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Introduction Quiz Slides
Introduction Quiz Slides
Karishma Nair
Week 2
Session 1
Non-Governmental Organization
(NGO)
- The term, "non-governmental organization" or NGO,
- came into use in 1945 because of the need for the UN
to differentiate in its Charter between participation rights
for intergovernmental specialized agencies and those for
international private organizations.
Medium sized: This includes less than 50 full time staff members and a
budget between 100,000 – 250,000 USD
Large sized: These include more than a hundred full time staff members
and a budget greater than 250,000 USD per year based on project grants
from several national and international sources and coverage spreading
over several states, if not complete coverage of a large state itself.
Most NGOs will depend on donors unless they have been set
up by their own founders fund provisions. Some large
companies are setting up their own NGO operations by
channeling their Corporate Social Responsibility funds.
NGO ENVIRONMENT