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Reader questions and safeguards

Supervisory dialogue goes faster when the firm or programme has already mapped which rules apply, which data it can provide and which questions remain open. This checklist sets out that preparation for resilience-related risks, from climate to third-party dependency, and stops short of any interpretation that only a supervisor or a firm's counsel can give.

01Workspace

The workspace for reader questions and safeguards.

Programme board

Supervisory authority · Reader questions · Cycle 2 of 4 · Example interface, not a record

  • Workstreams active
    8Active
  • Milestones due this quarter
    5Watch
  • Decisions pending with owners
    3Watch
  • Open risks
    11
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Workstreams

by stage

Scoping02
Consultation on disclosureWS-804 · owner: Macroprudential committee
Peer review of supervisorsWS-227 · owner: Supervisor
In delivery02
Operational resilience rulesMilestone M5 · slipping
Climate risk expectationsMilestone M3 · on plan
Review01
Model risk guidanceIndependent reviewer named
Closed01
Supervisory review cycleClosure note on record

Gates

  1. Requestowner named
  2. Scoping noteboundary
  3. Qualifiedinputs
  4. BuildFoundry
  5. Testcontrolled
  6. Publishwith limits
  7. Decisionauthority
Programme board.Illustrative interface; not live data.

Financial Regulation Nexus · Programme board. Programme board: example names and illustrative values, not a record.

02Checklist

Seven questions.

  1. 01

    Purpose

    What problem does the programme address, and for whom?

  2. 02

    Evidence

    What hazard, exposure and vulnerability evidence supports it, with what uncertainty?

  3. 03

    Ownership

    Who owns the programme and answers for it?

  4. 04

    Governance

    How are decisions taken, recorded and challenged?

  5. 05

    Data

    Which data is used, on what terms, and how is it protected?

  6. 06

    Risks

    What could go wrong, and how is it managed?

  7. 07

    Monitoring

    How will results be measured and reported?

03Reading a rule correctly

Reading a rule correctly.

  • Instrument type: standard, guideline, application paper, supervisory statement or law. Only some bind.
  • Issuer and adopter: an international standard binds only once a jurisdiction adopts it.
  • Dates: publication, entry into force, application, and any transitional or phase-in dates.
  • Scope: which institutions, by size, activity or category.
  • Proportionality: simplified regimes for smaller firms.
04Process

How the process runs.

Process explorer · Process

Reader questions and safeguards: Policy question to decision

9 steps5 stages1 gate

Process

Reader questions and safeguards: Policy question to decision

A priority becomes a question, evidence, a decision case and a limited publication; the competent authority decides, never the programme.

  1. 01 Question

    1. 01A priority becomes a questionStep · Universe; national counterpartsA priority becomes a researchable question with stated criteria. National counterparts own the agenda, data and decisions.
    2. 03Scientific and stakeholder challengeStep · the Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI); the Global Risks Forum (GRF)Scientific and affected-stakeholder challenge informs mission selection and methods.
  2. 02 Evidence and options

    1. 04Assemble the evidenceStep · GCRIMethods, labelled data and uncertainty are assembled. Every finding carries one of nine evidence labels.
    2. 06Decision case with optionsRecord · The decision owner named in the caseA decision case binds owner, alternatives, evidence and deadline. It needs sensitivity and robustness.
  3. 03 Review and publication

    1. 07G6 · Publication authorisedGate · The Global Risks ForumGRF authorises publication of results that have passed scientific and editorial review. It cannot publish personal data.
    2. 08Publish with method, uncertainty and limitsRecord · ReportsFindings are published with their method, uncertainty and limits. An edition is published after review, not to a calendar.
  4. 04 Outside the programme

    1. 02Competent authority decidesDecision · The competent authorityThe authority or institution decides under its own rules. The authority decides; the programme informs.
    2. 05Action and implementation stay with the ownersActor · The relevant government, operator or licensed institutionDecisions and execution stay with the relevant government, operator or licensed institution. The programme records one only if shared.
  5. 05 Learning

    1. 09Corrections and lessons feed the next agendaStep · UniverseCorrections and lessons feed the next annual agenda. The findings of one year set the mandate of the next.

The Nexus cycle · Decision rights · The programme yearDesigned programme process, not a record of operation. No cycle has run and every programme is at service level R0. A gate is a programme decision, never a public-authority approval, certification or deployment authorisation.

05Example

Voluntary is not mandatory.

The Basel Committee's climate disclosure framework of June 2025 is voluntary: it applies only where a jurisdiction requires it. The 2023 consultation had proposed mandatory elements. Reading the final instrument, not the consultation, is the first readiness check. Topic depth at financial data disclosure.

06Sources

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.

07Questions

Questions and answers.

Is the checklist a standard?
No. It is a working aid. Institutions apply their own standards and rules.
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