This is particularly true in environmental and local
economic development issues. Building NIMBY-type
public facilities including power plants are now virtually
impossible without the consent of local municipalities
and this necessitated the central government agencies to
engage in active partnership with localities. After about
ten years of co-existence, participants in these networks
have learned to co-opt with the new phase of federalism
and local autonomy, and they are currently undergoing
formalization process as the central government finally
realized the need to institutionalize long-term cooperative
relationship with local municipalities.