The following powers shall be devolved upon councils:
a. Culture
- organizing cultural days, traditional cultural events and literary and artistic competitions at local level;
- setting up and managing orchestras, traditional lyrical ensembles, ballet groups and theatre troupes at local level;
- setting up and managing socio-cultural centres and public reading libraries;
- Providing support to cultural associations.
b.Promoting national languages
- participating in regional programmes for the promotion of national languages;
- participating in the setting-up and maintenance of infrastructure and equipment. 37b.Literacy
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In force from 24-12-2019
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Section 163 of the Law No 2019/024 of 24 december 2019 bill to institute the general code of regional and local authorities/akn/cm/act/loi/2019-12-24/2019-024
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