The Local Government Code will specify the division of the functions performed by municipalities and provinces, including the identification of those to be considered  BIS Review 27/2009  9  fundamental for ensuring fiscal equality, reorganize the network of intermediate local authorities (e.g.
mountain communities and consortia of municipalities), rationalize the provinces, reorganize the peripheral offices of the ministries, streamline municipal and provincial councils, and rewrite the Domestic Stability Pact. A significant increase in the average effective retirement age is desirable In the medium term a significant increase in the average effective retirement age is required.