In addition, the decentralization plan of the National Water Resources Board is supported.

Under the decentralization plan, regulatory responsibilities were transferred from the central government to mayors and other municipal officials on the assumption that local officials would provide better oversight.

Community school boards were created 25 years ago under the city's decentralization plan to run elementary and junior high schools.

Any decentralization plan must be carefully thought out.

Because the decentralization plan requires a lengthy planning and contracting process, it could be begun in several pilot spots.

In March 2006, Djibouti held its first regional elections and began implementing a decentralization plan.

The councils are the cornerstone of what education experts say is the most radical decentralization plan ever attempted in the United States.

Later, when the state legislature met in 1969 to consider a citywide decentralization plan, the teacher's union was in Albany in force.

So far, reactions to Senator Covatta's decentralization plan have been positive, but it has not yet entered the political arena.

Since the inception of the decentralization plan, there have been recurring conflicts between the local boards and the central board.