Autonomous Bodies

Autonomous bodies are the conductors of NU's policies related to a certain group of society. They are:

1. Nahdlatul Ulama Sufism Practitioners Organaation .

Main programs:
1. Study on religious and sufism.
2. Dissemination of admitted sufis teachings among NU's members.
3. Guiding Sufis practices among Nahdliyin (NU followers).

Organization networks:
15 Regions
200 Branches

2. Nahdlatul Ulama Women Organization

Main programs:
1. Cadre and organization development.
2. Study on social and women issues.
3. Women resource development.
4. Development of vocational education.
5. Development of social services and women advocacy.

Organization networks:
31 Regions
339 Branches
2.650 Sub-branches

Service networks:
49 hospitals/polyclinics
8.522 kindergartens
247 cooperation (An-Nisa cooperation)
Tens of orphan and children houses, woman dormitories, and Vocational Training Halls throughout the country.

3. Ansor Youth Movement

Main programs:
1. Cadre and organization development.
2. Development of nationalism.
3. Human resource development.
4. Advancement of cooperation networks with national and international organizations.

Organization networks:
30 Regions
337 Branches

Service networks: .
INKOWINA (National Entrepreneurship Central Cooperation)

4. Nahdlatul Ulama Young Women Organization

Main programs:
1. Cadre and organization development.
2. Social and youth studies.
3. Training and counseling of public healthy.
4. Social crisis resolution.

Organization networks:
27 Regions
334 Branches

5. Nahdlatul Ulama Students Association

Programs:
1. Cadre and organization development.
2. Study on social issues.
3. Development of student's creativity related to scientific quality and social sensibility improvement.
4. Scholarship fund raising for disadvantaged and drop-out students.
5. Education and advocacy development for teenagers with social problems.

Organization networks:
27 Regions
265 Branches

Service networks:
KOPUTRA (Motherland's Son Coopera¬tion)

6. Nahdlatul Ulama Girl Students Association

Programs:
1. Cadre and organization development.
2. Socio-religious, teenagers, and student affairs study.
3. Health education and services for teenagers.
4. Education services for drop out student.

Organization networks:
26 Regions
316 Branches

7. Nahdlatul Ulama Scholars Association

Programs:
1. Mapping and developing NU educated cadres potency.
2. Maximizing role and social mobility of NU members.
3. Studying national issues.
4. Developing intellectual networks, in national and international scale.

Organization networks:
5 Regions
17 Branches

8. Indonesian Muslim Trade Union (SARBUMUSI)

Programs:
1. Organizational development.
2. Study on labor affairs.
3. Training of laborer.
4. Laborer advocacy and protection.
5. Improvement of the prosperity of laborers and their family.

Organization networks:
14 Regions
342 Branches
135 GBLP (Work Labor Movement)

In addition to 13 institutes, 5 committees, and 5 autonomous bodies, the Central Board of NU has an institution called as Center for Strategic Policy Studies (CSPS) whose duty to study issues which are related to government's strategic policy.

Committees

Committees are special bodies dealing with special NU programs. They are;

1. Committee of Astrology

Main programs:
1. Religious studies related to astrology.
2. Training and services for information of astrology.
3. NU calendar publication.

Organization networks:
5 Regions

2. Committee of Authorship and Publication

Main programs:
1. Studies on NU and social issues.
2. Writing and publishing books about NU.
3. Mass-media publication.

Organization networks:
16 Regions

Service networks:
2 News Tabloids (WARTA and TABLOID MASA)
1 Daily Newspaper (DUTA MASYARAKAT)
NU Online*

3. Committee of Waqaf

Main programs:
1. Study on waqaf issues.
2. Improvement of management quality of NU's waqaf properties.

Organization networks:
27 Regions
More than 100 Branches

4. Committee of Zakat, Infaq, and Shadaqah

Main programs:
1. Study on zakat, infaq, and shadaqah issues.
2. Improvement of effective management for zakat, infaq, and shadaqah.

Organization networks:
27 Regions
More than 150 Branches

5. Committee of Islamic Religious Problems Solving

Main programs:
1. Study on actual social issues.
2. Formulation and dissemination of Islamic judicial sentence.
3. Improvement of standardization of Islamic judicial reference books.

Organization networks:
31 Regions
339 Branches

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*NU Online portal is an inseparable part of NU INFORS grand design programmed by central, district, branch level and community of NU. The grand design has a number of strategic functions in strengthening NU organization internally and externally as well as simultaneously. First, as a public relation media. Second, as a religious social organization having center-district systemic structure, NU is potential to build strong com­munication and information network. Thirdly, the grand design reinforces organizational information network internally and externally. Fourth, as a database centre ofNU document prop­erly some potential treasury, pesantren and citizen amount, scientific writing, NU decision, ulema (Muslim leaders) research results, and others. Data capacity of the server up to 500 G B and double layer firewall will be able to support those functions.

Main program of NU Online
1. Stimulating TI implementation
2. Strengthening information network
3. Facilitating thought development
4. Developing data base
5. Developing interrelation institution
6. Consolidating organization

Organization network:
- 31 districts
- 339 branches - 12 special branch boards

There have been many special branch board of NU throughout the world like Britain, Egypt, Syria, Sudan, India, Malaysia, USA. While the other has continually been developed.

Institution

Institutions are the executor of NU's policies related to particular field. They are:

1. Islamic Preaching Institution of Nahdlatul Ulama (LDNU)

Main programs:
1. Organization and human resource development in the field of Islamic preaching.
2. Inter-religious harmony development.
3. Dissemination of Islamic teachings suitable with the spirit of Ahlussunnah waljama'ah.
4. Mobilization for social activities.

Organization networks:
28 Regions
328 Branches

2. Ma'arif Educational Institution of Nahdlatul Ulama (LP Ma'arif NU)

Main programs:
1. Human Resource development and educational study.
2. School management development conducive for people-based education.
3. Educational curriculum development that can integrate mixture of high science and good conduct.
4. Social network development related to world of education.

Organization networks:
20 Regions
117 Branches

Service networks:
3.885 Kindergartens
197 Elementary Schools and 3.861 Islamic Elementary Schools
378 Junior High Schools and 733 Islamic Junior High Schools
211 Senior High Schools and 212 Islamic Senior High Schools
44 Universities and 23 Academies/ Colleges

3. Mabarrot Social Charity Institution of Nahdlatul Ulama

Main programs:
1. Social issues studies.
2. Social service development.
3. Fund raising and distribution for catastrophe victims and social objectives. 4. Development of social crisis resolution institutions.

Organization networks:
27 Regions
More then 100 Branches

4. Economic Institution of Nahdlatul Ulama

Main programs:
1. Economics studies.
2. Mapping of economics potency of NU members.
3. People economics empowerment.
4. Entrepreneurship training.

Organization networks:
24 Regions
207 Branches

5. Agriculture Development Institution of Nahdlatul Ulama

Main programs:
1. Agricultural studies.
2. Living resource development.
3. Agricultural development and advocacy.
4. Development of agribusiness.

Organization networks:
19 Regions
140 Branches

6. Pesantren Association

Main programs:
1. Religious and pesantren studies.
2. Educational quality development of pesantren.
3. Pesantren empowerment on social affairs.
4. Empowerment of pesantren economics institution.

Organization networks:
27 Regions
323 Branches

Service networks:
6.830 pesantrens

7. Nahdlatul Ulama Welfare Family Institution

Main programs:
1. Socio-religious studies.
2. Family planning services.
3. Services for social hygiene.
4. Population and environment advocacy.

Organization networks:
22 Regions
More than 50 Branches

8. Indonesian Mosques Management Association

Main programs:
1. Mosque management development
2. Development of religious ritual activities.
3. Mosque social function development.

Organization networks:
- 16 Regions

9. Institute for Human Resource Study and Development

Main programs:
1. Socio-religious, cultural, and economics studies.
2. People creativity and productivity improvement
3. Training of strategic planning.
4. Program development of special sector.

Organization networks:
16 Regions
More than 60 Branches

10. Labor Force Development Institution of Nahdlatul Ulama

Main programs:
1. Labor force studies.
2. Preparing skilled workers.
3. Labor force training and advocacy.
4. Improvement of workers prosperity.

Organization networks:
20 Regions
53 Branches

11. Legal Advice and Aid Institution of Nahdlatul Ulama

Main programs:
1. Legal issues studies.
2. Lawyer education.
3. Legal advocacy.
4. Law and human rights enforcement campaign.

Organization networks:
1 Regions
7 Branches

12. Pagar Nusa Martial Art Institution

Main programs:
1. Pencak silat training.
2. NU security guard development and training.
3. Humanitarian and social works development.

Organization networks:
15 Regions
110 Branches

13. Quran Readers and Reciters Association

Main programs:
1. Study and development of the art of reading the Quran.
2. Education of reading the Quran.
3. Human resource development in the field of the Quran recitation.
4. Holding the Quran festival.

Organization networks:
27 Regions
339 Branches