Professional working groups
Working groups are where the research of The Global Risks Alliance (GRA) is done: bounded projects, each with a named lead, a defined question, review points and a route to publication. Members and invited experts take part by competence, not by payment. Working groups are designed to produce published, reviewed evidence and methods for the whole industry, never advice or services to any participant. None is open yet; groups open when their terms and review capacity are in place. This page belongs to membership and participation.
- 01In briefThe short answer
- 02How a group worksFrom question to published evidence
- 03Examples of questionsThe kind of work groups are designed for
- 04Rights and rulesWhat participants keep and follow
- 05Key termsTerms used on this page
- 06Status and connectionsNot yet open
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The short answer.
GRA working groups are where its research is done: bounded projects, each with a named lead, a defined question, review points and a route to publication, joined by competence rather than payment. They produce reviewed evidence and methods for the whole industry, never advice or services to a participant, and none is open yet.
Financial centres and urban exposure in Indonesia.
The cities where people, assets and financial activity concentrate, shown for Indonesia as an example geography for this subject.
From question to published evidence.
- 01
Charter
A written question, scope, timetable, lead, membership criteria and publication route, agreed before work starts.
- 02
Composition
Members' representatives and invited experts selected by competence, with interests declared.
- 03
Work
Research and method development under the competition safeguards, with written agendas and minutes.
- 04
Review
Drafts reviewed by someone not responsible for them before release.
- 05
Report
Results published through publications and professional briefs, with corrections recorded.
The kind of work groups are designed for.
- A common method for separating measured, estimated and unknown components of a protection gap
- How to frame compound physical and cyber scenarios for sector-level exposure
- What validation evidence should accompany a widely shared vendor model
- Which data a finance ministry needs to describe contingent liabilities
These are illustrations of scope, not groups that exist. A group is announced only when it is constituted.
What participants keep and follow.
Background rights retained
Participants keep their background rights. Results are owned and licensed as the charter sets out, and no participant owns results beyond agreed rights.
No fee to participate
Ordinary participation in a working group is designed to carry no fee.
Precompetitive only
No prices, terms, customers or plans; aggregated data only. See competition safeguards.
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 |
|---|---|
| Working group | A team adopted to deliver a defined piece of work under terms of reference, with a workplan, a supervisor and an end date; it has no public authority beyond its workplan. |
| Terms of reference | The document that defines an assignment's objectives, scope, deliverables, counterpart, acceptance criteria and reserved decisions. |
| Antitrust safeguards | The written rules, agendas, minutes and counsel review that keep competitors in a trade association from exchanging competitively sensitive information or coordinating prices, output or customers. |
Not yet open.
Working groups open once their terms are adopted and review capacity exists. Register interest at membership@globalriskalliance.com; the acknowledgement gives a reference and names the next step. A working group of GRA is distinct from the National Working Groups (NWG) of a national programme, described by The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) on working groups. See also professional participation and industry councils.
Questions and answers.
Who sets working group questions?
Can a sponsor fund a working group?
Can I join without being a member?
Are results free to use?
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.