Review and assurance
Expert review cell
Reviews a domain index, instrument or region with declared interests and records its disposition.
- Joining
- By invitation
- Decides by
- Supermajority
- To form
- 6 members
- Visibility
- Listed in public once active
What it is for
Runs peer review panels and verifies methods, data and claims, with declared interests and recorded outcomes. Its records are proof of review, not certification.
Who it draws on
Expertise
- Risk governance and institutions
- AI assurance and audit
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- Science and technology studies
- Law and regulation
- Mathematics and applied mathematics
How it is run
| Role | Into eyenzayo | At least |
|---|---|---|
| Panel chair | Chairs review panels and signs off their records. | 1 |
| Integrity contact | Keeps the register of declared interests and handles recusals. | 1 |
| Secretary | Keeps the records: minutes, decisions, the member list and the cell log. | 1 |
| Reviewer | Reviews changes, drafts or claims before they are accepted. | 3 |
- Decisions
- Supermajority. At least a set fraction (two thirds, three fifths, three quarters) of a stated base.
- Safeguards
- Conflict-of-interest recusal. People with a declared interest step out of the decision.
- Veto, escalation and appeals. Named holders may veto with reasons; a veto can be overridden; unresolved matters escalate; decisions can be appealed in a window on listed grounds.
- Term limits. How many consecutive and total terms a person may serve, and the cool-off between runs.
How to join
By invitation. Only people the cell invites can join.
What a new cell starts with
Projects
- Review protocol
- First review round
- Verification record
First issues
- Open the register of interests
- Build the reviewer pool
- Set the appeal route
Open calls
- Reviewers for the pool
What it connects to
- Review hub
- Request peer review of outputs, and review the work of others.
- Imigangatho
- Work with the standards working groups: drafts, comment rounds and conformance.
- Forms
- Intake, sign-up and survey forms with consent recorded.
Projects it often runs
- Review panel. Review methods, data or claims and record the outcome.
Agreements it signs
- Cell charter (required). The mission, scope, host, roles, governance model and how the cell closes.
- Membership agreement (required). What members commit to, how they join and leave, and how credit is recorded.
- Intellectual property and open licence (required). Who owns the outputs and the open licence they are published under.
- Code of conduct and safeguarding (required). How members treat each other, how concerns are raised, and who acts on them.