National Council

'''National Council''' may refer to: {{TOC right}}

==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 decision-making * National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens, former name of Plant Heritage, a British registered charity

==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 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

==Education== * Kenya National Examinations 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 of Educational Research and Training, Indian governmental organization for school textbooks * 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 * National Council for Teacher Education, a governmental organization in India * National Council on Teacher Quality, a Washington D.C.–based think tank that advocates for tougher teacher evaluations

==Politics== * Estonian National Council, one of the oldest and largest Estonian central organisations in Sweden * Jewish National Council, executive body of the Jewish community in Mandatory Palestine * National Advisory Council (NAC) of India, an advisory body set up, during the First and Second Manmohan Singh ministries to monitor the implementation of the United Progressive Alliance government's manifesto * National Councils, local government institutions of the Polish People's Republic from 1952 to 1990 * National Council of Administration, a former executive body in Uruguay (1919–1933) * National Council of La Raza, a non-profit, non-partisan political advocacy group in the United States, now known as UnidosUS * National Council of Resistance of Iran, an Iranian exile organisation * National Council of the Union of Burma, a liberal resistance organisation in Myanmar * National Council of Women's Organizations, an American non-profit political organization headed by Martha Burk * National Council of American–Soviet Friendship, the successor organisation to the National Council on Soviet Relations * 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 civilian elected government of Chatichai Choonhavan in 1991 * National Council (Vichy Government)

=== Political parties=== * Assam Jatiya Parishad ({{lit|Assam National Council}}), a political party in Assam, India * Codava National Council, a political party in the Indian state of Karnataka * Garo National Council, a political party in Meghalaya, India * Iraqi National Dialogue Council, a Sunni Arab political party initially established as an umbrella organization of approximately 10 smaller Sunni parties to take part in the 2005 Iraqi Constitution drafting process * National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons, a Nigerian political party from 1944 to 1966 * National Council for the Defense of Democracy, a former ethnic Hutu rebel group that now functions as a political party in Burundi * National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy, another former rebel group and current political party in Burundi * National Council of Venezuelan Indians, a political party in Venezuela * United African National Council, a party led by Abel Muzorewa

=== Legislative bodies === * Federal National Council, the legislature of the United Arab Emirates * National Council, the second chamber of the National Assembly of Estonia from 1938 to 1940 * National Council (Austria), one of the two houses of the Austrian parliament * National Council (Bhutan), the upper chamber of the parliament of the Kingdom of Bhutan * National Council (Greece), short-lived legislative body convened by the National Liberation Front in Greece in May 1944 * Czech National Council * National Council (East Timor), a deliberative body in United Nations Administered East Timor * National Council (Monaco), the parliament of the Principality of Monaco * National Council (Namibia), the upper chamber of the country's bicameral Parliament * National Council (Nepal), a national legislature * 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 (Switzerland), the large Chamber of the parliament * National Council (Slovakia), the parliament of Slovakia since 1 October 1992 * National Council of Turkmenistan, a defunct parliament of Turkmenistan * Palestinian National Council, the parliament in exile of the Palestinian people * Provisional National Defence Council, the Ghanaian 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

===Unification=== * National Unification Advisory Council, a constitutional governmental organization to advise the President of South Korea on the formulation of Korean peaceful unification policy * National Unification Council, a governmental body in the Republic of China on Taiwan whose aim is to promote unification with Mainland China

===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 on Canada-Arab Relations, a non-profit organization dedicated to building bridges of understanding and cooperation between Canada and the Arab world

==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

==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

==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

==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

==Volunteering== * Boy Scouts of America National Council * 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

==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, former name of Advertising Self-Regulatory 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 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 * National Council Against Health Fraud, a US-based organization

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