Member governance
Member governance at The Global Risks Alliance (GRA) will follow its bylaws and membership terms once they are adopted. This page explains what those instruments are designed to cover: who may be a member, what rights and obligations membership carries and, only where the bylaws authorize it, how members vote. No member right is implied by this page, membership terms are not yet published, and membership applications open only when their team, terms and review capacity are in place. See Membership and participation and About GRA.
- 01In briefThe short answer
- 02InstrumentsBylaws first, then membership terms
- 03Rights and obligationsWhat the terms are designed to say
- 04Who can be a memberAn industry membership, by capacity
- 05Key termsTerms used on this page
- 06What membership does not conferEach step is its own step
GRA · Institution · service level R0
The short answer.
Member governance at GRA will follow its bylaws and membership terms once adopted: who may be a member, what rights and obligations membership carries and, only where the bylaws authorize it, how members vote. No member right is implied before then, and membership applications are not open.
Mandate to authority.
Fig.How the platform is governed, from its mandate to the authorities who decide. Design, not a record.
Jurisdictions in Asia.
The jurisdictions that hold authority over this question: countries, their first-level divisions and capitals, shown for Asia as an example geography for this subject.
Bylaws first, then membership terms.
Corporate rules
Set out the classes of member, if any, and which decisions, if any, members take.
The member agreement
Set out criteria, contributions, obligations, rights to leave and the appeal route, published before applications open.
Rules for every meeting
A written competition policy that counsel reviews before membership opens governs how members meet.
What the terms are designed to say.
| Members are designed to have | Members are designed to owe |
|---|---|
| Participation in platforms and working groups under the terms | Declarations of conflicts of interest |
| Access to GRA learning and published work | Respect for confidentiality and data rights |
| A fair process for complaints and appeals | Compliance with the competition rules in every meeting |
| Voting, only where the bylaws authorize it | Never presenting participation as an endorsement or a licence |
Rights listed here are the design, not current entitlements. No right exists until the bylaws and terms that create it are adopted.
An industry membership, by capacity.
Membership is designed for financial institutions, where the institution is the member, and for professionals who work on financial risk, in a personal capacity. Supervisors and other public officials are not members; they may take part in open GRA work only in their official capacity. Criteria are designed to be objective and applied equally to every applicant. Institutions taking part in a national programme do so through the National Nexus Consortium (NNC), a separate route described on Participate at The Global Risks Forum (GRF).
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.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Membership | The status of a person or institution admitted under published rules; at GRA it confers participation in professional work and no authority, endorsement or access to any transaction. |
| Business league | Under United States tax law, an association of persons with a common business interest whose activities improve conditions in a line of business rather than perform services for individual members for profit. |
| Board of directors | The body legally responsible for governing an organization, overseeing its management and answering for its conduct under its statutes and the law of its jurisdiction. |
Each step is its own step.
- An enquiry is not membership; a submitted application is not acceptance.
- Membership confers no authority, appointment, endorsement, regulatory standing, data access or influence over findings.
- A contribution or fee buys no outcome, appointment or access to restricted data.
- How the safeguards apply is set out on Competition safeguards and Professional conduct and complaints.
Questions and answers.
Can members vote?
Do members influence GRA findings?
How do I register interest?
Around GRA.
Start with an enquiry.
The current service level is R0: information and enquiries. An enquiry receives a reference and names the next step; applications, payments, compute allocations and registrations open only when their team, terms and review capacity exist.