible for policy, governance, convening and the governance of the Universe annual programme. It is not a government body, an intergovernmental body or a diplomatic mission.
Kî GRF birêve dibe?
GRF is governed by its statutory organs under its articles of association. Its councils are programme bodies through which institutions, leaders and experts take part; they do not replace or sit above the association’s statutory governance. Any description of the statutory organs is taken from the association’s own records.
How do GRF’s councils relate to the NNC, NLC and NWG?
The constituency councils are how institutions take part in the National Nexus Consortium (NNC). The Leadership Council corresponds to the National Leadership Council (NLC) for individual leaders, and the working groups to the National Working Groups (NWG) for experts.
Can a sponsor or host influence the agenda or the results?
No. Hosting is not ownership and sponsorship is not authority. Hosting and sponsorship agreements are designed to record and disclose support and to keep it separate from the agenda, the selection of participants, editorial decisions and every finding.
Does GRF share GCRI’s statuses and memberships?
Na. Statû û endamtiyên GCRI tenê yên GCRI ne û nabin yên GRF. GRF tenê têkiliyên xwe vedibêje, û tenê gava tomarek wan nîşan dide.
Why does GRF work through the Consortium Secretariat?
GCRI is the Lead Institution of the Nexus Consortium and, through GCRI Canada, holds its Secretariat, which answers programme enquiries under its own privacy notice. Programme enquiries can therefore go to forma têkiliyê; the acknowledgement gives a reference and names the next step. Questions for GRF as an association go to the GRF addresses listed on Têkilî.
ReportsTevkarî bike

Ji vê rûpelê delîl bidin.

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

Tu carî daneyên şexsî, hûrgiliyên binesaza hesas an tiştekî ku mafê we yê parvekirinê tune ne neşînin. Beşdarî berî bikaranînê tê nirxandin; şandina wê nivîskarî an mafên edîtorî nade û sponsorî tu carî encamekê nakire.

Girêdayî
Sekreterya Konsorsiyûmê

Saziya xwe bînin nav gotûbêjê.

The Secretariat confirms the route and the scope of useful work. An enquiry receives a reference; it does not create membership, a council seat or a commitment.

Ji Sekreteryayê re binivîse Hemû rêyên têkiliyê bibînin
Girêdayî

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