Separated decisions
Convening and programme governance sit with GRF, evidence with GCRI, finance readiness with GRA, and every decision with the competent authority.
Governance and trust Independence Corrections
The rules GRF holds itself to
Neutral by rule, open to challenge.
A forum is only useful if no participant can capture it. This page sets out the rules The Global Risks Forum (GRF) applies to itself: independence, council rules, safeguarding, conflicts and sponsorship, how programme status is described, and how anyone can raise a concern or correct a claim.
Neutrality registerSwiss association
- HostingIs not ownership: a host gains no ownership of the programme, its records or its results
- SponsorshipIs not authority: support is disclosed and kept apart from agendas, selection and findings
- ParticipationIs not appointment: taking part confers no endorsement or governance power
- StatusFollows records: nothing is described as confirmed until a record shows it
- ConcernsFive routes, open to anyone
No regulatory, diplomatic or certifying role · service level R0
01In brief
The short answer.
Governance and trust at GRF is the set of written safeguards that keep the forum from capture and its claims honest: independence and anti-capture rules, council rules, participant safeguarding, a single programme-status record and an open corrections route. Hosting is not ownership, sponsorship is not authority, and status follows records.
02Independence
No one can buy a place on the agenda or a finding.
GRF is a Swiss association with a public-good purpose. It does not regulate, finance, procure, certify, underwrite, rate, invest in or approve projects, so it has no such power to trade. Its safeguards protect the programme it governs from anyone who tries to buy influence.
Statutory governance
GRF is governed by its statutory organs under its articles of association. Councils are programme bodies and do not replace them.
Its own standing only
GRF describes only its own relationships. Statuses held by GCRI or GRA never extend to GRF.
03Council rules
Council rules come before council seats.
Each council is designed with a stated purpose, a selection procedure and limits on what a seat confers, published before applications open. The council model is described on About GRF.
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Selection before payment
Leaders are selected first; any contribution follows written terms.
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Fit-and-proper and conflict review
Before invitation, each candidate is to be reviewed for conflicts and suitability.
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Records of council work
Agendas, approved minutes and commitments are to be published as participants agree, with dissent recorded.
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No bought standing
A seat never buys office, employment, a board seat or restricted data.
04Safeguarding
Safe participation for everyone in the room.
Dialogues and exercises put people with very different power in one room. Safeguarding protects every participant, and above all students, volunteers, communities and rights-holders.
Conduct
Participation is conditional on accepting conduct expectations. No unqualified contributor takes a safety-critical task, and no student or volunteer receives an unsupervised high-consequence assignment.
Restricted route
Safeguarding concerns use a restricted route, never a public forum or a chatbot. Write to safeguarding@globalriskforum.com.
Protected knowledge
Community and Indigenous knowledge is used only under an agreed schedule and never enters public examples without consent.
GRF is not an emergency service. In immediate danger, contact your local emergency services.
05Conflicts and sponsorship
Interests declared, support kept apart.
| Rule | What it means in practice |
|---|---|
| Declare interests | Council members, reviewers, hosts and sponsors declare relevant interests before taking part |
| Recuse on conflict | A person with a declared conflict does not decide or sign the matter it concerns |
| No sponsor approval | Sponsors cannot approve publications, change evidence or choose participants |
| No ownership through funding | Funding grants no ownership of the programme, its records or results |
| No bought allocations | Neither membership nor sponsorship secures admission or computing |
| Named only with permission | Hosts, sponsors and partners are named only with written permission and a current record |
06Claims and programme status
What is in place today, and what is not yet.
GRF writes in the present tense only about what operates now. Everything else is described as designed, proposed or in formation.
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Information and enquiries
Enquiries to the Secretariat and regional desks receive a reference.
Open now - 02
Twelve specialist platforms
Seven established at their live addresses and five in development at their canonical roots, all listed on the specialist network. A platform in development sets out its scope and how it works; its activities, records and services are published as each opens.
7 established, 5 in development - 03
Global and regional councils
Scope published once adopted.
In formation - 04
Nexus Universe edition
Dates and hosts appear only with an edition record. See the gateway.
Not yet on record - 05
Applications, payments and registration
Open only when their team, terms and review capacity exist.
Not yet open
07Corrections and concerns
Anyone can challenge a public claim.
No membership, account or payment is needed to correct public information or report harm. Each route is designed to reach the right reviewer, and a correction creates a recorded new version, never a silent edit.
| Route | Where to write | Who reviews it |
|---|---|---|
| Correction or integrity concern | integrity@globalriskforum.com | The responsible editor or source owner; open to anyone |
| Programme or decision complaint | integrity@globalriskforum.com | Someone not responsible for the contested decision |
| Privacy and rights request | privacy@globalriskforum.com | GRF's privacy contact |
| Security report | security@globalriskforum.com | The security mailbox for this site; share no exploit details until asked |
| Safeguarding concern | safeguarding@globalriskforum.com | A restricted route, never handled in public |
Use a clear subject line. The acknowledgement gives a reference and names the next step, and a request that is not upheld is designed to receive a reasoned answer rather than disappear.
08Privacy and accessibility
Your information and your access.
Privacy
GRF uses what you send only to answer your enquiry and keep a record of it. GRF's privacy notice for this site, with GRF as controller, sets out the details. Each pillar institution has its own notice and controller, and an enquiry sent to the Secretariat at contact@therisk.global is handled under the Secretariat's notice. Requests about your personal data go to privacy@globalriskforum.com.
Accessibility
These pages are designed to meet WCAG 2.2 level AA. We test pages and fix barriers we find. Report a barrier to privacy@globalriskforum.com or contact@globalriskforum.com, and say what format or support would help.
09Key terms
Terms used on this page.
Each term as this institution uses it on this page.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Recusal | Stepping aside from a decision: a person with a declared conflict does not decide or sign the matter it concerns. |
| Restricted route | A confidential channel for safeguarding concerns, handled by named people and never in a public forum or by a chatbot. |
| Edition record | The record that confirms one edition of Nexus Universe, with its dates and hosts; until it exists, GRF publishes no date or host. |
| Recorded version | The form every correction takes: a new published version with its history kept, never a silent edit. |
10Questions
Questions about governance and trust.
Can a sponsor see results before they are published?
Not as a right of sponsorship. Sponsors cannot approve publications or change evidence. Any pre-publication review follows the programme's editorial rules, which apply to every party equally.
How do I report a wrong claim on this site?
Write to integrity@globalriskforum.com with the page and the claim. The acknowledgement gives a reference and names the next step, and any correction is published as a new recorded version.
Does GRF hold any regulatory or diplomatic status?
No. GRF is a Swiss association. It holds no regulatory, diplomatic or certifying role, and it does not borrow the statuses of GCRI or GRA.
Who reviews a complaint about a GRF decision?
Someone who was not responsible for the contested decision. Write to integrity@globalriskforum.com; the acknowledgement gives a reference and names the next step, and the review is designed to end with a reasoned answer.
Why are dates and hosts missing from this site?
Because GRF publishes an edition, host or appointment only when a record shows it. Missing information means it is not yet confirmed.
Related
Where these rules apply.
Corrections and concerns
If something is wrong, tell us.
Corrections and concerns are open to anyone, without membership or payment. The acknowledgement gives a reference and names the next step.