International non-governmental organisations: a conceptual discussion

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This paper aims at evidencing how international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) are managing to be heard, recognized and trusted in order to insert the civil society into international fora of decision-making. As both the literature and the topic are vast, this paper focuses on contributing to the current state-of-the-art of international relations by introducing a conceptual discussion on the key elements present in INGOs which have authoritative legitimacy to influence global governance.