Humanitarian response and development planning serve the same people and places at different horizons. This subsite relates humanitarian, development and global-agenda instruments so that needs, commitments and results can be recorded once and read across organisations in their own public terms. Every artifact of these areas carries a UNI (Unique Nexus Identifier), which identifies and never certifies.
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Nexus Standards (2026). Humanitarian Action and Development: master subsite of the Nexus Standards (PROPOSED areas). https://nexustandards.com/humanitarian/. Last reviewed 2026-10-17.
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Every area of the subsite with its tier, status, the Nexus Standards it lists, the open standards it names, its feeds and its couplings. Area entries are PROPOSED; registry rows are named where they exist.
Area index2 of 9 areas have a registry row; the rest are proposed areas with a full context entry and no registry row yet. Feed counts include sources pending admission.
Provider, licence, delivery path and register status for each source. A source is live on a public page only after an owner decision admits it; until then it reads pending admission.
No legal register row admits any of these sources for live display on public pages yet, so nothing is read from them here. A register row that exists records the source for the governed GRIx path; admission for public pages is a separate owner decision.
GDACS disaster alerts (API, RSS, CAP)pending admission
European Commission JRC and UN OCHA · near real time
European Commission reuse policy (CC BY 4.0) via GDACS terms
GRIx governed readregister row exists
GDACS event alertspending admission
European Commission JRC and OCHA · real time
European Commission reuse policy via GDACS terms (CC BY 4.0 for EC content)
GRIx governed readregister row exists
INFORM Risk Indexpending admission
European Commission JRC · annual and mid-year
CC BY 4.0 (European Commission reuse policy)
GRIx governed readregister row exists
INFORM Risk Index datapending admission
European Commission Joint Research Centre · annual with mid-year update
CC BY 4.0
GRIx governed readregister row exists
IPC food insecurity classificationspending admission
IPC Global Partners · per analysis cycle
IPC terms (to be recorded by Legal/IP)
GRIx governed readregister row exists
OECD Data Explorer (incl. Creditor Reporting System, insurance and pension statistics)pending admission
OECD · varies by dataset
CC BY 4.0 unless otherwise stated
GRIx governed readregister row exists
Refugee Data Finderpending admission
UNHCR · semi-annual
CC BY 4.0 (register adapter string; not verified)
GRIx governed readregister row exists
UNdatapending admission
United Nations Statistics Division · varies
UNdata terms of use (free reuse with UNdata cited)
GRIx governed readregister row exists
UNdata APIpending admission
UN Statistics Division · varies
UNdata terms of use (free; cite UNdata as the reference)
GRIx governed readregister row exists
WMO Alert Hub and Register of Alerting Authoritiespending admission
World Meteorological Organization · real time
WMO Unified Data Policy plus each alerting authority's terms
GRIx governed readregister row exists
World Development Indicatorspending admission
World Bank · annual with quarterly updates
CC BY 4.0
GRIx governed readregister row exists
World Development Indicators APIpending admission
World Bank · quarterly
CC BY 4.0
GRIx governed readregister row exists
Financial Tracking Servicepending admission
UN OCHA · daily
OCHA FTS terms (reuse with attribution; to be recorded)
build-time snapshotproposed register row
Financial Tracking Service APIpending admission
OCHA · daily
OCHA FTS terms (public data with attribution; to be confirmed)
build-time snapshotproposed register row
HDX HAPI (Humanitarian API)pending admission
OCHA Centre for Humanitarian Data · daily
Per source dataset as stated on HDX
GRIx governed readproposed register row
Human Development Report data centrepending admission
UNDP Human Development Report Office · annual
HDRO terms (HDR publications CC BY 3.0 IGO; data licence to be confirmed)
build-time snapshotproposed register row
Humanitarian Data Exchangepending admission
UN OCHA Centre for Humanitarian Data · continuous
Per-dataset licences (CC BY, CC BY-IGO, ODbL and others)
build-time snapshotproposed register row
Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) CKAN APIpending admission
OCHA Centre for Humanitarian Data · continuous
Per dataset as stated on HDX (license_id)
GRIx governed readproposed register row
IATI Datastorepending admission
International Aid Transparency Initiative · daily
Publishers' open licences as declared in the IATI Registry
build-time snapshotproposed register row
IATI Datastore APIpending admission
International Aid Transparency Initiative · daily
Per publisher as declared in the IATI Registry
build-time snapshotproposed register row
ReliefWeb APIpending admission
OCHA · continuous
ReliefWeb terms; content rights remain with the original sources
browser-direct readproposed register row
SDG Global Databasepending admission
United Nations Statistics Division · annual
UN terms of use (reuse with attribution; to be recorded)
build-time snapshotproposed register row
UN Digital Library (resolutions, follow-up reports)pending admission
Dag Hammarskjöld Library, United Nations · continuous
United Nations terms of use (free access; attribution)
browser-direct readproposed register row
UN SDG Global Database APIpending admission
UN Statistics Division · annual with quarterly updates
United Nations terms of use (free reuse with attribution)
GRIx governed readproposed register row
UNDP transparency portal (IATI data)pending admission
UNDP · monthly
As declared in UNDP's IATI publication (to be confirmed)
build-time snapshotproposed register row
Indicator names and codes as their stewards publish them; values appear only from a governed GRIx source, never typed into a page.
Open Earth observation layers framed on east africa, as an example geography for humanitarian action and development: context for where its records live, never an assessment and never a statement of where the standards apply. Layers, dates and credits are on the map.
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Population density, night-time lights, air quality, heat and floods, framed on East Africa.Satellite and model products as NASA publishes them, each with its own date; indicators, not assessments of any place; claim ceiling INTEGRATED.
Layers and dates
42 coupling rows join this subsite's areas to 14 other subsites, counted from the systemicContext rows of the area context bank in both directions. Select a card on the canvas to trace it.
Fig.Edge labels count coupling rows. GATE marks a subsite, DONE and RUNNING an area of this subsite. Tags give reading order only. Design, not a record.
| Coupled subsite | Rows | Example mechanism |
|---|---|---|
| Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction | 8 | Sendai indicators A-1, B-1 and G-1 are also SDG indicators 1.5.1, 11.5.1 and 13.1.1, so one record UNI serves both reporting streams and double counting is avoided.Sendai Framework alignment to SDG and 2030 Agenda alignment |
| Governance, Security and Society | 7 | Communication with communities in crises depends on trusted local media.Media and information to Humanitarian and civil society |
| Early Warning and Anticipatory Action | 4 | Anticipatory action triggers and protocols are recorded in the Early Warning and Anticipatory Action subsite; Grand Bargain anticipatory commitments are tagged to them here.Humanitarian standards alignment to Early warning and anticipatory action |
| Finance, Insurance and the Economy | 4 | Parametric payouts fund anticipatory and early response when triggers are met.Insurance and reinsurance to Humanitarian and civil society |
| Communities, Learning and Contribution | 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 section.Pact for the Future alignment to Open science and digital public goods alignment |
| Water and Food Systems | 3 | Anticipatory cash and input distributions are released on forecast triggers that read agricultural season monitoring records.Agriculture and land use to Humanitarian and civil society |
| Data and Evidence | 2 | HDX datasets enter GRIx as source releases with record UNIs, keeping per-dataset licences attached as the Data and Evidence subsite requires.OCHA and humanitarian data to Data and Evidence |
| Digital, Cyber and AI | 2 | The Global Digital Compact's AI commitments are indexed there; this section maps them to concrete lifecycle obligations.AI governance frameworks alignment to Pact for the Future alignment |
Standards that applyA filled cell means the area's context entry lists that Nexus Standard. Context entries are PROPOSED; no cell is a conformance, certification or readiness statement.
Humanitarian and civil society · Trigger, needs and funding records with provenance and data-responsibility controls become readable as evidence for GCRI Canada, which applies its own rules.
Humanitarian standards alignment · GCRI Canada decides under its own evidence rules whether humanitarian records are usable; a crosswalk row is not acceptance.
OCHA and humanitarian data · GCRI Canada decides under its own evidence rules whether humanitarian data records are usable; describing OCHA services is not acceptance.
6 more areas state what this pathway reads; each area page has its own line.
Humanitarian and civil society · An agency programme that publishes protocol clauses and attestations gives GRF a record trail to consider; recognition is GRF's decision.
Humanitarian standards alignment · The Global Risks Forum (GRF) decides under its own rules whether humanitarian work features in its programmes; alignment implies no recognition.
OCHA and humanitarian data · The Global Risks Forum (GRF) decides under its own rules how humanitarian data work features in its programmes; this section implies no recognition.
6 more areas state what this pathway reads; each area page has its own line.
Humanitarian and civil society · Pre-arranged finance for anticipatory action can present verified trigger histories to GRA, which assesses capital readiness under its own rules.
Humanitarian standards alignment · The Global Risks Alliance (GRA) decides capital readiness under its own criteria; IATI and anticipatory tags only show reviewers financing context.
OCHA and humanitarian data · The Global Risks Alliance (GRA) decides capital readiness under its own criteria; humanitarian records only inform its reviewers.
6 more areas state what this pathway reads; each area page has its own line.
Each institution decides under its own rules what it reads as evidence; no pathway is an approval, a readiness statement or investment advice.
Each area proposes a working group with a scope, deliverables and liaison targets; a liaison is sought, never claimed, until the body confirms it in writing.
| Area | Working group scope | Deliverables | Liaison sought |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humanitarian and civil society | Profile humanitarian needs, response, funding and trigger records and crosswalk them to Sphere, CHS, HXL, IATI and IPC under data-responsibility rules. | 3 | 5OCHA Centre for Humanitarian Data, IATI Secretariat, Sphere Association, CHS Alliance, IFRC |
| Humanitarian standards alignment | Maintain the humanitarian standards crosswalk, HXL and IATI profiles and the data responsibility clause set. | 3 | 3OCHA Centre for Humanitarian Data (information exchange sought; none recorded), Sphere (information exchange sought;… |
| OCHA and humanitarian data | Describe OCHA's data services accurately and develop licence-aware profiles that consume them. | 2 | 2OCHA Centre for Humanitarian Data (information exchange sought; none recorded), INFORM partnership at the JRC… |
| UNDP and development | Describe UNDP's public technical work accurately and develop risk-informed planning record profiles. | 2 | 2UNDP Crisis Bureau (information exchange sought; none recorded), UNDP Human Development Report Office (information… |
| SDG and 2030 Agenda alignment | Maintain the SDG indicator crosswalk and SDMX bindings, and follow changes from the comprehensive reviews of the indicator framework. | 3 | 2UN Statistics Division (information exchange on SDMX and metadata sought; none recorded), SDMX sponsors' technical… |
| International organisations and multilaterals | Profile how multilateral indicator, statistical and finance-flow records crosswalk to Nexus records, and record liaison requests in the liaison register. | 3 | 5UN Statistics Division, UNDRR, SDMX Secretariat, IATI Secretariat, OECD Development Co-operation Directorate |
| UN system technical areas | Maintain the custodian map and routing, keeping body descriptions in their own public terms. | 2 | 2UN Statistics Division (information exchange sought; none recorded), UN System Chief Executives Board secretariat… |
| Pact for the Future alignment | Maintain the commitment index and tags, and follow the follow-up and review milestones of the Pact and its annexes. | 3 | 3UN Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies (information exchange on the Global Digital Compact sought; none… |
| For humanitarian and public-sector practitioners | Curate the practitioner learning path and the sandbox alert scenarios. | 3 | 4OCHA Centre for Humanitarian Data, WMO, IFRC, OASIS Emergency Management TC |
Pick an area above, adopt its proposed charter and file it as a docket under NS-13; editors decide with written reasons. Develop a standard
Every area entry is PROPOSED: a pull request against the area context bank names the change and its source, peer-reviewed or published statistics.
Propose a feed with provider, licence and delivery path; Legal/IP records the terms and the owner decides admission. Agents never admit a source.
Contribute to an external standard through its own body's channels; the outcome comes back here as a register change. Movement and contribution
Peer-reviewed sources and published statistics as the area entries cite them, newest first within each type.
The Nexus Risk Standards read in Humanitarian Action and Development and its library: scope, codes, schemas, conformance, governance, templates, crosswalks, change log and how to contribute.
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LibraryRisk Academy disciplines that teach Humanitarian Action and Development, with their courses; the GCRI Canada, The Global Risks Forum (GRF) and The Global Risks Alliance (GRA) subsites that carry those disciplines; and the Nexus Foundry systems the standards name. Mappings are proposed for review (Risk Academy standards map, 2026-10-17); a link says a page on the same subject exists, never an endorsement or a conformance statement; framework names in course titles are named and linked, never reproduced.
Charter a working group, correct a brief or name a source. Area entries are PROPOSED content for the Nexus Standards registry; a UNI identifies and never certifies, and nothing on this site is a certification, an approval or a readiness statement.
Nexus Standards documents CC BY 4.0 · tooling Apache-2.0 · counsel review pending (DEC-2026-10-16-NEXUS-STANDARDS-OPEN-LICENCE). External standards are named and linked under their own licences; a UNI (Unique Nexus Identifier) identifies, it never certifies. · Generated from the Nexus Standards corpus at commit 437ae044c5cb (2026-10-17); proposed and open.