Decentralization was one of the most important components of both local government and health sector reforms aimed at transferring key functions, responsibilities, power and resources from the central government to the local authorities, as well as strengthening the capacity of local authorities.
"The capacity of enforcement authorities to deal with high-level corruption," the report said, "has not increased on a general scale over the last 12 months".
The failure to finalise the death toll and to unite bereaved relatives with the remains of their loved ones will raise questions about the capacity of local authorities to effect the wide-ranging reforms of the garment industry that brands, campaigners, labour activists, consumers and local officials all say are necessary.
Paragraph 33(m): Strengthen the capacity of local authorities to evacuate persons living in disaster-prone areas (UNISDR 2015a, p. 22).
They write: "Changes to the role and capacity of local authorities, coupled with the extension of the academies programme, are in danger of undermining the nature and quality of RE".
It also suggests that within the limited economic capacity of local authorities, investors and buyers, the market-oriented post-socialist urban planning framework can lead to spatial and functional fragmentation in housing areas and the degradation or disappearance of not only the public spaces but of open spaces in general.
If a terrorist threat or the consequences of an incident are beyond the capacity of civilian authorities to resolve the ADF may be 'called out' to provide support.
As part of its efforts to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls, UN Women, along with partners, supports initiatives that increase survivors' access to services and build the capacity of local authorities to implement the law on prevention of domestic violence," explains Elaine M. Conkievich, UN Women Representative Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
