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The acronyms Qango and Quango, variously spelt out as QUAsi Non Governmental Organisation, Quasi-Autonomous Non-Governmental Organisation, and Quasi-Autonomous National Government Organisation have been used, notably in the United Kingdom, but also in Australia, Ireland and other countries, to describe a range of organisations to which governments have devolved power. Confusion over the meaning of the acryonym has been reflected in confusion over the use of the term, and may have contributed to its decline in use. A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an organization that is not part of a government and was not founded by states. ...
A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an organization which is not a part of a government. ...
History of the term
The term originated as a humorous shortening of Quasi-NGO, that is, an ostensibly non-governmental organisation which performs governmental functions, often with government funding or other support [1] There are many such organisations. In Australia and other countries, the Red Cross provides blood bank services, with government support and backing of various kinds. Examples in the United Kingdom include bodies engaged in self-regulation of various sectors, such as the Press Council and the Law Society. An essential feature of a Quango, in the original definition, was that it should not be formally part of the public sector. NGO is an abbreviation or code for: Non-governmental organization Nagoya Airport (IATA code) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an organization which is not a part of a government. ...
The Anarchist Black Cross was originally called the Anarchist Red Cross. The band Redd Kross was originally called Red Cross. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...
A blood bank is a cache or bank of blood or blood components, gathered as a result of blood donation, stored and preserved for later use in blood transfusions. ...
The Law Society of England and Wales is the professional association that regulates and represents the solicitors profession in England and Wales. ...
However, the appeal of the term was such that it was extended to a wide range of governmental organisations, such as executive agencies (from 1988) providing health, education and other services. Particularly in the United Kingdom during the 1980s, this extension took place in a polemical context, being associated with claims that the proliferation of such authorities was undesirable and should be reversed. In the course of this process, attempts were made to derive the acryonym from longer terms which did not carry the presumption that the organisation in question was non-governmental. The most popular was Quasi-Autonomous National Government Organisation, which, however, carries with it the false presumption that state and local governments cannot make use of Quangos. Similarly, the insertion of the word "autonomous" does not work in a descriptive sense: the main complaint about these organisations is that they have too much autonomy, rather than, as with the original term, that their apparent autonomy conceals a close relationship with government. An Executive Agency is a British public institution that carries out some part of the executive functions of the United Kingdom government, Scottish Executive, Welsh Assembly and Northern Ireland Executive. ...
Since most of such bodies are in fact part of the government in terms of funding, appointment and function, the acronym does not work as a description - these are generally not non-governmental organisations with less autonomy than others. As a result, it has largely been abandoned in UK official usage. The less controversial term non-departmental public body (NDPB) is now used to describe many of the organisations with devolved governmental roles, in an attempt to avoid the pejorative associations of the term Quango. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Backronym and Apronym (Discuss) Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations, such as NATO, laser, and ABC, written as the initial letter or letters of words, and pronounced on the basis of this abbreviated written form. ...
A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an organization which is not a part of a government. ...
The term Quasi-Autonomous Non-Governmental Organisation (or QUANGO), attributed to Sir Douglas Hague, was originally invented as a joke, but fell into common usage in the United Kingdom to describe the agencies produced by the growing trend of government devolving power to appointed, or self-appointed bodies. ...
The UK government's definition of a non-departmental public body or quango in 1997 was:
- "A body which has a role in the processes of national government, but is not a government department or part of one, and which accordingly operates to a greater or lesser extent at arm's length from Ministers." [1]
United Kingdom The use of executive agencies with service delivery functions has developed alongside NDPBs in the UK. These agencies do not usually have a legal identity separate from that of their parent department; and, unless they have trading fund status, their accounts form part of the accounts of the parent department. The NHS also has bodies called Special Health Authorities which are technically neither NDPBs nor executive agencies, and the Department of Health collectively describes all three types as "arm's length bodies". An Executive Agency is a British public institution that carries out some part of the executive functions of the United Kingdom government, Scottish Executive, Welsh Assembly and Northern Ireland Executive. ...
{{redirect|NHS} The logo of the NHS for England. ...
Special Health Authorities provide services on behalf of the United Kingdom National Health Service across the whole of England (unlike other Health Authorities who serve a specific geographic area). ...
The Department of Health headquarters in Whitehall The Department of Health is a department of the United Kingdom government. ...
List of Quangos by Government Department Cabinet Office - Central Sponsor for Information Assurance
- Centre for Management and Policy Studies
- Office of Public Services Reform
- Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit
- Strategy Unit
Department of Constitutional Affairs - Council on Tribunals
- HM Magistrates Court Inspectorate
- The Regional Sports Boards and their associated offices (East, East Midlands, London, North East, North West, South East, South West, West, Yorkshire)
Department for Education and Skills Department for Transport The Learning and Skills Council is an Executive Agency of the Department for Education and Skills in the United Kingdom and is responsible for planning and funding further education (post-16 education and training other than higher education) in England. ...
The Office for Fair Access is the regulatory body (effectively a quango) that is responsible for ensuring that any United Kingdom university or higher education institution which wants to charge variable tuition fees from the academic year 2006/7 has in place an acceptable plan to promote equitable access among...
National College for School Leadership The National College for School Leadership was opened in 2002 by Tony Blair as a Sandhurst to train head teachers. ...
Department of Work and Pensions The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (the DVLA) is an agency of the Department for Transport in the United Kingdom. ...
The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) is an executive agency of the UK Department for Transport (DfT) and is part of the Driver, Vehicle and Operator (DVO) group. ...
VOSA was created from the merger of the Vehicle Inspectorate (VI) and the Traffic Area Network (TAN) division of the Department for Transport (DfT). ...
Treasury Logo of Jobcentre Plus Jobcentre Plus (Canolfan Byd Gwaith in Welsh), sometimes written JobCentre Plus, is the government-funded employment agency facility and the social security office in the United Kingdom, often operated from a high street shop. ...
- Business Advisory Group on Economic and Monetary Union
- Standing Committee on Euro Preparations
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Agricultural Wages Board for England & Wales
- Agricultural Wages Committees for England
- Hill Farming Advisory Committee for England, Wales and Northern Ireland
- Covent Garden Market Authority
- Rural Payments Agency
- Advisory Committee on Pesticides
- Committee on Agricultural Valuation
- Forest Enterprise England
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
- National Forest Company
- Pesticide Residue Committee
- Pesticide Safety Directorate
- Veterinary Medicines Directorate
- Veterinary Products Committee
- Veterinary Residues Committee
Department of Health The logo of the RPA The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is an executive agency of the British Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). ...
The Joint Nature Conservation Committee (or JNCC) is the wildlife advisor of the United Kingdom government. ...
The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) is an Executive Agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs seeking to protect public health, animal health, the environment and promoting animal welfare by assuring the safety, quality and efficacy of veterinary medicines in the United Kingdom. ...
Department for Trade and Industry A Strategic Health Authorities (SHA) is part of the structure of the National Health Service. ...
General Social Care Council The General Social Care Council (GSCC) is a public body which has responsibility for registering and regulating Social Workers and Social Care Workers in England. ...
The Human Tissue Authority is a UK public body created by the Human Tissue Act 2004. ...
The National Radiological Protection Board is a UK public body set up under the Radiological Protection Act of 1970 with the purpose of disseminating information about the protection of mankind from radiation hazards. ...
The NHS Information Authority (NHSIA) was established by an an Act of Parliament in 1999. ...
The NHS University (NHSU) was a part of the United Kingdoms National Health Service tasked with training NHS staff. ...
The Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food is a statutory committee advising the British government. ...
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- Industrial Development Advisory Board
- National Policy Forum for Start-ups
- Regional Industrial Development Boards (East of England, London & South East, North East, North West, South West, West Midlands, Yorkshire & the Humber & East Midlands)
- Broadband Stakeholder Group
- Small Business Service
Ministry of Defence - Armed Forces Personnel Administration Agency
- Army Base Repair Organisation Engineering service
- Defence Aviation Repair Agency
- Defence Bills Agency
- Defence Storage & Distribution Agency
- Hydrographic Office
- Meteorological Office
- Pay & Personnel Agency
- Warship Support Agency
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Categories: Stub | Geography of the United Kingdom ...
The Warship Support Agency was disbanded in 2005 as part of the Defence Logistics Organisation restructuring exercise. ...
- Government Office for London
- Standards Board for England
- Regional Assemblies (East of England, East Midlands, North East, North West, South East, South West, West Midlands, Yorkshire & the Humber)
- Regional Housing Boards (East of England, East Midlands, North East, North West, South East, South West, West Midlands, Yorkshire & the Humber)
- Regional Observatories (East of England Observatory, East Midlands Observatory, North East Regional Information Partnership, North West Regional Intelligence Unit, South East England Intelligence Network, South West, West Midlands, Yorkshire Futures)
The Standards Board for England was set up under the Local Government Act 2000. ...
Regional Assembly is a title which has universally been adopted by the English bodies established as regional chambers under the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998. ...
See also An Executive Agency is a British public institution that carries out some part of the executive functions of the United Kingdom government, Scottish Executive, Welsh Assembly and Northern Ireland Executive. ...
Her Majestys Government of the United Kingdom contains a number of Ministers and Secretaries of State these members of the Cabinet are supported by civil servants in Ministerial Departments. ...
// Executive Bodies The Scottish Executive is responsible for the following Executive NDPBs: Accounts Commission for Scotland Bòrd Gà idhlig na h-Alba Cairngorms National Park Authority Crofters Commission Deer Commission for Scotland Highlands & Islands Enterprise Learning & Teaching Scotland National Galleries of Scotland National Library of Scotland National Museums of...
This is a list of topics related to the United Kingdom. ...
Off-budget enterprises (OBEs, or special districts) are a type of government in the United States, the UK and the EU. OBEs use public funds to further public(as in education) or private(as in economic revitalizatio) interests. ...
A non-governmental organization (NGO) is a non-profit group or association that acts outside of institutionalized political structures and pursues matters of interest to its members by lobbying, persuasion, or direct action. ...
References Wettenhall, R 1981 'The quango phenomenon', Current Affairs Bulletin 57(10):14-22.
Notes - ^ Wettenhall, R 1981 'The quango phenomenon', Current Affairs Bulletin 57(10):14-22.]
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