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)

• Policy Commission via concept surface "decision-making body"
  surface form: Policy Commission (World Customs Organization)
• Finance Committee
  surface form: Finance Committee (World Customs Organization)
• Secretariat via concept surface "international organization body"
  surface form: Secretariat of the World Customs Organization
• Department for Energy Security and Net Zero via concept surface "public body"
• Welsh Government via concept surface "public authority"
• Board of Trustees of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art via concept surface "museum governing body"
• ICANN Supporting Organizations via concept surface "policy development body"
• Moscow City Soviet of People’s Deputies via concept surface "local government body"
• Accounts Chamber of Moscow via concept surface "public body"
• National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party via concept surface "supreme body of the Chinese Communist Party"
• National Labor Relations Board via concept surface "labor relations authority"
• Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission via concept surface "government body"
• Provost and Fellows of Eton College
• Essex County Board of Supervisors
• National Agreement of 1903 via concept surface "sports governance document"
• Technical Committee on Rules of Origin via concept surface "international organization body"
• Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People via concept surface "representative body"
• Synod of the Evangelical Church in Germany via concept surface "representative body"
• Government of Panama via concept surface "public authority"
• Federal Reserve Board of Governors via concept surface "central bank governing board"
• Assembly of the International Maritime Organization via concept surface "principal organ of an international organization"
• Political Affairs and Security Policy Division via concept surface "political affairs body"
• IETF Secretariat via concept surface "administrative body"
• Red River County Commissioners Court via concept surface "local government body"
• Twelve Apostles via concept surface "group of people"
• Foras na Gaeilge via concept surface "public body"
• Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party via concept surface "collective leadership organ"
• Government of Quebec via concept surface "public authority"
• Supreme Conservative Power via concept surface "government body"
• Executive Board
  surface form: Executive Board (Commonwealth Games Federation)
• Sports Committee
• Development Committee via concept surface "governance body"
• Audit and Risk Committee via concept surface "governance body"
• Criminal Cases Review Commission via concept surface "public body"
• Youth Justice Board for England and Wales via concept surface "public body"
• Health and Social Care Board via concept surface "public body"
• Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute via concept surface "treaty body"
• Secretariat of the East African Community via concept surface "international organization body"
• Moscow Department of Housing and Communal Services via concept surface "municipal executive body"
• Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party via concept surface "leadership body"
• Government of Mexico City via concept surface "public authority"
• Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination via concept surface "monitoring body"
• OPEC Secretariat via concept surface "executive body"
• The R&A via concept surface "sports governing body"
• United States in Congress Assembled
• Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America via concept surface "colonial governing body"
• Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party via concept surface "leadership body"
• Board of Managers
  surface form: Board of Managers of Swarthmore College
• Churchwide Assembly
• Church Council
  surface form: Church Council (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)