PIANGO’s membership is made up of national bodies called National Liaison Units (NLUs). These are organisations or networks of NGOs which are broadly representative of NGOs in their country. With one NLU per country or territory, each NLU has one vote in the PIANGO Council. Where there is no NLU, interim membership may be issued to an NGO group working to establish an NLU.
PIANGO currently has NLUs and Interim members in 21 Pacific countries and non-self-governing territories.
Country |
National Liaison Unit |
Australia | ACFID – Australian Council for International Development |
American Samoa | American Samoa Association of NGOs (ASANGO) |
Cook Islands | CICSO – Cook Islands Civil Society Organisation |
Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) | FANGO – Federated States of Micronesia Association of NGOs |
Fiji | FCOSS – Fiji Council of Social Services |
Guam | Pay’uta |
Kiribati | KANGO – Kiribati Association of NGOs |
Marshall Islands | MICNGOs – Marshall Islands Council of NGOs |
Nauru | NIANGO – Nauru Island Association of NGOs |
New Caledonia / Kanaky | UTLN Kanaky – Unité Territoriale de Liaison de Nouvelle-Calédonie Kanaky |
New Zealand / Aotearoa | CID – Council for International Development |
Niue | NIANGO – Niue Association of NGOs |
Papua New Guinea | PNGCSOF – Papua New Guinea Civil Society Forum (Interim NLU) |
Samoa | SUNGO – Samoa Umbrella of NGOs |
Solomon Islands | DSE – Development Services Exchange |
Tahiti | Hiti Tau |
Tonga | CSFT – Civil Society Forum of Tonga |
Tuvalu | TANGO – Tuvalu Association of NGOs |
Vanuatu | VANGO – Vanuatu Association of NGO |
Country |
Interim Member |
Bougainville | Nikana Ma’atara |
East Timor | FONGTIL – Forum NGO Timor Leste |
Palau | PCAA – Palau Community Action Agency |
Wallis and Futuna | Association Culturelle de Vailala |
West Papua | |
Country |
Observers |
Hawaii |