Establishing the International Risk and Governance Council (IRGC)

Project objectives

The International Risk Governance Council (IRGC) is an independent foundation supporting governments, businesses and other organizations in developing and developed countries. The IRGC offers a unique platform for global debate and is a source of compiled, and if possible unified, scientific knowledge on new global risks. IRGC also develops generic recommendations and guidelines. Based on a public-private partnership it follows a cross-sectoral and multidisciplinary approach, focusing on both traditional as well as emerging human-induced risks. GPPi assisted the IRGC in its early development phase through three sets of services:

• Mission development. Recommendations on the formulation of mission and goals of IRGC.
• Development of business plan for IRGC start-up phase. Detailed outline for IRGC’s operations and specific recommendations with regard to the operational setup of the start-up phase.
• IRGC Round Table: GPPi provided managerial and strategic support for conceptualizing the IRGC Round Table in January 2002 during which IRGC´s mission statement and draft business plan were discussed with a team of recognized international experts.