> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.therisk.global/organization/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.therisk.global/organization/cooperation/consortiums/model.md). # MODEL Nexus consortium model for global, regional, and national consortium governance, public-good coordination, national ownership, and lawful implementation. **Where this fits:** all six sectors ([The Model](/organization/model.md)) · [Nexus Universe](/organization/programme/universe.md), [Nexus Standards](/organization/programme/standards.md), [Nexus Reports](/organization/programme/reports.md), [Risk Academy](/organization/programme/academy.md) · the Nexus Consortium, stewarded by The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI), The Global Risks Forum (GRF) and The Global Risks Alliance (GRA); global, regional, national and local layers ([Governance in operation](/organization/governance-in-operation.md)) · consortium doctrine. **In brief.** The Nexus consortium model defines a global, regional, and national consortium operating model for cooperation. It structures public-good coordination, consortium governance, multistakeholder governance, and project execution across jurisdictions. Read against the international frameworks it serves ([UN General Assembly 2015](https://www.undrr.org/publication/sendai-framework-disaster-risk-reduction-2015-2030); [OECD 2014](https://legalinstruments.oecd.org/en/instruments/OECD-LEGAL-0405); [United Nations 2021](https://www.un.org/en/common-agenda)) and the [Nexus Standards](/organization/institutions/nexus-standards.md) that govern its records ([NS-0](https://nexustandards.com/standards/ns-0/), [NS-13](https://nexustandards.com/standards/ns-13/), [NS-10](https://nexustandards.com/standards/ns-10/)). "Nexus Consortiums are an organizing architecture, not one legal person or one membership club," and "no upper level can override a national council on a national question" (the Nexus Consortium model, as published on the GCRI and GRF sites). {% hint style="info" %} **Read with the current model (2026-10-21).** * Everything this page describes is a design in formation. No national, regional or global consortium is recorded as constituted or active; the current service level is R0, information and enquiries ([Status and service levels](/organization/governance-in-operation/status-and-service-levels.md)). Where the text below reads as operation, read it as design. * National Nexus is the country programme: a National Desk, a National Model, a National Portfolio and three participation pillars, the NNC (institutions, through five Helix pathways or the Financial Institutions and Regulators pathway), the NLC (leaders in a personal capacity) and the NWG (expert work, with the six [CERTs](/organization/governance-in-operation/nwg.md)). The [National Standards Council](/organization/governance-in-operation/national-standards-council.md) is the standards function of the NNC ([National Nexus](/organization/governance-in-operation/national-nexus.md)). * Project vehicles and national companies are structures that competent, lawful actors may form outside the programme under their own law and licences. The programme never forms, arranges, owns or advises on them ([Lawful handoffs](/organization/finance-readiness/lawful-handoffs.md)). {% endhint %} ## Nexus consortium model The Nexus consortium model defines a global, regional, and national consortium operating model for cooperation. It structures public-good coordination, consortium governance, multistakeholder governance, and project execution across jurisdictions. This institutional model supports finance-ready programs, national ownership, lawful implementation, and sovereign implementation pathways. It connects identity, governance, ownership, operating vehicles, councils, boards, and reporting in one coordinated framework. ### What the Nexus consortium model covers * Global consortium architecture for stewardship, standards, and shared public-good infrastructure. * Regional consortium coordination for clustering, alignment, and cross-border implementation. * National consortium ownership for accountable local delivery, sovereign implementation, and public legitimacy. * Project execution through National Consortium Companies, Project SPVs, and AEP Passports. * Governance design across founders, ownership, councils, boards, and operating vehicles. ### Model structure 1. [I. IDENTITY](/organization/cooperation/consortiums/model/i.-identity.md) 2. [II. MAP](/organization/cooperation/consortiums/model/ii.-map.md) 3. [III. FOUNDERS](/organization/cooperation/consortiums/model/iii.-founders.md) 4. [IV. GLOBAL](/organization/cooperation/consortiums/model/iv.-global.md) 5. [V. REGIONAL](/organization/cooperation/consortiums/model/v.-regional.md) 6. [VI. NATIONAL](/organization/cooperation/consortiums/model/vi.-national.md) 7. [VII. OWNERSHIP](/organization/cooperation/consortiums/model/vii.-ownership.md) 8. [VIII. VEHICLES](/organization/cooperation/consortiums/model/viii.-vehicles.md) 9. [IX. COUNCILS](/organization/cooperation/consortiums/model/ix.-councils.md) 10. [X. BOARDS](/organization/cooperation/consortiums/model/x.-boards.md) ### Why the Nexus consortium model matters The Nexus consortium model turns complex cooperation into a governable institutional system. It helps partners align global stewardship, regional coordination, national ownership, public-good governance, and project-level execution. ## Sources 1. UN General Assembly (2015). Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030. A/RES/69/283, 3 June 2015. 2. OECD (2014). Recommendation of the Council on the Governance of Critical Risks. OECD/LEGAL/0405, adopted 6 May 2014. 3. United Nations (2021). Our Common Agenda: Report of the Secretary-General. New York: United Nations. 4. UN General Assembly (2024). The Pact for the Future. A/RES/79/1, adopted 22 September 2024, with the Global Digital Compact (Annex I) and the Declaration on Future Generations (Annex II). 5. UN Office of the Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology and UNDP (2024). Universal DPI Safeguards Framework. New York: United Nations, September 2024. 6. Nexus Standards. NS-0: Constitution and principles. Status: PROPOSED; UNI `NXS-STD-ST-000004`. 7. Nexus Standards. NS-13: Open standards development process. Status: PROPOSED; UNI `NXS-STD-ST-000008`. 8. Nexus Standards. NS-10: Policies and clauses. Status: PROPOSED; UNI `NXS-STD-ST-000006`. 9. GCRI. How Nexus Consortium works. 10. GCRI. Global programme. 11. GCRI. Six programme regions. 12. GCRI. National Nexus. 13. [The Global Risks Forum](/organization/institutions/grf.md). Council architecture. 14. GCRI. Programme status. 15. 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