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)

• International Football Association Board via concept surface "sports governing body"
• NHS Business Services Authority via concept surface "public body"
• Ottawa City Council via concept surface "local government body"
• Council of War via concept surface "administrative body"
• ETH Board
• Management Directorate via concept surface "directorate"
• Industrial Development Board
• National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues via concept surface "sports governing body"
• Welsh Ministers via concept surface "executive body"
• Mexican Football Federation via concept surface "sports governing body"
• Governorate of Vatican City State
• NHS Digital via concept surface "public body"
• S&P Index Committee
• Judicial Conference of the Supreme Court of Japan via concept surface "judicial administrative body"
• General Conference of UNIDO via concept surface "supreme policymaking body"
• FRB via concept surface "Central bank governing board"
• Board of Trustees of the National Gallery of Art
• Council of the School of Arts and Humanities via concept surface "governing academic body"
• Pulitzer Prize winners via concept surface "group of people"
• MacArthur Fellows via concept surface "group of people"
• cathedral chapter of Münster via concept surface "governing body of canons"
  surface form: Cathedral Chapter of Münster
• Government of the State of Georgia via concept surface "public authority"
• Service Committee via concept surface "administrative body"
• Publishing Committee via concept surface "governing body committee of Jehovah’s Witnesses"
• Coordinators' Committee via concept surface "administrative body"
• Board of Health of Toronto
• Board of Trustees of the Royal Ontario Museum via concept surface "museum governing body"
• Cambridge City Council via concept surface "billing authority"
• Board of Governors of the Colorado State University System via concept surface "board of governors"
• World Health Assembly via concept surface "decision-making body"
• Executive Board
  surface form: Executive Board (World Health Organization)
• Secretariat via concept surface "administrative body"
  surface form: Secretariat of the World Health Organization
• Government of Colombia via concept surface "public authority"
• WHO Regional Office for Africa via concept surface "international organization body"
• WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia via concept surface "international organization body"
• Hamas via concept surface "governing authority"
• Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme via concept surface "UNHCR governing body"
• NATO Political Affairs and Security Policy Division via concept surface "political affairs body"
• Standing Committee via concept surface "Decision-making body"
  surface form: Standing Committee (SAARC)
• SAARC Secretariat via concept surface "administrative body"
• Specialized Technical Committees via concept surface "sectoral policy body"
• Council of Foreign Ministers via concept surface "principal decision-making body"
• ASME Energy Resources Board
• Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam via concept surface "collective leadership body"
• Council of State via concept surface "administrative body"
• Board of Supervisors
  surface form: Board of Supervisors (Reedy Creek Improvement District)
• Florida local governments via concept surface "public authority"
• Board of Education
• Escambia County Board of County Commissioners via concept surface "local government body"
• Government of Texas via concept surface "public authority"