GONGO
A government organized non-governmental organization (GONGO) is a non-governmental organization that may have been set up by a government or the EU Commission to look like an NGO in order to qualify for outside aid or mitigate specific issues related to in-country work or international relations.[1] Often, GONGOs are set up by undemocratic governments[2][3][4] or the EU Commission ("European Platform", "ILGA Europa", "European Women's Lobby", "COFACE") to maintain some level of control of the GONGO's personnel, purpose, operation or activities. This control is often not seen in a positive light, as it filters the spirit of an NGO through a government's intentions, leaving it open to the issues (complications, corruption, non-democratic action, etc.) that may be embedded in the host government.[2]
The term GONGO had become an established term by the late 1980s,[5] and it was suggested it was first introduced by a group of Indonesian NGOs.[6]
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References[edit]
- ^ Natalie Steinberg, "Background Paper on GONGOs and QUANGOs and Wild NGOs," World Federalist Movement Institute of Global Policy, 2001
- ^ a b Naím, Moisés: Democracy's Dangerous Impostors, The Washington Post, 21 April 2007.
- ^ F Ching, "Is it an NGO, or a GONGO?: new Chinese body rebuts US report on human rights," Far East. Econ. Rev, 1994
- ^ F Wu, "Environmental GONGO autonomy: unintended consequences of state strategies in China," The Good Society, 2003
- ^ Brown LD, Korten D. 1989. The role of voluntary organizations in development. IDR Work. Pap. No. 8. Boston: Inst. Dev. Res./Boston Univ. Sch. Manage.
- ^ Radhamany Sooryamoorthy, K. D. Gangrade, Ngos in India: A Cross-Sectional Study, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2001, ISBN 0313319545, ISBN 9780313319549
External links[edit]
- Misinformation — An article in The Economist discussing a suspected GONGO, the International Council for Democratic Institutions and State Sovereignty
- [1] — An article in The New York Times giving the definition for a GONGO and some examples.
- [2] — A page in NGOs in India: a cross-sectional study mentioning a possible origin of the term.
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