Quango

Quango or qango is an acronym meaning quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation used chiefly in the United Kingdom and Ireland, but also elsewhere, to label an organization to which government has devolved power. In the United Kingdom the official term is "non-departmental public body" or NDPB. International Organization for Standardization, which is a network of the national standards institutes of countries and Forestry Commission, which is a non-ministerial government department responsible for forestry in Great Britain can be a form of Quango.