{"code":"TC-26","label":"GONGO Institutional Operations","category":"GONGO","definition":"Existing government-organized NGOs are deployed to perform institutional functions that serve the restriction campaign: issuing formal statements that provide legitimizing cover for government positions on civil society; occupying civic space through disproportionate public grant funding that crowds out independent CSOs; or participating in state consultation processes as proxies for genuine civil society input. The GONGO exists prior to the incident — TC-26 covers its operational deployment. Distinct from TC-28 (Phantom GONGO Weaponization/Creation), where a new entity is created specifically to target a sector or activist group.","needs_review":false,"instrument_type":"GONGO","detection_signal":"Formal statements from organizations in GONGO registry supporting government position on CSOs; politically connected organizations receiving disproportionate public grant funding; GONGOs included in legislative working groups as substitutes for independent civil society; GONGO participation in international forums to crowd out independent CSO voices."}