Duties and responsibilities of the Department for Non-Governmental Organizations are as follows:

1. Administers policies related to registration, financial reporting and cooperation with relevant institutions and NGOs.
2. Accepts, analyses and decides on NGO registration applications;
3. Accepts, reviews and decides on NGO public benefit status (PBS) applications;
4. Issues certificates for registration and PBS of NGOs;
5. Receives and analyses annual reports on NGO financial statements;
6. Administers the database for registered NGOs.

The following Divisions are part of this Department:

1. Division for NGO Registration;
2. Division for Financial Reporting of NGOs.