> 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/use-by/ministries-of-finance-and-planning.md). # Ministries of finance and planning How ministries of finance, economy and planning and central agencies can use the Nexus programme: a national baseline and portfolio of coupled risks, fiscal-exposure and protection-gap evidence, and s **Where this fits.** Audience: ministries of finance, economy and planning, and central agencies. Sectors: all six, read through public budgets and the national development plan. Pillars: Foundry (National Model and National Portfolio), Reports (country profiles), Universe (missions), Academy (leadership and public-authority learning). Institutions: GCRI (evidence and country formation), GRA (finance readiness). Offerings: O01, O03, O06, O07. Kind: audience guide. ## In brief When a disaster strikes, much of the loss is uninsured and lands on households and the public budget. Finance and planning ministries are asked to see that exposure in advance, to plan investment that keeps essential services running, to pre-arrange financing for the shock, and to bring resilience into macro-fiscal frameworks. The programme offers a country programme owned by the country itself: a National Desk, a National Model of systems and interdependencies, and a National Portfolio of risk, capability, projects and readiness. It adds fiscal-exposure and protection-gap evidence through [The Global Risks Alliance](/organization/institutions/gra.md) (GRA). National counterparts own the agenda, the data and the decisions. Adoption of anything the programme produces is a separate decision of the competent authority. ## What ministries are trying to do | Task | Framework | What it asks for | | -------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Bring climate and disaster risk into macro-fiscal policy | IMF strategy on climate change ([IMF, 2021](https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/Policy-Papers/Issues/2021/07/30/IMF-Strategy-to-Help-Members-Address-Climate-Change-Related-Policy-Challenges-Priorities-463093)) | Climate in surveillance, financial sector assessments and capacity development, including the Climate Policy Diagnostic and the Climate Macroeconomic Assessment Program | | Finance long-term resilience | IMF Resilience and Sustainability Trust ([IMF, 2022](https://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2022/10/12/pr22348-md-announces-operationalization-of-rst)) | Reform programmes that build resilience to climate change and pandemic preparedness | | Pre-arrange financing for shocks | World Bank and GFDRR disaster risk financing ([World Bank and GFDRR, n.d.](https://www.financialprotectionforum.org/)) | A layered strategy: reserves for frequent losses, contingent credit, insurance, and capital-market transfer for the extreme | | Make investment resilient | *Lifelines* ([Hallegatte, Rentschler and Rozenberg, 2019](https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/31805)); *Resilience Pays* ([UNDRR, 2025](https://www.undrr.org/gar/gar2025)) | Infrastructure that keeps working, and risk reduction inside every financing decision | | Govern critical risks across government | OECD Recommendation on the Governance of Critical Risks ([OECD, 2014](https://legalinstruments.oecd.org/en/instruments/OECD-LEGAL-0405)) | A whole-of-government approach to national risk assessment and financial protection | | Measure what counts | Our Common Agenda, Policy Brief 4, Beyond GDP ([United Nations, 2023](https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/our-common-agenda-policy-brief-beyond-gross-domestic-product-en.pdf)) | Metrics of wellbeing and sustainability that complement GDP | ## What the programme offers | Need | What the programme provides | Where in the programme | | -------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | A national picture of coupled risk | The National Model's four layers: country context; systems and interdependencies across water, energy, food, health, biodiversity and infrastructure; evidence; uncertainty. Never presented as a validated causal model or a forecast | [National Model](https://therisk.global/consortium/national/model/) | | A national baseline | Country profile, national systems model, risk and capability portfolios, innovation posture, evidence-gap register, priority mission candidates, initial publication plan | O01 | | A portfolio view | The National Portfolio's four views: risk, capability, projects and research, readiness and handoffs | [National Portfolio](https://therisk.global/consortium/national/portfolio/) | | Fiscal exposure and protection gaps | Exposure and protection-gap notes and scenario evidence; the portfolio's finance fields include fiscal exposure, financial protection by layer and insurance penetration | O07; [National portfolio interface](https://globalriskalliance.com/engagement/national-portfolios/) | | Control of national data and computing | Estate assessment, data and compute architecture, portability package; restore and transfer rehearsed | O03 | | Shared basins, grids and corridors | Shared-system profiles and cross-border scenarios, with separate recipient decisions | O06 | | People | Leadership baselines through the [National Leadership Council](/organization/governance-in-operation/nlc.md); public-authority learning in the Universe Action Week; free courses | O08; [Risk Academy](/organization/institutions/risk-academy.md) | The first outcome of a country-scoping dialogue is "a scoping note, authority map, first-quarter baseline plan and a decision on whether to proceed". The formation dossier covers the ownership model, host options, first risk questions, safeguards, domestic resources and exit conditions ([Formation pathway](https://therisk.global/consortium/national/formation/)). ## Routes that apply The Nexus Consortium model sets a route for each kind of participant: the action that opens it, the first outcome, the offerings that apply, and a boundary, quoted here as published ([How Nexus Consortium works](https://therisk.global/consortium/)). | Participant | Action | First outcome | Offerings | Boundary | | ---------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | National governments and central agencies | Request a country-scoping dialogue | A scoping note, authority map, first-quarter baseline plan and a decision on whether to proceed. | O01 National Risk, Innovation and Portfolio Baseline; O03 Data, Compute and AI Capability; O06 Cross-Border and Shared-System Missions | "Official cooperation never depends on buying a membership tier." | | Sector ministries, regulators and statutory agencies | Discuss a mandate-specific technical programme | A domain work brief, evidence requirements and agreed review and receiver responsibilities. | O02 Sector and Critical-Infrastructure Resilience; O05 Multi-Hazard and Anticipatory-Action Preparedness; O07 Finance, Insurance and Development Readiness | "Regulator participation confers no regulatory approval or privileged access." | ## Entry route * [National Nexus](https://therisk.global/consortium/national/), the [National Desk](https://therisk.global/consortium/national/desk/) and the [Formation pathway](https://therisk.global/consortium/national/formation/) on the GCRI site * [Countries and research profiles](https://therisk.global/consortium/countries/): a country page is a research profile, not a constituted consortium * [Finance and insurance readiness](https://globalriskalliance.com/finance-readiness/) on the GRA site ## What the programme does not do Official cooperation never depends on buying a membership tier. National adoption is a separate decision of the competent authority, and a country profile never implies a government commission where none exists. The programme sets no national agenda, ranks no country, and is never an official government risk register or a sovereign rating. It does not lend, underwrite, rate, invest, advise on or arrange transactions; readiness evidence is not a financing decision. Every fiscal, regulatory and operational decision stays with the government. ## Status today The programme is in formation, at service level R0: information and enquiries. No national programme is recorded as constituted or active ([Programme status](https://therisk.global/consortium/programme-status/)). ## Sources * Hallegatte, S., Rentschler, J. and Rozenberg, J. (2019). *Lifelines: The Resilient Infrastructure Opportunity*. Washington, DC: World Bank. * International Monetary Fund (2021). *IMF Strategy to Help Members Address Climate Change Related Policy Challenges*. Policy Paper No. 2021/057. * International Monetary Fund (2022). Press Release No. 22/348: operationalization of the Resilience and Sustainability Trust. * OECD (2014). *Recommendation of the Council on the Governance of Critical Risks*. OECD/LEGAL/0405. * UNDRR (2025). *Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2025: Resilience Pays*. Geneva: UNDRR. * United Nations (2023). *Our Common Agenda Policy Brief 4: Valuing What Counts – Framework to Progress Beyond Gross Domestic Product*. * World Bank and GFDRR (n.d.). *Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance Program; Financial Protection Forum*. * GCRI (2026). [*National Nexus*](/organization/governance-in-operation/national-nexus.md); *National Model*; *National Portfolio*; *Formation pathway*. therisk.global, read 2026-10-21. * The [Sources library](/organization/reference/sources.md) holds the full entries. --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. 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