---
title: "Board Governance for NGOs"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/non-profit-and-ngo-law-en/board-governance-for-ngos-en"
field: "Non-Profit & NGO Law"
description: "Board governance for NGOs in Georgia: authorities, control, property and liquidation under the Civil Code. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-07-09"
updated: "2026-10-19"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Board Governance for NGOs

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/non-profit-and-ngo-law-en/board-governance-for-ngos-en

## The Legal Framework of NGO Board Governance

Board governance of a non-governmental organization in Georgia is regulated by four norms of the Civil Code: governance and representation (Article 35), state control over activity and the response to entrepreneurial drift (Article 33), the purpose test for disposing of property (Article 36), and the rules of reorganization and liquidation (Article 38). These four form precisely the frame in which a board works: who holds which authority, what befalls the organization when governance errs, and how its life ends.

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### Who governs?

One person or several jointly; by default governance includes representation.

### Entrepreneurial drift?

Court suspension or prohibition.

### Property distribution?

Prohibited among founders and officers.

### Form change?

Only by conversion into a public-law person.