Over the past decade there has not been a discernible shift in responsibilities for health care from the federal to the state level.

e. Local Authorities

Local authorities could be provided with financial and technical assistance for large scale modern sanitation and waste water treatment works from a number of different sources.

The Welsh Local Government Association represents the interests of local authorities in Wales.

Separation of powers and local democracy

The representative association of Scotland's local authorities is the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA).

Network of Elective Women in Local Authorities

Participation in Local Authorities of the Prefectures and Municipalities

Regional and international networking among local authorities and community based organizations involved in sanitation delivery can be further strengthened, in particular through effective Internet based applications.

They are establishing initial contacts with local authorities.

Conducting a research in cooperation with the Network of Elected Women in Local Authorities on The female force in Local Authorities Women Elected all over Greece .

Basic training and preparation for working life, in co operation with local authorities Developing skills in the context of the personal interests of the trainees, such as athletics, music, theatre etc.

In addition, it should ensure that more security officers were deployed at the entry points at peak times and that there was separate access for commercial vehicles.

A policy option to complement that role is building partnerships with local authorities, community based organizations, non governmental organizations and the private sector, particularly small scale service providers, to scale up sanitation initiatives.

Loan guarantee programmes could help to secure access to capital markets for investments in sanitation, whether for households, community based organizations, or local authorities.

The second issue concerned the role of local authorities.

All the major groups except for local authorities have participated in these dialogues.

In addition, local authorities have established several committees for the same purpose.

By and large, local authorities have been cooperating with human rights monitors.

Local authorities recently rejected a site previously identified by the authorities, the displaced and international agencies as a viable site.

Such actions are implemented by agencies of the Local Authorities all over the country, and are financed by Community and National resources.

At the country level the United Nations should demonstrate flexibility in accordance with local needs and as agreed by the local authorities.

That activist had been framed by local authorities after he had denounced abuses by the local family planning authorities.

The facility links four key groups, comprising local authorities, community based organizations, local finance institutions and international donor programmes.

Participation of local authorities, the private sector and civil society, including non governmental organizations

Regional authorities regulate education within their jurisdictions within the prevailing framework of federal laws.

The number of women in local representative bodies has grown by more than twofold.

Men and women in local bodies of authority as of 1 April 2003

Responsibility for providing refuge for victims of domestic or sexual violence lies with local authorities.

We commend the local communities, which were the first to respond following the disaster.

It tied the local currency to the British Pound, giving local authorities no discretion in monetary policy.

The State party's Housing Law provides that any non residential use of housing estates must be carried out with the agreement of local authorities, and in accordance with rules governing sanitary conditions and fire safety inspection of the premises by the authorities revealed violations of these norms.

The French authorities had had to transfer her by ambulance with medical personnel in attendance because of the deterioration in the state of her health.

Local authorities are closer to problems than national officials tucked away in a country s capital.

I have heard that a local government authority in Shandong has been illegally oppressing citizen Chen Guangcheng.

Serbian property continues to be looted without any protection by the local authorities and police.

(Thousands of United States dollars)

Despite his threats, he was arrested by the local authorities but was soon released.

In 2002 2003, regional health authorities developed and implemented regional Aboriginal Health Plans to ensure coordination and integration of Aboriginal health services into the overall planning and delivery of health programs within the province.

Health services tend to be more accessible to those close to the authorities, while the educational system is heavily controlled by the State.

Others argue that China s government is simply losing its grip over local authorities.

Local government authorities are responsible for implementing policy for public education and state funded schools at a local level.

Meeting the standards requires that more competences and responsibilities be transferred to local authorities and that privatization be accelerated.

Meeting those standards requires that more competences and responsibilities be transferred to the local authorities and that privatization be accelerated.

Percentage of Administrative Heads in Local Authorities by Division and Gender 1998 2002