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)

• WMO Executive Council via concept surface "executive body"
• ccNSO via concept surface "policy development body"
• Generic Names Supporting Organization via concept surface "policy development body"
• Council of Ministers via concept surface "executive body"
  surface form: Council of Ministers (Belgium)
• Women’s Tennis Association via concept surface "sports governing body"
• General Conference via concept surface "plenary body"
  surface form: General Conference (IAEA)
• Board of Governors
  surface form: Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency
• Secretariat via concept surface "administrative body"
  surface form: Secretariat of the International Atomic Energy Agency
• Executive Council of the Episcopal Church
• Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention via concept surface "elected body"
• IMO Secretariat via concept surface "administrative body"
• City Commission of Key West via concept surface "local government body"
• Board of Trustees
  surface form: Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation
• United States Soccer Federation via concept surface "sports governing body"
• Vaughan City Council via concept surface "local government body"
• Howrah via concept surface "municipal corporation"
• National Transitional Council via concept surface "rebel governing body"
• Financial Industry Regulatory Authority via concept surface "securities regulator"
• Hanoi People’s Committee via concept surface "municipal government body"
• Commissioner of Baseball via concept surface "governing authority in professional sports"
• CONCACAF via concept surface "sports governing body"
• Heeren XVII via concept surface "governing board"
• Board of Governors
  surface form: Board of Governors (Academy of Television Arts & Sciences)
• ICANN Board
• United Nations Department of Safety and Security via concept surface "international organization body"
• ASP via concept surface "treaty body"
  surface form: Assembly of States Parties
• Council of Ministers of Chile via concept surface "executive body"
• Information Security Oversight Office via concept surface "oversight office"
• Mellody Hobson via concept surface "board member"
• Council of Ministers of Italy via concept surface "executive body"
• Bureau of the Assembly of States Parties via concept surface "executive body"
• Crisis Management and Planning Directorate via concept surface "directorate"
• Folktinget (Swedish Assembly of Finland) via concept surface "representative body"
  surface form: Folktinget
• Fedora Council
• Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority via concept surface "municipal corporation"
• GMC via concept surface "public body"
• MIT Corporation via concept surface "governing board"
• Secretariat of the Assembly of States Parties via concept surface "administrative body"
• Parliamentary Estates Directorate via concept surface "directorate"
• Landtag of Bavaria via concept surface "public authority"
• Board of County Commissioners via concept surface "elected body"
  surface form: Board of County Commissioners (Hudson County, New Jersey)
• General Council via concept surface "WTO body"
  surface form: General Council (World Trade Organization)
• NHL Board of Governors
• Antarctic Treaty System via concept surface "environmental governance framework"
• Warden and Fellows of Winchester College via concept surface "governing corporation"
• Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners via concept surface "local governing body"
• Conservatoires UK via concept surface "representative body"
• The Football Association via concept surface "sports governing body"
• Swiss Federal Council via concept surface "collegial executive body"
• Council
  surface form: Council of the World Customs Organization