* maintained by Regional government: 86, 580 km ( 2009 )

The preparation for the charter was undertaken by the predecessor to the current Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, the Standing Conference of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe because involvement of local and regional government was essential.

Regional district powers are very limited and other localized provincial government services are delivered through other regionalization systems.

The Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca ( CRIC ) issued a statement concerning the release of two hostages taken by FARC in 2011: " Compared to past statements made by the national government, it is important to reiterate that the presence of armed groups in our territories is a fact that has been imposed by force of arms, against which our communities and their leaders have remained in peaceful resistance.

Regional bitterness was intensified by the May 1980 Gwangju massacre, in which about 200 and perhaps many more inhabitants of the capital of Jeollanam-do were killed by government troops sent to quell an insurrection.

The outstanding 49 % of the shares are still owned by the Slovak government through the Department of Transport, Construction and Regional Development of the Slovak Republic ( 34 %) and the National Property Fund ( 15 %).

Regional government functions under a system known as " the State of Autonomies ", a highly decentralized system of territorial administration based on asymmetrical devolution to the " nationalities and regions " that constitute the nation, and in which the nation, via the central government, retains full sovereignty.

Following a pre-1999 election commitment to consider the feasibility of introducing fast rail services to regional centres, in 2000 the government approved funding for the Regional Fast Rail project, upgrading rail lines between Melbourne and Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong and Traralgon.

Local government is through nine Regional Corporations and five municipalities.

In 1995, Regional Consulting, a Vienna-based urban planning firm funded by the Austrian government prepared a master plan for Tirana.

The Politics of Campania, takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democracy, whereby the President of Regional Government is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system.

Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Regional Council.

Barak rebuffed Peres's attempt to secure the position of party president and upon forming a government in 1999 appointed Peres to the minor post of Minister of Regional Co-operation.

Regional governors and local administrators also are appointed by the central government.

The regions were used by central government for various statistical purposes, and Government Offices and assorted other institutions including Regional Development Agencies.

Following the abolition of the South West Regional Assembly and Government Office, some local government co-ordination across the region is now undertaken by South West Councils.

* Regional Municipality of Durham, a regional government in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario

* Auckland Regional Council, New Zealand local government entity

The government also pursued the expansion of cooperation among the nations of South Asia, bringing the process — an initiative of former President Ziaur Rahman — through its earliest, most tentative stages to the formal inauguration of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ( SAARC ) at a summit gathering of South Asian leaders in Dhaka in December 1985.

The politics of Liguria takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democracy, whereby the President of Regional Government is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system.

Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Regional Council.

Regional " hawala " networks remained intertwined with smuggling and trade-based money laundering, facilitated by notoriously corrupt customs and immigration officials, raising significant concerns that some members of the Syrian government and the business elite were complicit in terrorist financing schemes.

Pinner has four tiers of government: Harrow Council ( Local ), The London Assembly ( Regional ), Parliament ( National ), and the European Parliament ( Continental ).

Regional cooperation through various multilateral organizations is a key element in FSM's foreign policy.

Laos is a member of the following international organizations: Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation ( ACCT ), Association of Southeast Asian NationsASEAN, ASEAN Free Trade Area ( AFTA ), ASEAN Regional Forum, Asian Development Bank, Colombo Plan, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific ( ESCAP ), Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ), Group of 77G-77, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ( World Bank ), International Civil Aviation Organization ( ICAO ), International Development Association ( IDA ), International Fund for Agricultural Development ( IFAD ), International Finance Corporation ( IFC ), International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, International Labour Organization ( ILO ), International Monetary Fund ( IMF ), Intelsat ( nonsignatory user ), Interpol, International Olympic Commission ( IOC ), International Telecommunication UnionITU, Mekong Group, Non-Aligned Movement ( NAM ), Permanent Court of Arbitration ( PCA ), United Nations, United Nations Convention on Trade and Development ( UNCTAD ), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO ), United Nations Industrial Development Organization ( UNIDO ), Universal Postal Union ( UPU ), World Federation of Trade Unions, World Health Organization ( WHO ), World Intellectual Property Organization ( WIPO ), World Meteorological Organization ( WMO ), World Tourism Organization, World Trade Organization ( observer ).

Regional cooperation, through membership in various regional and international organizations, is a key element in its foreign policy.

Member organizations organize themselves into National and Regional Committees.

Regional governments and public organizations promote tourism by thoroughly educating the public about oil history.

Papua New Guinea belongs to a variety of regional organizations, including the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ( APEC ) forum ; the ASEAN Regional Forum ( ARF ) ( Papua New Guinea is an observer member of the ASEAN ); the South Pacific Commission ; the Pacific Islands Forum ; the Melanesian Spearhead Group and the South Pacific Regional Environmental Program ( SPREP ).

Regional and national organizations are called " federations ", as the Federação Espírita Brasileira who is a born-again Christian challenged by manifestations of his mediumship.

Grants are awarded by ACF Regional Offices and the Office of Head Start's American Indian – Alaska Native and Migrant and Seasonal Program Branches directly to local public agencies, private organizations, Indian Tribes and school systems.

Regional cooperation through various multilateral organizations is a key element in Nauru's foreign policy.

* Southern Regional ( disambiguation ), various organizations

) Meanwhile various real estate trends such as expanded consumer access and the Internet are consolidating existing local MLS organizations into larger and more statewide or regional MLS systems, such as in California and Virginia / Maryland / Washington DC's Metropolitan Regional Information Systems.

Sub-regional standards organizations also exist such as the MERCOSUR Standardization Association ( AMN ), the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality ( CROSQ ), and the ASEAN Consultative Committee for Standards and Quality ( ACCSQ ), EAC East Africa Standards Committee www. eac-quality. net, and the Gulf Standardasation Organasation for GCC Arab Countries.

Center for Community and Regional Research: Community-based education providing faculty and students in the social and natural sciences the opportunity to work with local and regional community organizations.

As the federal government seeks to concentrate its operations in the Halifax Regional Municipality, BIO is being considered for additional office buildings to house other non-oceanographic and non-research organizations and their employees.

Measures have been undertaken by various state and Human Rights organizations including, UNESCO Asia Pacific Regional Bureau for Education in Bangkok and NCA in Lao PDR, to provide the hill tribes, including the Akha, with " comprehensive community based, non formal education " on HIV and drug abuse prevention.

While the majority of member companies are headquartered in developed countries, the WBCSD has a strong regional representation in developing countries through its Regional Network, a global network of almost 60 national and regional business councils ( BCSDs ) and partner organizations.

He is affiliated with several organizations including International Institute of Strategic Studies in London and the Institute of Regional Studies based in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Regional mass organizations of the party included Yuvajanavedi, Kerala Vidyarthi Sanghatana ( Kerala Students Organization, a student's wing ) and Janakeeya Kala Sahitya Vedi ( a cultural front ) in Kerala, and Adivasi Democratic Front in Madhya Pradesh.

These organizations include the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club ; the Sierra Club's Potomac Regional Outings Program ; REI, Inc .; Great Falls Trail Blazers ; the Appalachian Mountain Club ; Fairfax Trails and Streams ; Southern Prince George's Trails Coalition ; and the Oxon Hill Bicycle Club.

The largest and most militant of these organizations was the Federación Obrera Regional Argentina ... it grew quickly

Regional organization of 16 political parties and regional department of 16 social-political organizations ( including, 3 non-governmental organizations ) operate in the district.

The Northeast Regional Center works mostly with state-based affiliates and local organizations to protect natural resources in New England.