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- Dictionaryquango/ˈkwaŋɡəʊ/
noun
- 1. a semi-public administrative body outside the civil service but receiving financial support from the government, which makes senior appointments to it. derogatory British
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A quango or QUANGO (less often QuANGO or QANGO) is an organisation to which a government has devolved power, but which is still partly controlled and/or financed by government bodies.
abbreviation for quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization: in the UK, an organization established by a government to consider a subject of public importance, which is independent from the government: Her consultancy has just prepared a report for the Carbon Trust (a quango promoting a low-carbon future ).
Oct 14, 2010 · A quango is a quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation funded by taxpayers but not controlled by central government. The UK government has announced that 192 quangos will be axed or their functions transferred to other bodies.
A quango is a partly autonomous regulatory agency, especially one in Britain organized outside the civil service but financed and appointed by the government. Learn more about the word history, examples, and related terms of quango from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Quango is an acronym used especially in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Quangos are arms-length bodies funded by government departments but not run by them. They are given power and paid for by government departments. They were invented because most government departments do two rather different jobs.
In Britain, a quango is a committee which is appointed by the government but works independently. A quango has responsibility for a particular area of activity, for example the giving of government grants to arts organizations.
(quango) A form of organization used when it is desired to provide government finance for an activity without making the day-to-day details of its operations subject to direct political control, and without making government ministers responsible for them.
