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A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an independent, typically nonprofit organization that operates outside government control. NGOs often focus on humanitarian or social issues but can also include clubs and associations offering services to members. Some NGOs, like the World Economic Forum, may also act as lobby groups for corporations.
An international non-governmental organization (INGO) is an organization which is independent of government involvement and extends the concept of a non-governmental organization (NGO) to an international scope. INGOs can admit members affiliated to government authorities as long as it does not interfere with their freedom to express themselves ...
Logo of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), an organization of the United Nations. A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, [1] nonprofit institution, [2] or simply a nonprofit, [a] is a non-governmental (private) legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, as opposed to an entity that operates as a business aiming to ...
An NGO that wishes to obtain consultative status with the ECOSOC must first submit an application online at the NGO Branch of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the UN Secretariat. After the application is screened by the NGO Branch, it will be reviewed by the ECOSOC Committee on NGOs. The Committee decides to recommend, or not ...
An ENGO (environmental non-governmental organization) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) in the field of environmentalism.These organizations operate both locally and internationally which makes them play an important role in dealing with different kinds of environmental issues that are happening in the contemporary world. [1]
NGO is an abbreviation for non-governmental organization. It also may refer to: Ngô (吴), a Vietnamese surname equivalent to Chinese name Ng or Wu; Wu (surname), Ngo in Hokkien; Ao (surname), Ngo in Cantonese; Ngo, a district and a town in the Republic of the Congo.ngo, a file extension for an NG Linker Object (NGML) file
Texting abbreviations have been around for decades, since texting itself. And now, more abbreviations and slang words continue to crop up as Gen Z enters adulthood and Gen A gets old enough to ...
NGO-ization is a process resulting from neoliberal globalization. [5] It consists of the flourishing of NGOs founded on issue-specific interventions [6] associated with the rising centrality of civil society [7] where NGOs are in charge of social services that used to be fulfilled by the public sector. [5]