3.6 Criteria for types E-H
The effect of this policy is noted below for each of the organizational features mentioned above.
1. Aims If the title of the organization suggests that the aims may be international in character, it is included. This applies whether or not the activities are concerned with a particular subnational geographical area or with the link between a particular country and one or more other countries. Organizations which are obviously bilateral are excluded (except in the case of intergovernmental bodies), although national or bilateral organizations with international programmes (eg aid programmes) may be included. Organizations whose titles mention the name of an individual, another organization or a place are included here even though they would otherwise be included in Types A to D.
2. Members If the title of an organization suggests that its membership may be international in character, it is included. Bodies which are clearly national in character are however excluded even if they have foreign members (except where such bodies are recognized as having international significance by an intergovernmental organization for purposes of consultation). No account is taken of the manner in which members participate in the control of the organization, if at all. Non-membership organizations may therefore be included.
3. Structure No account is taken of the formal structure, if any. Informal social movements and ad hoc bodies are, however, excluded unless there is a permanent office and continuity over a period of more that a year. A series of periodic meetings may be included as a "discontinuous body".
4. Officers No account is taken of the nationality of the elected or appointed officers of the organization.
5. Finance No account is taken of the source of the organization's finance. National foundations distributing funds internationally may therefore be included. Profit-making organizations may be included but only when they appear (from the title) to be non-profit-making (and international) in character; multinational governmental enterprises are included. Liner/shipping/freight conferences are only included when the name could be confused with a conventional organization.
6. Relations with other organizations Bodies which have some special organic or legal connection to another organization (by which they may have been created) are included here rather than in Types A to D. This applies particularly to functional and regional bodies of large organizations, but normally only when the title would appear to imply that they are independent, or where the degree of autonomy is unclear. International non-governmental bodies specially created to coordinate commercial, industrial or professional interests within a Common Market (eg the many such bodies within the European Community countries) are included here for two reasons: first, to the extent that such communities constitute emerging federations, the non-governmental bodies lose their international character; second, some of them are merely subcommittees of other bodies with wider geographical membership.
7. Activities Evidence of current activity must be available. Organizations which have been in Types A to D at some stage but have since become inactive or have ceased to exist are however included. Organizations in process of formation may also be included.
8. Other criteria As in the case of Types A to D, no stipulations are made as to the size or "importance", whether in terms of number of members, degree of activity or financial strength. No organizations are excluded on political or ideological grounds, nor are field of interest or activity taken into consideration. The geographical location of the headquarters and the terminology used in the organization's name have likewise been held to be irrelevant. In particular:
1. Aims If the title of the organization suggests that the aims may be international in character, it is included. This applies whether or not the activities are concerned with a particular subnational geographical area or with the link between a particular country and one or more other countries. Organizations which are obviously bilateral are excluded (except in the case of intergovernmental bodies), although national or bilateral organizations with international programmes (eg aid programmes) may be included. Organizations whose titles mention the name of an individual, another organization or a place are included here even though they would otherwise be included in Types A to D.
2. Members If the title of an organization suggests that its membership may be international in character, it is included. Bodies which are clearly national in character are however excluded even if they have foreign members (except where such bodies are recognized as having international significance by an intergovernmental organization for purposes of consultation). No account is taken of the manner in which members participate in the control of the organization, if at all. Non-membership organizations may therefore be included.
3. Structure No account is taken of the formal structure, if any. Informal social movements and ad hoc bodies are, however, excluded unless there is a permanent office and continuity over a period of more that a year. A series of periodic meetings may be included as a "discontinuous body".
4. Officers No account is taken of the nationality of the elected or appointed officers of the organization.
5. Finance No account is taken of the source of the organization's finance. National foundations distributing funds internationally may therefore be included. Profit-making organizations may be included but only when they appear (from the title) to be non-profit-making (and international) in character; multinational governmental enterprises are included. Liner/shipping/freight conferences are only included when the name could be confused with a conventional organization.
6. Relations with other organizations Bodies which have some special organic or legal connection to another organization (by which they may have been created) are included here rather than in Types A to D. This applies particularly to functional and regional bodies of large organizations, but normally only when the title would appear to imply that they are independent, or where the degree of autonomy is unclear. International non-governmental bodies specially created to coordinate commercial, industrial or professional interests within a Common Market (eg the many such bodies within the European Community countries) are included here for two reasons: first, to the extent that such communities constitute emerging federations, the non-governmental bodies lose their international character; second, some of them are merely subcommittees of other bodies with wider geographical membership.
7. Activities Evidence of current activity must be available. Organizations which have been in Types A to D at some stage but have since become inactive or have ceased to exist are however included. Organizations in process of formation may also be included.
8. Other criteria As in the case of Types A to D, no stipulations are made as to the size or "importance", whether in terms of number of members, degree of activity or financial strength. No organizations are excluded on political or ideological grounds, nor are field of interest or activity taken into consideration. The geographical location of the headquarters and the terminology used in the organization's name have likewise been held to be irrelevant. In particular:
- all organizations incorporating the name of another organization, or a place name, or a person's name, in their titles are located in Type E (with the exception of some intergovernmental bodies)
- all banks, foundations and funds are located in Type F
- organizations whose names include a saint's name (unless they are religious orders and therefore allocated to Type R), together with any unconventional structures, are located in Type F
