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5. CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES
Social ownership of decentralization
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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