National Council

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National Council may refer to:

Contents 1 Conservation 2 Economics 3 Education 4 Politics 5 Racial Reconciliation 6 Religion 7 Science 8 Social aid 9 Unionization 10 Volunteering 11 Other 12 See also

[edit] Conservation

• National Council for Science and the Environment, a US-based non-profit organization which has a mission to improve the scientific basis for environmental decisionmaking
• National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens, a British registered charity

[edit] Economics

• National Competitiveness Council, an independent policy advisory body in the Republic of Ireland
• National Council of Welfare, a Canadian citizens' body
• National Council on Economic Education, a nationwide non-profit organization that leads in promoting economic and financial literacy
• National Economic Action Council, a main governing body which solved the economic crisis in Malaysia between 1996-1998
• National Economic Development Council, a corporatist economic planning forum set up in the 1962 in the United Kingdom to bring together management, trades unions and government in an attempt to address Britain's relative economic decline

[edit] Education

• Kenya National Examination Council, the national body responsible for overseeing national examination in Kenya
• National Assessment and Accreditation Council, an autonomous body funded by University Grants Commission of Government of India based in Bangalore
• National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, a council of educators created to ensure and raise the quality of preparation for their profession
• National council for the social studies, a US-based association devoted to supporting social studies education
• National Council for the Training of Journalists, an organisation that oversees the training of journalists for the newspaper industry in the United Kingdom
• National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying, a national non-profit organization composed of engineering and land surveying licensing boards representing all U.S. states and territories
• National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, the most influential organization in the United States promoting ceramics as an art form
• National Council on Educational Reform, a governmental organization in Japan

[edit] Politics

• Coorg National Council, a political party in the Indian state of Karnataka
• Estonian National Council, one of the oldest and largest Estonian central organisations in Sweden
• Federal National Council, the legislature of the United Arab Emirates
• Garo National Council, a political party in Meghalaya
• Iraqi National Dialogue Council, a Sunni Arab political party initally established as an umbrella organization of approximately 10 smaller Sunni parties to take part in the 2005 Iraqi Constitution drafting process
• National Advisory Council, an advisory body set up to monitor the implementation of the UPA government's manifesto
• National Council for the Defense of Democracy, a former ethnic Hutu rebel group that now functions as a political party in Burundi
• National Council of Austria, one of the two houses of the Federal Assembly of Austria
• National Council of La Raza, a non-profit, non-partisan political advocacy group in the United States
• National Council of Monaco, the parliament of the Principality of Monaco
• National Council of Namibia, the upper chamber of the country's bicameral Parliament
• National Council of Nepal, a national legislature
• National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons, a Nigerian political party from 1944 to 1966
• National Council of Provinces, the upper house of the Parliament of South Africa under the constitution which came into full effect in 1997
• National Council of Resistance of Iran, an Iranian exile organisation
• National Council of Switzerland, the large Chamber of the parliament
• National Council of the Slovak Republic, the parliament of Slovakia since 1 October 1992
• National Council of the Union of Burma, a liberal resistance organisation in Burma
• National Council of Venezuelan Indians, a political party in Venezuela
• National Council of Women's Organizations, an American non-profit political organization headed by Martha Burk
• National Electoral Council (Venezuela), the institution in charge of all electoral processes that take place in Venezuela
• National Operations Council, an emergency administrative body which attempted to restore law and order in Malaysia after the May 13 Incident in 1969
• National Peace Keeping Council, a Thai military junta that overthrew the the civilian elected government of Chatichai Choonhavan in 1991
• Palestinian National Council, the parliament in exile of the Palestinian people
• Provisional National Defence Council, the Ghanian government after the People's National Party's elected government was overthrown by Jerry Rawlings
• Sahrawi National Council, the legislature of the government in exile of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
• State National Council, a parliament-like political body formed in the late stages of the Second World War in the Soviet Union
• United African National Council, a party led by Abel Muzorewa

[edit] Racial Reconciliation

• Chinese Canadian National Council, an organization whose purpose is to monitor racial discrimination against Chinese in Canada
• Métis National Council, a national representative of the Métis people in Canada
• National Council for Combating Discrimination, an agency of the Romanian government
• National Council of American Soviet Friendship, the successor organisation to the National Council on Soviet Relations
• National Council on Canada-Arab Relations, a non-profit organization dedicated to building bridges of understanding and cooperation between Canada and the Arab world
• National Iranian American Council, a non-partisan, non-political, non-sectarian, and non-profit organization
• National Unification Council, a governmental body in the Republic of China on Taiwan whose aim is to promote unification with Mainland China

[edit] Religion

• National Council of Churches, a religious organization consisting of 35 Protestant, Anglican, Orthodox, African-American and historic Christian denominations in the United States
• National Council of Churches in Australia, an ecumenical organisation bringing together a number of Australia's Christian churches in dialogue and practical cooperation
• National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools, a nonprofit organization that promotes the use of its 300-page Bible curriculum in schools throughout the United States

[edit] Science

• National Science Council, the main governmental promotion and funding body for science research in Taiwan
• National Scientific and Technical Research Council, an Argentine government agency which directs and co-ordinates most of the scientific and technical research done in public universities and institutes

[edit] Social aid

• National Council of Women of Australia, an Australian organization founded in 1931
• National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, an American organization
• National Council on Compensation Insurance, a U.S. insurance rating and data collection bureau specializing in workers compensation
• National Council on Disability, an advisory board within the Department of Education
• National Council on Problem Gambling (Singapore), a council set up in Singapore on 31 August 2005 to address problem gambling
• National Temperance Council, a 1913 establishment

[edit] Unionization

• National Council of Trade Unions, a national trade union center in South Africa
• National Council of Unions of the Industrial and Lower Income Group of Government Workers, a national trade union center in Malaysia

[edit] Volunteering

• National Council for Voluntary Organisations, the umbrella body for the voluntary sector in England
• National Council of Jewish Women, a volunteer organization
• National Council of Negro Women, a voluntary non-profit membership organization with the mission to advance the opportunities and the quality of life for African American women, their families and communities

[edit] Other

• Australian National Kennel Council, the peak body in Australia responsible for promoting excellence in breeding, showing, trialling, obedience, and other canine-related activities
• Greek National Council for Radio and Television, an independent supervisory and regulatory administrative authority of the radio and television market
• National Advertising Review Council, an organization based in New York US that provides self-regulatory services to the American advertising industry
• National Chicken Council, the non-profit trade association representing the U.S. chicken industry
• National Council (Slovenia), the constitutional representative of social, economic, professional and local interest groups
• National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy, the most significant rebel group active in the Burundi Civil War
• National Council for the Maltese Language, an associate member of the European Federation of National Institutions for Language in the EU
• National Council for the Traditional Arts, a private, non-profit arts organization based in the United States that promotes the traditional arts
• National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, the professional association of architectural registration boards of the various states in the United States
• National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, a U.S. organization which seeks to formulate and widely disseminate information, guidance and recommendations on radiation protection
• National Crime Prevention Council, an American educational nonprofit organization whose mission is to enable people to create safer and more caring communities by addressing the causes of crime and violence
• National Fire Information Council, a United States agency that encourages and perpetuates the use of a standardized national incident reporting system as a means of addressing the nation's fire problem and related emergency services issues
• National Foreign Trade Council, a US-based business lobby group for free trade and multinational corporations
• National House Building Council, the National House Builders Registration Council in the United Kingdom
• National Intelligence Council, the center for midterm and long-term strategic thinking within the United States Intelligence Community
• National Multicultural Greek Council, an umbrella council for thirteen Multicultural Greek Letter Organizations established in 1998
• National Pan-Hellenic Council, an umbrella organization for nine historically-black, international Greek letter fraternities and sororities
• National Peace Council, the co-ordinating body for almost 200 groups across Britain
• National Safety Council, a not-for-profit safety organization that was chartered by the US government in 1913
• Singapore National Olympic Council, a registered society
• The National Council Against Health Fraud, a US-based organization

[edit] See also

• Armenian National Council
• National Arts Council
• National Council of Teachers
• National Economic Council (disambiguation)
• National Research Council
• National Security Council
• National Youth Council
• Slovak National Council