The Membership is the guiding force of the NGO Forum. There are currently 73 full member organi-sations and 2 associate members. Full member organisations of the NGO Forum are NGOs operating in Cambodia that commit themselves to participating in Management Committee elections, contributing to discussions at Quarterly Members Meetings and the Annual General Meeting, and contributing to specific advocacy activities and/or paying a nominal membership fee. Associate membership exists for other types of organisations that wish to contribute to the NGO Forum, but these organisations do not have voting rights.

The Management Committee is a group of seven individuals elected from among the full member organisations, and is the decision making body of the NGO Forum. It is elected at the Annual General Meeting or Quarterly Members Meeting and meets monthly. The term of each Management Committee member is two years, with possible extension for another term if s/he is re-elected.

The Forums promote information sharing and debate among NGOs on issues of importance to Cambodia’s development. Forums may suggest plans and activities to strengthen advocacy on particular issues. Their membership is relatively open. There are currently three permanent forums on: Environment, Development, and Gender respectively. Usually, further work on issues raised is carried out in smaller, more focussed working groups.

Networks and working groups are groups dedicated to a particular task. They may be a relatively permanent group such as the networks on Forestry and Plantations, Pesticide Reduction, or Sesan River Protection, Land Law Implementation, Resettlement and Indigenous Minority Rights. Alternatively, a working group may be an adhoc group that comes together to organise a particular activity, workshop or event. Examples include working groups preparing events such as International Women’s Day and National Environment Day.

Under each of the NGO Forum’s programmes, there are projects, which help to organise and provide resources to each of the forums, networks and working groups.

The forums, networks and working groups are not limited to member organisations of the NGO Forum. Their membership are nevertheless subject to the approval of the Management Committee.