GRF · Policy Nexus
Mandate, publisher and status
Policy Nexus is published by Global Risks Forum (GRF), a Swiss association with a public-good, not-for-profit purpose and one of the three pillar institutions of the Nexus Consortium. Its mandate is comparative policy analysis and institutional learning on shared risks: what other jurisdictions tried, what happened and what that implies for options here. It does not draft legislation, lobby or advise any government on a specific decision. This page sets out the mandate, who answers for the platform, the professional status of those who take part, its limits and how dialogue records and briefs are handled.
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Mandate, publisher and status in six parts.
- 01MandatePolicy analysis and institutional learning on shared risks
- 02RemitPolicy options for shared risk, compared before they are chosen
- 03Publisher and professional statusWho is responsible, and in what capacity people take part
- 04LimitsWhat the platform does not do
- 05RecordsHow dialogue records and briefs are handled
- 06SourcesWhere this page's references lead
Policy analysis and institutional learning on shared risks.
The platform exists to improve how public institutions understand, compare and learn about policy responses to consequential shared risks, particularly those that cross sectors and borders.
Who takes part
Policy advisers, institutional analysts, international cooperation teams and public administration researchers.
What it publishes
Policy primers, comparative institutional briefs and dialogue records.
Policy options for shared risk, compared before they are chosen.
Policy Nexus works on the formulation stage of public policy for risk: framing the problem, setting out options, weighing evidence and trade-offs, and anticipating implementation. It draws on regulatory impact assessment practice and the appraisal methods ministries use, and it applies them to risks that cross ministries and borders.
- In scope: options appraisal, implementation learning, cross-border policy alignment.
- Out of scope: lobbying, drafting legislation for any government, endorsing an option.
Who is responsible, and in what capacity people take part.
Global Risks Forum (GRF) publishes Policy Nexus and answers for its content under the rules in trust, rights and status.
- Status: Policy Nexus is an established platform. Its existing community and published address are preserved, and earlier activity is described as current only once its records are confirmed.
- Open for information and enquiries.
- Public servants and advisers who take part do so in their personal professional capacity unless their institution states otherwise in writing. Their participation does not commit their institution.
- Dialogue participants agree the publication and attribution rules of each dialogue in advance.
What the platform does not do.
- It does not regulate, finance, procure or certify, and it does not make or approve policy.
- It does not represent any government, and it does not lobby on behalf of participants or sponsors.
- Hosting or sponsoring a dialogue confers no authority over its findings or records.
- Scientific evidence comes from the Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) platforms such as Systemic Risk Management at GCRI; financial-sector analysis comes from the Global Risks Alliance (GRA) platforms such as Financial Regulation Nexus at GRA.
GRF convenes and governs programmes. It does not regulate, finance, procure or certify, and hosting or sponsorship confers no authority over findings.
How dialogue records and briefs are handled.
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Before a dialogue
The scope, participants' capacity and the attribution rule are agreed and recorded.
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After a dialogue
A record is drafted, checked with participants for accuracy and published only where they agree.
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Briefs and primers
Comparative briefs state their sources and limits and are reviewed before publication on the publications page.
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Corrections
Errors are corrected as new versions through corrections and concerns.
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.
Questions and answers.
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