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)

• College Squash Association via concept surface "sports governing body"
• British War Cabinet via concept surface "government body"
• Cabinet of New South Wales via concept surface "collegial body"
• Conseil des ministres via concept surface "executive body"
• IIHF member national associations via concept surface "sports governing body"
• Chapter of Canterbury Cathedral
• Stanford University Faculty Senate via concept surface "representative body"
• Indiana General Assembly via concept surface "public body"
• Council of the League of Nations via concept surface "executive body"
• Greene County Legislature via concept surface "local government body"
• ICAO Assembly
• World Meteorological Congress
• Finnish Senate via concept surface "executive body"
• Bavarian Football Association via concept surface "sports governing body"
• Jackson City Council via concept surface "local government body"
• Municipal Council of San Salvador via concept surface "local government body"
• IEEE RAS Technical Activities Board
• Inatsisartut via concept surface "public authority"
• Board of Trustees of Williams College via concept surface "nonprofit governing body"
• Shelby County Commission via concept surface "elected governing body"
• WIPO Conference via concept surface "principal organ of an international organization"
• Nazi Party Chancellery via concept surface "administrative body"
• Westmoreland County Board of Commissioners via concept surface "local governing body"
• British Transport Commission via concept surface "government body"
• Legislative Assembly of Alberta via concept surface "public authority"
• Winnipeg City Council via concept surface "local government body"
• Cork County Council via concept surface "public body"
• Council of the Haida Nation via concept surface "representative body"
• UfM Secretariat via concept surface "executive body"
• City of Lincoln Council via concept surface "billing authority"
• Committee of the Proprietors of Common and Undivided Lands in New Haven via concept surface "private governing body"
• OECD Directorate for Education and Skills via concept surface "directorate"
• IHO Assembly via concept surface "principal decision-making body"
• Intercollegiate Tennis Association via concept surface "sports governing body"
• Placer County Board of Supervisors via concept surface "local governing body"
• Czechoslovak Ice Hockey Federation via concept surface "sports governing body"
• Warrington Borough Council via concept surface "principal council"
• OECD Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs via concept surface "directorate"
• IHO Council via concept surface "executive body"
• Manchester City Council via concept surface "principal council"
• High-Level Group via concept surface "decision-making body"
• McCracken County Fiscal Court via concept surface "local governing body"
• Bureau of the Senate
  surface form: Bureau of the Senate (Belgium)
• ITU Council
• Appeals Office via concept surface "administrative body"
  surface form: IRS Appeals Office
• Ice Hockey Federation of Russia via concept surface "ice hockey governing body"
• Board of Trustees
  surface form: Board of Trustees of Smith College
• Frederick County Council via concept surface "local government body"
• IHO Secretariat via concept surface "administrative body"
• Groupe d’action financière via concept surface "policy-making body"