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)

• Great Lakes–St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Council
• CERN Research Board
• British Olympic Association via concept surface "sports governing body"
• Belmont School Committee via concept surface "elected governing body"
• Navy Board via concept surface "administrative body"
• Florida Bar via concept surface "professional regulatory body"
• Council of Heads of State and Government via concept surface "decision-making body"
• Council of Delegates via concept surface "decision-making body"
  surface form: Council of Delegates (UNASUR)
• Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution
• Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners
• Governing Council via concept surface "decision-making body"
  surface form: Governing Council (University of Toronto)
• NSB via concept surface "governing board"
  surface form: National Science Board
• General Motors board of directors via concept surface "board of directors"
• Three Estates of Scotland via concept surface "representative body"
• Folketing via concept surface "public authority"
• Science and Technology Directorate via concept surface "directorate"
• Connecticut General Court
• African Union Commission via concept surface "executive body"
• Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs via concept surface "executive body"
• Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of India via concept surface "Decision‑making body"
• Government of the Northern Mariana Islands via concept surface "public authority"
• Convocation Convention
• Executive Council of the African Union via concept surface "executive body"
• Governing Body of Harrow School via concept surface "board of governors"
• Raleigh–Durham Airport Authority via concept surface "public authority"
• municipal council of The Hague via concept surface "elected representative body"
  surface form: Municipal Council of The Hague
• CONMEBOL via concept surface "sports governing body"
• CAF via concept surface "sports governing body"
• AFC via concept surface "sports governing body"
• OFC via concept surface "sports governing body"
• States of Holland and West Friesland via concept surface "provincial governing body"
• Board of Trustees of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art via concept surface "museum governing body"
• Office of the Public Guardian (England and Wales) via concept surface "public body"
• International Olympic Committee Session via concept surface "decision-making organ"
• Bikaner via concept surface "municipal corporation"
• IDU Standing Committees via concept surface "permanent working body"
• Parliament of Iran via concept surface "government body"
• United States House leadership via concept surface "legislative leadership body"
• Capitol Police Board
• Government of Argentina via concept surface "public authority"
• CIS via concept surface "national university sports governing body"
• CIAU via concept surface "national university sports governing body"
• SEPTA Board via concept surface "governing board"
• Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires via concept surface "public authority"
• Council of Ministers of the Netherlands via concept surface "executive body"
• Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories via concept surface "international organization body"
• IMO Legal Committee via concept surface "principal organ of an international organization"
• Holy Epistasia
• MAB International Coordinating Council via concept surface "decision-making body"
• IPCC Secretariat via concept surface "administrative body"