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)

• Technical Management Board
• New Delhi Municipal Council via concept surface "local government body"
• WHA via concept surface "decision-making body"
  surface form: World Health Assembly
• ExCom via concept surface "UNHCR governing body"
• General Council of the World Trade Organization via concept surface "WTO body"
• Board of Governors via concept surface "board of governors"
  surface form: Board of Governors (McGill University)
• Ombudsman of Portugal via concept surface "public authority"
• Council of Ministers (Isle of Man) via concept surface "executive body"
• Army Headquarters Secretariat via concept surface "administrative body"
• Board of Governors
  surface form: Board of Governors (American Bar Association)
• BOA via concept surface "sports governing body"
• Belmont Warrant Committee via concept surface "local government body"
• Head Office (UK Ministry of Defence) via concept surface "central administrative body"
• Board of the Fritt Ord Foundation
• Belmont Select Board via concept surface "municipal executive body"
• Executive Board of the World Health Organization via concept surface "executive board"
• Heralds’ College via concept surface "government body"
• General Convention of the Episcopal Church
• Eureka City Council via concept surface "local government body"
• United Nations Secretariat via concept surface "administrative body"
• United Nations Economic and Social Council via concept surface "UN charter body"
• Conservators of the River Cam via concept surface "public authority"
• Cultural Heritage Commission via concept surface "government body"
• Board of Trustees of the J. Paul Getty Trust
• Government of Guam via concept surface "public authority"
• Committee of Representatives of Governments and Administrations
• Regional Representative Council via concept surface "public body"
• Board of Governors via concept surface "senior governing body"
  surface form: Board of Governors (Manchester Metropolitan University)
• Oslo City Council via concept surface "public authority"
• Education and Skills Funding Agency via concept surface "public body"
• Chilean Ministry of Mining via concept surface "public body"
• Office of the Prime Minister of Norway via concept surface "executive body"
• Legislative Assembly of Ontario via concept surface "public authority"
• FIBA Americas via concept surface "sports governing body"
• House of Delegates
  surface form: House of Delegates (American Bar Association)
• Arrah via concept surface "municipal corporation"
• Masonic lodges via concept surface "Masonic body"
  surface form: Masonic lodge
• IEEE Board of Directors
• Amsterdam Chamber
• Board of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
• FIBA
• NAFC via concept surface "sports governing body"
• CCCF via concept surface "sports governing body"
• Lords Seventeen via concept surface "governing board"
• Central American Football Union via concept surface "sports governing body"
• Amritsar via concept surface "municipal corporation"
• Caribbean Football Union via concept surface "sports governing body"
• General Synod
• ASEAN Secretariat via concept surface "administrative body"
• Ministerial Conference via concept surface "decision-making body"