A government organized non-governmental organization (GONGO) is a non-governmental organization that may have been set up by a government or the EU Commission to look like an NGO in order to qualify for outside aid or mitigate specific issues related to in-country work or international relations.Natalie Steinberg, "Background Paper on GONGOs and QUANGOs and Wild NGOs," World Federalist Movement Institute of Global Policy, 2001 Often, GONGOs are set up by undemocratic governmentsF Ching, "Is it an NGO, or a GONGO?