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The International Risk Governance Council (IRGC) is an independent non-profit organisation, based at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Lausanne, Switzerland. IRGC works to improve the understanding, management and governance of emerging systemic risks that may have significant adverse consequences for human health and the environment, the economy and society.〔(Mission and Purpose ) ''IRGC''. Retrieved 10 April 2015〕 IRGC’s activities include developing concepts of risk governance, improving the understanding of major emerging risk issues, and providing risk governance policy recommendations for stakeholders and decision-makers.〔(Den Umgang mit Risiken üben ) ''Neue Zürcher Zeitung''. Retrieved 24 April 2015.〕 ==History== Amid a number of risk management and regulatory failures in the late 1990s, several academics proposed to the Swiss State Secretariat for Education and Research to create an International Risk Governance Council. IRGC was established by the Swiss Federal Assembly as an independent and international body to bridge increasing gaps between science, technological development, decision-makers and the public.〔(Botschaft über die Förderung von Bildung, Forschung und Technologie in den Jahren 2004–2007 ). Federal Gazette (2003). Retrieved 06 August 2014.〕 In June 2003, IRGC was formally founded in Geneva as a private foundation, with Prof. José Mariano Gago as first chairman of the Foundation Board, Prof. Granger Morgan as first chairman of the Scientific and Technical Council and Prof. Wolfgang Kröger as founding director.〔(Eidgenössisches Departement des Innern ). Retrieved 06 August 2014〕 In June 2012, the IRGC Secretariat moved its offices from Geneva to the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Lausanne, Switzerland. IRGC signed a formal collaboration agreement with EPFL that came into effect on January 1, 2013, according to which EPFL will support IRGC’s mission and activities.〔(History ) ''IRGC''. Retrieved 10 April 2015〕 In July 2012, IRGC was granted special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)〔(List of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council as of 1 September 2013 ). United Nations Economic and Social Council. Retrieved 06 August 2014.〕 and in July 2014, became a member of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN).〔(SDSN Welcomes New Members ). Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Retrieved 06 August 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「International Risk Governance Council」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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