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<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>The Kurdish Cooperation Organization · glossary</title><link>https://kurds.global/glossary/</link><description>Published records of The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. Every value keeps its source and label.</description><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 23:10:41 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://kurds.global/glossary/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Community Cells</title><link>https://kurds.global/glossary/cell/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kurds.global/glossary/cell/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 23:10:41 GMT</pubDate><category>charter</category><description>Local cooperation units in a city, municipality, campus, professional network or community cluster. This is where individuals take part. Chartered by a Chapter. Strictly non-partisan.

Group: charter
Source: Charter, Charter Part VII, 7.1</description></item><item><title>Regional Chapters and Diaspora Chapters</title><link>https://kurds.global/glossary/chapter/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kurds.global/glossary/chapter/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 23:10:41 GMT</pubDate><category>charter</category><description>Recognised chapters serving a Region or a Diaspora District. Chartered by the Council after integrity review, ratified by the General Assembly.

Group: charter
Source: Charter, Charter Part VII, 7.1</description></item><item><title>Regional Delegations and Diaspora Delegations</title><link>https://kurds.global/glossary/delegation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kurds.global/glossary/delegation/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 23:10:41 GMT</pubDate><category>charter</category><description>Credentialed delegations to the General Assembly, from at least four groups: civil society, academia and professions, private sector and labour, and women and youth. Vote in the General Assembly. No party, faction or armed actor may hold more than a set share of seats.

Group: charter
Source: Charter, Charter Part VII, 7.1</description></item><item><title>Institutional Members</title><link>https://kurds.global/glossary/institutional/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kurds.global/glossary/institutional/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 23:10:41 GMT</pubDate><category>charter</category><description>Credentialed organisations admitted under the charter. Take part under conflict disclosure.

Group: charter
Source: Charter, Charter Part VII, 7.1</description></item><item><title>Observers</title><link>https://kurds.global/glossary/observer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kurds.global/glossary/observer/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 23:10:41 GMT</pubDate><category>charter</category><description>Participants without voting rights. No vote unless the charter grants it.

Group: charter
Source: Charter, Charter Part VII, 7.1</description></item><item><title>Forming</title><link>https://kurds.global/glossary/forming/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kurds.global/glossary/forming/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 23:10:41 GMT</pubDate><category>states</category><description>A Community Cell, Chapter or programme that is being formed and is not yet chartered or recognised. Only the charter's organs grant recognition.

Group: states
Source: Charter</description></item><item><title>In preparation</title><link>https://kurds.global/glossary/in-preparation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kurds.global/glossary/in-preparation/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 23:10:41 GMT</pubDate><category>states</category><description>A page, guide, dossier or service that is planned and not yet written or reviewed. Its page states what is still missing.

Group: states
Source: Network method</description></item><item><title>Verified (label)</title><link>https://kurds.global/glossary/verified/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kurds.global/glossary/verified/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 23:10:41 GMT</pubDate><category>labels</category><description>A figure or claim read at its primary source by a steward or checkers from at least two communities.

Group: labels
Source: Network method</description></item><item><title>Secondary (label)</title><link>https://kurds.global/glossary/secondary/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kurds.global/glossary/secondary/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 23:10:41 GMT</pubDate><category>labels</category><description>A figure or claim cited through a reviewed work rather than read at its primary source.

Group: labels
Source: Network method</description></item><item><title>To verify (label)</title><link>https://kurds.global/glossary/to-verify/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kurds.global/glossary/to-verify/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 23:10:41 GMT</pubDate><category>labels</category><description>A figure or claim whose source has not yet been read; it stays in the verification queue.

Group: labels
Source: Network method</description></item><item><title>Measure</title><link>https://kurds.global/glossary/measure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kurds.global/glossary/measure/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 23:10:41 GMT</pubDate><category>method</category><description>What a figure counts: a stock (people at one date), a flow (movement over a period), remittances (money), a proxy (a country of origin standing in for a community). Figures of different measures are never added.

Group: method
Source: Network method</description></item><item><title>Proxy</title><link>https://kurds.global/glossary/proxy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kurds.global/glossary/proxy/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 23:10:41 GMT</pubDate><category>method</category><description>A measure that stands in for the community because statistics do not count it directly, for example a country of origin. A proxy is named as a proxy.

Group: method
Source: Network method</description></item><item><title>UN M49</title><link>https://kurds.global/glossary/un-m49/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kurds.global/glossary/un-m49/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 23:10:41 GMT</pubDate><category>standards</category><description>The United Nations Statistics Division's standard country and area codes for statistical use; the networks list countries and areas by it.

Group: standards
Source: UN Statistics Division, Standard country or area codes (M49)</description></item><item><title>ISO 3166-2</title><link>https://kurds.global/glossary/iso-3166-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kurds.global/glossary/iso-3166-2/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 23:10:41 GMT</pubDate><category>standards</category><description>The ISO standard for codes of country subdivisions; first-level units carry their ISO 3166-2 code, read from the iso-codes package with its version and check date.

Group: standards
Source: ISO 3166-2</description></item><item><title>COD-AB</title><link>https://kurds.global/glossary/cod-ab/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kurds.global/glossary/cod-ab/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 23:10:41 GMT</pubDate><category>standards</category><description>OCHA's Common Operational Datasets for administrative boundaries; the networks' first source for subdivisions where it exists.

Group: standards
Source: OCHA Humanitarian Data Exchange</description></item><item><title>H3 cell</title><link>https://kurds.global/glossary/h3/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kurds.global/glossary/h3/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 23:10:41 GMT</pubDate><category>standards</category><description>A cell of Uber's open hexagonal hierarchical geospatial index; the networks aggregate pages, bodies and events per cell, never people.

Group: standards
Source: H3 (Apache 2.0)</description></item><item><title>Sponsorship</title><link>https://kurds.global/glossary/sponsorship/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kurds.global/glossary/sponsorship/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 23:10:41 GMT</pubDate><category>charter</category><description>The only form of support the networks accept. No donations in any form.

Group: charter
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