Efforts are being made to persuade other provincial and district governments to establish women's bureaus or units, particularly after the implementation in 2001 of Law No. 22 of 1999 on Local Government which provides for more autonomy to local government bodies regarding the structure of provincial and district governments.

In a collaborative effort, the Mission, the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development and local government authorities and civil society groups have launched an ongoing mediation initiative aimed at settling outstanding disputes at the provincial and district levels.

A central feature of the renewed decentralization initiative is the District Assemblies that are now seen as the local agent of change rather than the government.

The decentralization of Government and the creation of new structures at the district level have enhanced participation in governance and the exercise of political rights at the local level.

At the local level, UNDP and the United Nations Capital Development Fund helped the Ministry of Internal Administration to pilot a decentralized government programme, under which seven local assemblies were established in Bobonaro district to serve as the centre for local planning and decision making processes.

After all that local water districts had spent on the project, including 63 million from his water district, This is to be expected that the state would use government money to close out planning, said Bob Muir, spokesman for the LA based water district.

Mr. Ho O Bom (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) said that the Ministry of Procurement and Food Administration was a central government organ that ran local and district food distribution centres.

The local school, clinic hospital, district court, mosque as well as other buildings were destroyed.

Unconfirmed local reports say three civilians also died in the incident in the city's Qarabagh district.

The Ministry of Local Government and Community Development and local councils, in collaboration with UNAMSIL and civil society organizations, have started a new mediation initiative at the provincial and district level aimed at settling outstanding disputes among chiefdoms by the end of the Mission's mandate.

Local LWV organizations monitor their local government meetings and address local issues.

Similar committees were also established at the provincial and district levels, chaired by respective heads of local governments.

They also supported, in close cooperation with local police officers, anti drug theatre performances in the Zugdidi district and assisted in establishing regional and district community policing and crime prevention committees.

It assigns responsibility for local matters to a local government.

The Local Government Ordinance, 2001, governs elections to the local bodies.

Women in local government councils

In parallel, great emphasis was placed upon strengthening the capacity of local prosecutors working at the district and cantonal levels.

District level organizations should be active facilitators of decentralization at the local level, while not hijacking the process from the locals.

We have 81 units of local government.

In Brčko District, this kind of social care is realized through Government financed social care subdivisions.

Under this plan the local communities have been given powers to run their own affairs through the union, tehsil and district councils.

The Government has yet to fulfil its commitment to transport the remaining men out of Ituri district.

Approximately 2000 stakeholders (government, CSOs, donors, corporate sector, district government leaders and others) were consulted in 67 meetings over an 8 month period (2002).

The FFM learned of cases in Kelbajar and a small strip of Agdam District where people voted in both local and NK elections.

Oxitec also must follow other regulations specified by the federal, state and local governments, and work together with its local partner Florida Keys Mosquito Control District to determine the time of conducting field tests.

Law No 22 of 1999 on Local Government and Law No 25 of 1999 on Balanced Finances between Central and Local Government transformed the political system from being highly centralized to a more decentralized one, allowing for more autonomy at local Government level.

The Peace Implementation Council Steering Board welcomed in June plans to conclude an agreement between the Council of Ministers and the District government that would afford the District appropriate representation at State level.

We need national responses. We need local government responses.

This should make local government more appealing to citizens.

Much headway has been made on local government reform.

In collaboration with the United Nations Capital Development Fund, UNDP is supporting the Government's efforts in decentralization and the formation of local governance policy through a local development pilot programme in Bobonaro district, launched in January.

With regard to governance and decentralization, his Government had launched local government reforms and was introducing mechanisms designed to enhance the accountability and transparency of local authorities.

At the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina there ar 85 prosecutor's offices in total (two entity, one in Brčko District and 82 at local level).

Throughout Lachin District, the FFM often found only basic infrastructure, which usually included a local administration and school, but not always electricity and running water.

The establishment of provincial and district security committees has created a framework for coordination between the Sierra Leone Office of National Security, the Sierra Leone police, the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces and local authorities on security matters at the district level.

Wulong District, Xiushan Autonomous County of Tujia and Miao Nationalities, Nanbu County and Guang'an District of Sichuan Province, Chishui City of Guizhou Province, Chengguan District, Yadong County, Karuo District, Bayi District and Naidong District of Tibet Autonomous Region

The Central Government of Spain subsequently announced the full takeover of local government power in Catalonia.

Local government reform programmes must not await final status negotiations.

Subject matter Discrimination in the remuneration of local government employees

In BiH there are 100 courts in total (two per state and entity levels, the court in the Brčko District, and 93 courts at local levels).

In an operation to verify one such report from the local community in Cailaco, Bobonaro district, on 18 January, the national police encountered six armed men.

Settlers in Lachin town explained they needed a residence permit ( propiska') from local authorities to move to Lachin district, something that was not mentioned in the villages.

We note that efforts to reform local government have faced delays.

Revenue transfers from central government to local authorities are one option.

The national security structure has been consolidated country wide by means of the provincial and district security committees, which bring together key local officials, including local councils, commanders of the Sierra Leone police and the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces.