governing body

A governing body is an organized group of individuals with the authority and responsibility to make decisions, set policies, and oversee the direction and management of an institution, community, or state.

Observed surface forms (178)

• public body ×71
• public authority ×67
• sports governing body ×67
• local government body ×66
• executive body ×57
• administrative body ×55
• decision-making body ×53
• government body ×36
• board of directors ×26
• international organization body ×26

• directorate ×22
• group of people ×20
• elected body ×19
• local governing body ×17
• representative body ×15
• municipal corporation ×13
• WTO body ×11
• leadership body ×10
• board of governors ×9
• executive board ×9
• ice hockey governing body ×9
• municipal governing body ×9
• governing board ×8
• plenary organ ×8
• policy-making body ×8
• principal council ×8
• governance body ×6
• principal organ of an international organization ×6
• supreme decision-making body ×6
• central administrative body ×5
• collegial body ×5
• elected governing body ×5
• plenary body ×5
• policy development body ×5
• principal organ ×5
• treaty body ×5
• colonial governing body ×4
• corporate governing body ×4
• government board ×4
• judicial administrative body ×4
• municipal executive body ×4
• museum governing body ×4
• nonprofit governing board ×4
• oversight board ×4
• securities regulator ×4
• state organ ×4
• billing authority ×3
• board member ×3
• decision‑making body ×3
• executive branch body ×3
• executive governing body ×3
• government oversight body ×3
• monitoring body ×3
• national university sports governing body ×3
• organizational board ×3
• organizational council ×3
• organizational leadership body ×3
• principal decision-making body ×3
• professional regulatory body ×3
• sports governance document ×3
• French government body ×2
• Nuclear policy body ×2
• UNHCR governing body ×2
• collective decision-making body ×2
• collective leadership body ×2
• decision-making organ ×2
• educational governing body ×2
• federal body ×2
• fiduciary body ×2
• governing authority ×2
• governing body meeting ×2
• governing body subgroup ×2
• government agency board ×2
• management board ×2
• municipal government body ×2
• nonprofit governing body ×2
• party administrative body ×2
• plenary organ of an international organization ×2
• political affairs body ×2
• principal political decision-making body of NATO ×2
• senior governing body ×2
• sports governance body ×2
• sports governing body committee ×2
• statutory board ×2
• Allied administrative body ×1
• Central bank governing board ×1
• Decision-making body ×1
• Decision‑making body ×1
• Internet governance body ×1
• Masonic body ×1
• Python governance mechanism ×1
• Sports governing body ×1
• UK government organisation ×1
• UN charter body ×1
• UN governing body ×1
• WIPO governing body ×1
• academic governance body ×1
• arm’s-length body ×1
• bipartisan body ×1
• central bank governing board ×1
• central governing body of the Catholic Church ×1
• collective head of government ×1
• collective leadership organ ×1
• collegial executive body ×1
• controlling ownership entity ×1
• custodial authority ×1
• data governance office ×1
• drug control body ×1
• elected local body ×1
• elected representative body ×1
• environmental governance body ×1
• environmental governance framework ×1
• executive decision-making body ×1
• faculty governance body ×1
• faculty governing body ×1
• federally appointed body ×1
• financial administrative body ×1
• gaming commission ×1
• governance body of the European Higher Education Area ×1
• governance framework ×1
• governing academic body ×1
• governing authority in professional sports ×1
• governing body committee of Jehovah’s Witnesses ×1
• governing body of a university ×1
• governing body of an international financial institution ×1
• governing body of canons ×1
• governing committee ×1
• governing corporation ×1
• governing institution ×1
• governmental council ×1
• internal decision-making body ×1
• judicial administration body ×1
• labor relations authority ×1
• leadership group ×1
• legislative leadership body ×1
• maritime regulatory agency ×1
• national leadership body ×1
• national policy-making body ×1
• national representative body ×1
• naval administration body ×1
• nuclear policy coordination body ×1
• occupation authority organ ×1
• open source project governance body ×1
• organizational management body ×1
• oversight office ×1
• oversight organ ×1
• party control body ×1
• party oversight body ×1
• permanent organ ×1
• permanent working body ×1
• policy-setting body ×1
• principal governing body ×1
• principal governing body of the Pan American Health Organization ×1
• principal political body of an international organization ×1
• private governing body ×1
• provincial governing body ×1
• provisional governing body ×1
• public agency board ×1
• public transit agency governing board ×1
• public transit governing board ×1
• rebel governing body ×1
• regional governmental body ×1
• religious governing body ×1
• representative body of local and regional authorities ×1
• ruling body ×1
• sectoral policy body ×1
• state government body ×1
• statutory authority board ×1
• strategic leadership body ×1
• strategic oversight body ×1
• supreme body of the Chinese Communist Party ×1
• supreme policymaking body ×1
• top decision-making body ×1
• top decision-making body of the People’s Republic of China ×1
• trade union governing body ×1
• traditional leadership body ×1
• treaty-based body ×1
• volunteer leadership body ×1

Instances (976)

• TriMet Board of Directors via concept surface "public transit agency governing board"
• Australian government via concept surface "public authority"
• CTS via concept surface "WTO body"
  surface form: Council for Trade in Services
• Committee on Trade in Financial Services via concept surface "WTO body"
• Working Party on Domestic Regulation via concept surface "WTO body"
• Committee on Specific Commitments via concept surface "WTO body"
• Executive Committee
  surface form: Executive Committee (American Economic Association)
• Karachi Metropolitan Corporation via concept surface "municipal corporation"
• York Township Board via concept surface "local governing body"
• Bermuda Monetary Authority via concept surface "public authority"
• Pulitzer Prize Board
• Dean and Chapter of Westminster
• Federal Convention via concept surface "federal body"
  surface form: Federal Convention (Germany)
• German Football Association via concept surface "sports governing body"
• Central Auditing Commission via concept surface "party oversight body"
• Georgian Football Federation via concept surface "sports governing body"
• Committee on Ethics and Government Oversight via concept surface "government oversight body"
• Tongmenghui members via concept surface "group of people"
• Provincial Synod of Province IX via concept surface "administrative body"
• Board of Trustees of the Art Institute of Chicago
• BCS Presidential Oversight Committee
• Zionist General Council
• UEFA via concept surface "sports governing body"
• Working Party on GATS Rules via concept surface "WTO body"
• Board of Governors
  surface form: Board of Governors (Commonwealth Foundation)
• Central Auditing Commission of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union via concept surface "party control body"
• Central Committee
• Government of Newfoundland and Labrador via concept surface "public authority"
• systemwide Academic Senate of the University of California
• French Ministry of Foreign Affairs via concept surface "French government body"
• Executive Council via concept surface "executive body"
  surface form: Executive Council (World Meteorological Organization)
• Legal Committee via concept surface "principal organ"
  surface form: Legal Committee (International Maritime Organization)
• Grand Council of Fascism
• U.S. Board on Geographic Names as having no official standing via concept surface "federal body"
  surface form: U.S. Board on Geographic Names
• Steering Committee
  surface form: Steering Committee (CITEL)
• Secretariat via concept surface "administrative body"
  surface form: Secretariat of the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission
• Prime Minister's Delivery Unit via concept surface "government body"
• Walton County Board of County Commissioners via concept surface "local government body"
• Board of Governors
  surface form: Board of Governors (Asian Development Bank)
• Board of Directors
  surface form: Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank
• Board of Directors
  surface form: ICANN Board of Directors
• Country Code Names Supporting Organization via concept surface "policy development body"
• Address Supporting Organization via concept surface "policy development body"
• Harvard Corporation via concept surface "fiduciary body"
• HAA Board of Directors via concept surface "volunteer leadership body"
• De Aderton via concept surface "group of people"
• GCC Steering Committee
• Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec via concept surface "sports governing body"
• board of regents
  surface form: Board of Regents (American College of Surgeons)
• Nigeria Football Federation via concept surface "sports governing body"