SECTION 409

(1) Appropriations in the budget of the local authority shall be grouped by programme. (2) The programme shall include appropriations intended to implement an action or a coherent set of actions with specific objectives, defined in terms of general interest objectives and expected results. Outcome indicators shall be defined for the objectives of each programme. (3) Council programmes shall be part of the national development strategy and sector strategies defined at the national level. They shall also be consistent with the programmes of the region of attachment, as well as with the medium-term framework documents referred to in Section 373 of this law. (4) The programmes of regions shall be part of the national development strategy and sector strategies defined at the national level and shall be consistent with the programmes of the councils falling under their territorial jurisdiction, as well as with the medium-term framework documents referred to in Section 373 of this law. (5)An order of the Minister in charge of local authorities shall lay down the nomenclature of programmes which shall be broken down into actions and activities by the said authorities. (6) The programmes and documents referred to in the subsections above shall be made public.