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Sector exposure cell

Looks at how the risks in the indexes fall on one sector.

Joining
By request
Decides by
Consent (sociocratic objection rounds)
To form
3 members
Visibility
Listed in public once active

What it is for

Brings the practitioners of one sector together on the risks that sector carries and passes on to others.

Who it draws on

Every cell is interdisciplinary: anyone may ask to join. These are the fields it needs most.

Expertise

    Izifundo

    • Economics and finance
    • Public health
    • Agronomy and food science
    • Hydrology and water resources
    • Energy systems and engineering
    • Isayensi yemvelo

    Ukuthi iqhutshwa kanjani

    Roles a cell of this type must fill before it is listed
    IndimaWhat it doesAt least
    LeadConvenes the cell, holds its mandate from the host and speaks for it.1
    SecretaryKeeps the records: minutes, decisions, the member list and the cell log.1
    Sector liaisonLinks the cell with the sector council or platform and its other cells.1
    Decisions
    Consent (sociocratic objection rounds). Adopted when nobody has a reasoned, unresolved objection.
    Izivikelo
    • Conflict-of-interest recusal. People with a declared interest step out of the decision.

    How to join

    By request. People ask to join with their relevant expertise and a short motivation; the cell's admins approve or decline.

    A request asks for: your relevant expertise and why you want to join.

    What a new cell starts with

    Projects

    • Sector risk profile
    • Interdependency map with other sectors
    • Practice note

    First issues

    • Name the sector council or platform the cell reports to
    • Agree the shared indicators
    • Collect the sector's open data sources

    Open calls

    • Practitioners from the sector

    What it connects to

    Idatha
    Publish and share datasets with licences, quality flags and access rules.
    Learning
    Courses, cohorts and the learning path for each role.
    Amazinga
    Work with the standards working groups: drafts, comment rounds and conformance.
    Translation
    Translate the cell's pages, documents and guides with reviewed translations.

    Its space has: discussion, activity, documents and library, meetings and events, proposals and decisions, outputs.

    Projects it often runs

    • Risk assessment. Assess hazards, exposure and vulnerability for a place or system.
    • Research study. Answer a defined research question with methods and open outputs.
    • Readiness evidence. Prepare evidence for finance readiness, never a rating or advice.
    • Sector risk profile. Describe the risks a sector carries and passes on to others.

    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.

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