Impact Trust • Working glossary
Risk governance
How institutions organise to understand and manage risks.
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Our Take
Sounds technocratic; describing the practices works better than naming it. The underlying question is straightforward: who is responsible for understanding, deciding about, and acting on risks? The answer is often unclear - responsibilities are distributed in ways that create both gaps and overlaps.
Examples of Use
UN, IFRC, policy community
Synonyms/Variants
Risk management structures; Risk oversight; Institutional risk frameworks
Typical everyday wording
Who is responsible for understanding and managing risks.
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