Communities, Learning and Contribution
Standards remain current through the people who draft, review, teach and translate them. This programme covers the consortium, chapters, working groups, liaison, training and inclusion areas, and the calls for participation that are currently open. Each artefact of these areas carries a UNI (Unique Nexus Identifier).
- Global consortium: couples with
governance-and-liaison,working-groups,regional-chapters,liaison-and-partners. - Regional chapters: couples with
national-chapters,standards-process,regional-chapter-pathway,translation-and-localisation. - National chapters: couples with
regional-chapters,governance-and-liaison,national-adoption-pathway,sovereign-deployment-and-data-residency. - Working groups: couples with
standards-process,open-areas-and-calls,governance-and-liaison,licensing-and-ipr. - Open areas and calls to build: couples with
working-groups,movement-and-contribution,standards-process. - Liaison register and partners: couples with
governance-and-liaison,compatibility-profiles,national-chapters. - Academy and training services: couples with
education-competence-and-training,sandbox-and-simulated-data,standards-development-standards. - Education, competence and training: couples with
academy-and-training-services,identity-and-zero-trust-standards,standards-development-standards. - Accessibility and inclusion: couples with
visualization-and-maps-standards,alerting-and-messaging,standards-development-standards. - Translation and localisation: couples with
alerting-and-messaging,standards-development-standards,regional-chapters. - Research, academia and education: couples with
international-organisations-standards,for-stem-communities,gcri-ready,public-sector-and-government-standards. - Open science and digital public goods alignment: couples with
licensing-and-ipr,pact-for-the-future-alignment,indexing-and-discovery,research-and-education-sector-standards. - For STEM communities: couples with
research-and-education-sector-standards,gcri-ready,data-identifiers-and-evidence,working-groups.
Summary
- 01Working groupsProposed working group charters
- 02Systemic couplingsTransmission channels to related areas…
- 03System modelHow a shock travels through this system
- 04ParticipationParticipation and governance
- 05Area indexAreas of Communities, Learning and…
- 06Systemic couplingsCouplings with other programmes
- Programme
nexustandards.com/communities/ - StatusIn preparation.
- Areas13 · 1 catalogued
- Nexus StandardsNS-1, NS-9, NS-10, NS-11, NS-4, NS-5, NS-13, NS-0, NS-2, NS-8, NS-12, NS-3, NS-3b
- Open standards39
- Data sources26
- Couplings41 with 9 programmes
Area profiles are proposed.
- Areas
- 13
- 1 catalogued, 12 proposed
- Nexus Standards
- 13
- applied across the areas
- Open standards
- 39
- named and linked, never reproduced
- Data sources
- 26
- listed for reference
- UNI
- requested · allocation in progress
- Status
- Proposedin preparation
- Last reviewed
- area profile
Nexus Standards (2026). Communities, Learning and Contribution: a programme of the Nexus Standards. Proposed. https://nexustandards.com/communities/. Last reviewed 17 October 2026.
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How a shock travels through this system
A system model of this programme built from the registry: 32 systems, 10 sectors, 19 controls, 26 feeds, 18 indicators. Select the components to include, choose an initiating hazard and run the scenario. Stress propagates through the hazard relations of the Nexus Hazard Standard (NHS-1), the exposure of each system, the recorded couplings and the sectors that carry the loss; adopted standards dampen transmission and live data sources support detection. All parameters are stated assumptions that the reader can adjust; results are illustrative scenario outputs for exercises and training, not forecasts or risk assessments.
Systems and couplings
- Global consortium
- Regional chapters
- National chapters
- Working groups
- Open areas and calls to build
- Liaison register and partners
- Academy and training services
- Education, competence and training
- Accessibility and inclusion
- Translation and localisation
- Research, academia and education
- Open science and digital public goods alignment
- For STEM communities
- Governance and liaison Coupling
- How a standard is made Coupling
- Regional chapter pathway Coupling
- National adoption pathway Coupling
- Sovereign deployment and data residency Coupling
- Licensing and intellectual property Coupling
- Start here and contribute Coupling
- Compatibility profiles for closed standards Coupling
- Sandbox and simulated data Coupling
- Open standards development Coupling
- Identity, authorisation and zero trust Coupling
- Visualisation, figures and maps Coupling
- Alerting and messaging Coupling
- International organisations and multilaterals Coupling
- GCRI Canada evidence pathway Coupling
- Public sector and government Coupling
- Pact for the Future alignment Coupling
- Indexing and discovery Coupling
- Data and Evidence Coupling
Controls
NS-1The UNI and the artefact catalogue (grammar v0.2: domain, sector, region and environment segments)NS-9Contextual UNIs (deployments, instances, programme instances)NS-10Policies and clauses (machine-readable obligations: definition, binding, evaluation and enforcement)NS-11Verification and monitoring (evidence, attestations, zero-trust conformance observation)NS-4Structure and drafting of Nexus Standards and documents (v0.2: clause structure, verbal forms, registered requirements; document front matter)NS-5Figure, map and visualisation standard (with the UI/UX kit)NS-13Standards development process (open proposals, review, versioning, adoption)NS-0Constitution and principlesNS-2Citation and attribution format for UNIsNS-8Zenodo publishing workflow with legal gate, DOI write-back, Software Heritage archivalNS-12Software, model and AI/ML artefacts (supply chain, model cards, dataset sheets)NS-3Risk record UNIs (grammar, legacy crosswalk, allocation authority)NS-3bDataset and product metadata profile (STAC, DCAT, PROV-O)NRS-H114Hazard family: Macroeconomic and fiscal shocks (NHS-1 soc.macro-fiscal)NRS-H94Hazard family: Systemic cyber events (NHS-1 cyber.systemic-cyber)NRS-H112Hazard family: Governance and institutional failure (NHS-1 soc.governance)NRS-H93Hazard family: Identity, trust and cryptographic failure (NHS-1 cyber.identity)NRS-H62Hazard family: Compound and multi-hazard events (NHS-1 sys.compound)NRS-H65Hazard family: Planetary boundary transgressions (NHS-1 planet.boundary)
Observation
- ROR data dump (participating organisations) (listed for reference)
- ORCID public data file (participant identifiers, with consent) (listed for reference)
- UN M49 code list (listed for reference)
- World Bank country and lending groups (listed for reference)
- Wikidata (national institutions and identifiers for index entries) (listed for reference)
- IETF Datatracker API (benchmark for group and document states) (listed for reference)
- OpenAlex (finding researchers active in a group’s area) (listed for reference)
- OpenAlex topics and works (evidence of existing research per open area) (listed for reference)
- Zenodo REST API (existing open datasets and software per area) (listed for reference)
- ROR data dump (organisation identifiers) (listed for reference)
- GLEIF Golden Copy LEI data (legal-entity identifiers) (listed for reference)
- ESCO API (listed for reference)
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics data API (listed for reference)
- OpenAlex API (listed for reference)
- WHO Global Health Observatory OData API (listed for reference)
- UN SDG Global Database API (disability disaggregation) (listed for reference)
- Unicode CLDR JSON data (listed for reference)
- UNTERM United Nations Terminology Database (listed for reference)
- Wikidata lexemes (listed for reference)
- OpenAlex scholarly graph (listed for reference)
- DataCite metadata (REST API) (listed for reference)
- ROR data dump (listed for reference)
- UIS data browser (education, R&D) (listed for reference)
- OpenAlex works, sources and institutions API (listed for reference)
- DataCite REST API (listed for reference)
- Digital Public Goods Registry (listed for reference)
- Number of countries reporting progress in multi-stakeholder development effectiveness monitoring frameworks
- Proportion of women in managerial positions
- Proportion of members and voting rights of developing countries in international organisations
- Proportion of population who believe decision-making is inclusive and responsive
- Number of countries that adopt and implement national disaster risk reduction strategies in line with the Sendai Framework
- Researchers (in full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants
- Extent to which education for sustainable development is mainstreamed
- Extent to which climate change education is mainstreamed
- Extent to which global citizenship education and education for sustainable development are mainstreamed
- Proportion of youth and adults with ICT skills
- Contrast (minimum)
- Proportion of persons victim of harassment, by disability status (disaggregation example)
- Number of people per 100,000 covered by early warning information through local governments or national dissemination mechanisms
- Metadata complies with a community standard (language-tagged labels)
- Research and development expenditure as a proportion of GDP
- Research and development expenditure (% of GDP)
- Statistical capacity indicator for Sustainable Development Goal monitoring
- Metadata includes information about the licence under which the data can be reused
Working groups, participation and learning
How to take part, the proposed working groups, the readiness pathways, learning at Risk Academy, the institutions of the network and common questions.
Participation and governance
- 01
Charter a working group
Select an area above, adopt its proposed charter and submit it as a public change record under NS-13; the editors decide with written reasons. Develop a standard.
- 02
Amend an area brief
Propose an amendment to an area profile, citing a peer-reviewed or official source.
- 03
Propose a data source
Propose a source with its provider, licence and delivery path for licence review.
- 04
National participation
Each participating country takes part through its National Nexus Consortium (NNC). The National Standards Council (NSC) decides adoption, adaptation or reference in its jurisdiction, and National Working Groups (NWGs) draft national inputs and run field exercises. Competent national authorities are engaged through official channels.
- 05
Contribute at the issuing body
Contributions to an external standard are made through the issuing body’s own channels; outcomes are reflected here as register changes. Movement and contribution.
Questions and answers
What is the status of Communities, Learning and Contribution?
What is the basis of the area briefs?
How are data sources presented?
The programme at work
Its development and participation, the areas it holds, the standards that apply and the channels to related areas.
Areas of Communities, Learning and Contribution
13 areas, each with its tier, registry status, the Nexus Standards it lists, the open standards it references, its data sources and its couplings.
- 01Global consortiumCommunities and contributionStatusproposedNexus StandardsNS-1 · NS-9Open standards4Data sources2Couplings4
- 02Regional chaptersCommunities and contributionStatusproposedNexus StandardsNS-1 · NS-9Open standards3Data sources2Couplings4
- 03National chaptersCommunities and contributionStatusproposedNexus StandardsNS-1 · NS-9 · NS-10Open standards3Data sources2Couplings4
- 04Working groupsCommunities and contributionStatusproposedNexus StandardsNS-1 · NS-10 · NS-11Open standards4Data sources2Couplings4
- 05Open areas and calls to buildCommunities and contributionStatusproposedNexus StandardsNS-1 · NS-9Open standards3Data sources2Couplings3
- 06Liaison register and partnersCommunities and contributionStatusproposedNexus StandardsNS-1 · NS-9 · NS-10Open standards3Data sources2Couplings3
- 07Academy and training servicesInfrastructure servicesStatusproposedNexus StandardsNS-4 · NS-11 · NS-1Open standards4Data sources3Couplings3
- 08Education, competence and trainingCross-cutting capabilitiesStatusproposedNexus StandardsNS-1 · NS-4 · NS-11Open standards5Data sources2Couplings3
- 09Accessibility and inclusionCross-cutting capabilitiesStatusproposedNexus StandardsNS-5 · NS-13 · NS-0Open standards5Data sources2Couplings3
- 10Translation and localisationCross-cutting capabilitiesStatusproposedNexus StandardsNS-4 · NS-13 · NS-0Open standards5Data sources3Couplings3
- 11Research, academia and educationSectors and industriesStatus
listed·plannedNexus StandardsNS-0 · NS-1 · NS-2 · NS-4 · NS-8 · NS-12Open standards9Data sources4Couplings4 - 12Open science and digital public goods alignmentFrameworks and mandates alignmentStatusproposedNexus StandardsNS-1 · NS-3 · NS-11Open standards4Data sources3Couplings4
- 13For STEM communitiesAudiencesStatusproposedNexus StandardsNS-1 · NS-2 · NS-3 · NS-3b · NS-12 · NS-13Open standards7Data sources3Couplings4
Area index1 of 13 areas have a catalogue entry; the others are proposed, each with a complete expert brief.
Transmission channels to related areas and programmes
The systemic couplings recorded for this context, grouped by transmission mechanism. The bar summarises each mechanism (select one to filter); each entry names the connected area or programme and describes the mechanism.
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Couplings, indicators and sources
The couplings with other programmes, the indicators, the references and the data sources the programme draws on.
Couplings with other programmes
41 couplings link the areas of this programme with 9 other programmes, counted in both directions from the area profiles.
| Coupled programme | Couplings | Example mechanism |
|---|---|---|
| Foundations and Governance | 20 | The liaison register defined here is rendered in the Communities, Learning and Contribution programme; an entry is listed there only after the other body’s written confirmation…Governance and liaison to Liaison register and partners |
| Readiness and Adoption | 6 | Most evidence enters from research outputs carrying DOIs, ORCID and ROR identifiers.GCRI Canada evidence pathway to Research, academia and education |
| Open Infrastructure and Developers | 4 | Full-text search uses per-language configurations so translated editions are discoverable in their language.Indexing and discovery to Translation and localisation |
| Early Warning and Anticipatory Action | 3 | CAP info blocks per language follow the translation rules; translations are informative and carry translator and date.Alerting and messaging to Translation and localisation |
| Humanitarian Action and Development | 3 | The Compact’s commitments on digital public goods and open data are operationalised through the DPG Standard and the open-science profiles in that area.Pact for the Future alignment to Open science and digital public goods alignment |
| Space and Earth Observation | 2 | Every figure requires a text alternative and a data table, and colour may not be the only channel, following the horizontal accessibility review.Visualisation, figures and maps to Accessibility and inclusion |
| Data and Evidence | 1 | The Data and Evidence programme provides the UNI and record exploration tools this path uses.For STEM communities to Data and Evidence |
| Governance, Security and Society | 1 | Policy uptake of research depends on traceable evidence chains from dataset to decision.Research, academia and education to Public sector and government |
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Every figure on this page is indexed: hazards, climate, conflict, the world.
The Index is the Consortium’s indexing system for risk data. Every indicator, hazard, series and country profile carries its Nexus Standards identifier, its source and its licence, so what this page shows can be traced, corrected and reused.
- 01 · Sources205 registered sourcesEvery value keeps its source and licence; withheld values are counted.Data and licences
- 02 · Nexus StandardsNIS-1 and NHS-1451 indicators, 905 hazards; every record carries a UNI.Nexus Standards
- 03 · The Index54 series, 195 country profilesComputed on the standards; no value is published until an edition is released.The Global Risks Index
- 04 · This pageCommunities, Learning and ContributionMaps, figures and feeds read the Index in the context of hazards, climate, conflict.Public API
global, sector, strategic, technology, thematicSeries in this context hazards, climate, conflict
- GLBGlobal SystemsThe state of interdependent global risk: the twenty domain indices aggregated to the world, the five core systems (water, energy, food, health, biodiversity) and their couplings, the global tail register and the gap…NXS-GRX-AR-000002Hazards · Climate · Conflict
- THDisaster Risk Intelligence (DRI)Signals, observations, event streams, geospatial layers and scenario packs turned into structured risk intelligence for preparedness and planning.NXS-GRX-AR-000111Hazards · Climate · Conflict
- GSGlobal CitiesUrban exposure, heat, flooding, informal settlement, service dependency and the economic weight of cities at risk.NXS-GRX-AR-000068Hazards · Infrastructure · Climate
- GSGlobal ClimateChronic and acute physical climate hazard, transition exposure, adaptation gaps and scenario pathways to 2030, 2050 and 2100.NXS-GRX-AR-000065Climate · Hazards · Finance
Country profiles the world
Every country profile carries the source and licence of each value. Correct a value or reply.
Hazard domains NHS-1
- Atmosphere and weatherNXS-GRX-AR-000135
- Solid EarthNXS-GRX-AR-000138
- Systemic and compound eventsNXS-GRX-AR-000148
Geodata and API open
Open layers on an equal-area hexagon grid, shown as densities per km² or as symbols: People · GHSL 2025People · WorldPop 2025Built-up areaPortsAirportsRoadsRailwaysRivers and lake centrelines.
/api/v1/public/grix · https://nexustandards.com/uni/{uni}
Developers · Data · Made with Natural Earth, Public domain; GHSL and WorldPop, CC BY 4.0.
Snapshot of the Index registries pinned 2026-10-23 · 22c6eed. Research and risk-analytics information: not a rating, an official classification, a warning, a benchmark or advice.
Contribute to Communities, Learning and Contribution
Institutions and experts are invited to charter a working group, amend an area brief or propose a data source. National participation is organised through each country’s National Nexus Consortium (NNC) and its National Working Groups (NWGs); competent national authorities are engaged through official channels.
Status and use. The Nexus Standards are proposed standards developed through an open process under NS-13 and published for voluntary use; they do not constitute certification, accreditation or regulatory approval, and adoption remains a decision of the Global Standards Council and, in each country, of its National Standards Council. A UNI (Unique Nexus Identifier) identifies an artefact; it does not certify it. Names of standards bodies and their standards belong to their stewards and are used only to identify the documents; no text of an external standard is reproduced here. Nexus Standards is not affiliated with, endorsed by or certified by any standards body named here.
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