INGO-Service was set up to receive voluntary financial contributions from INGOs with a view to financing certain INGO activities. INGO-Service acts on behalf
of the Conference of INGOs in accordance with Article 2.2.10 of the Rules of Procedure of the Conference of INGOs which it adopted on 25 June 2008 and amended
on 28 January 2009. Article 2.2.10 is set out below:
"It (the Standing Committee) co-ordinates work on administrative and financial questions affecting the Conference of INGOs and its Committees and
Transversal Groups, in consultation with the “INGO-Service”, which is the Conference’s internal financial management structure".