CHAPTER THREE: DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL GOVERNANCE health) and cultural development, and the implementation of principles of subsidiarity and solidarity; limiting the power of the Wali and of the administration of the wilaya to implement the deliberations of the APW in matters falling under the competence of the latter; clarifying rules on the distribution of competencies between the state and territorial communities, based on the principle of the autonomous relinquishment and gradual transfer of powers and resources from the one to the other; and improved control of local elected members over local administrations (decentralised and devolved). 5. Involve local elected members, associations and other representatives of civil society in the elaboration of development projects so that legislation reflects broad consensus. (Attention: the government, the parliament and all stakeholders) Objective 3: Promotion and protection of economic, social, cultural, civil and political rights, as enshrined in all African and international human rights instruments i. Summary of the CSAR 198. In relation to economic, social and cultural rights, the CSAR highlights that these are well catered for in Algerian law, as enunciated in the international instruments. The principle of equality is at the centre of the constitutional mechanism and the principal economic, social and cultural rights are listed in the Constitution itself, including equal access to employment and the functions of the state and the right to work, education and health. Laws guarantee the effective exercise of these rights: non-discrimination in employment relations and freedom of association; the right to strike; compulsory education for children between the ages of 6 and 16; the protection and promotion of health; access to housing, with priority given to disadvantaged sectors of society; the right to cultural identity, and so on. 199. Priority is given to improving the standard of living. The right to education for all is supported by free public education, while the Health Charter of 28 May 1988 states that “access to health care, social justice, equity and solidarity constitute the core principles of national policy in health and population matters”. If opinion continues to be divided as to the scope and quality of the social services expected from the authorities and the effectiveness of measures taken to promote economic, social and cultural rights, as is shown by the February 2007 opinion survey, there seems to be consensus on the need for a regulatory state that guarantees essential social services to its citizens. 77