A non-governmental organization (NGO) is any non-profit, voluntary citizens' group which is organized on a local, national or international level.
Task-oriented and driven by people with a common interest, NGOs perform a variety of service and humanitarian functions, bringing citizen concerns to Governments.
Some are organized around specific issues, such as human rights, environment or health.
Examples of Non-Government Organizations: Red Cross, Doctors without Borders, UNICEF, Free the children, Green peace, Olympics, World Vision.
A government Organization (GO)or Public agency, is often a government appointed group, it can be a permanent or semi-permanent organization and is funded by the government.
A government agency may be created by either a national government or a state government within a federal system.
GO's can be created by legislation (laws) or by executive powers. The freedom , independence and accountability of GO's vary widely.
Examples of Government Organizations: United Nations, NATO, APEC, G8, WHO, Arctic Council, WTO, G20, Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART)
The term GO, NGO had become established by the late 1980s, and it was suggested that it was first introduced by a group of Indonesian non-governmental organizations.
Most contemporary attempts to understand GO NGOs have come from studies of authoritarian contexts, where these organizations have proliferated as a deliberative strategy by the state to have a (corporatist) mechanism that feeds directly into a grassroots civic space. It is thus unsurprising that the current theorizing on the nature of GO NGOs primarily highlights their role in undermining liberal democratic values. The Chinese Communist Party's United Front system is an example of such use of GO NGOs.
A GO NGO can be created for any sound political or social purpose, however, in reality, it would be functioning as a mechanism of the government to further its domestic political interests and realize its economic and foreign policy objectives. Sometimes, GO NGOs are created to solicit international aid, or mitigate specific humanitarian issues.Though not necessarily confined to developing countries, most often, GO NGOs are set up by undemocratic governments to maintain some level of control of a GO NGO's personnel, purpose, operation or activities.This control is often not seen in a positive light, as it compromises the spirit of an NGO by introducing hidden actors and withholding the government's intentions from the public.
WRITER: SANIYA ANSARI
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