55 5. CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES Social ownership of decentralization 5 Corruption Gender promotion Youth employment Improving employability Agrarian reform 5.1. Social ownership of decentralization Efforts towards the social and political ownership of decentralization focused on the formulation of the implementing regulations on decentralization and local development, publication of the General Local and Regional Government Code (CGCT), awareness raising and communication campaigns on decentralizedion and popularization of relevant good practices. A review of the CGCT helped consider the institutional and legal framework of decentralization. Thus, Laws 2006-21/AN of 14 November 2006 and 2009-65/AN of 21 December 2009, amending Law 055-2004/AN of 21 December 2004 made a number of clarifications while attempting to address some concerns such as the crises in municipal councils and areas of competencies devolved to the regions. Regarding the formulation of the implementing regulations of CGCT, two (2) decrees relating to the general statutes of the community of communes and the composition, duties, organization and functioning of the National Decentralization Commission were formulated and passed in February 2012. Concerning the implementing regulations of Law 027-2006 of 5 December