chile s organic law for the constitution of municipalities ley organica constitutional de municipalidadesley establishes the right of municipalities to cooperate in order to address common problems or make better use of resources the law permits municipalities to establish associations for a variety of purposes including providing common services executing public works linked to local development strengthening managementadministrative instruments implementing programmes for environmental protection tourism health or other reasons as appropriate to the municipalities training of municipal staff and coordinating with national or international institutions to improve municipal administration government of chile a legal framework for such an entity could be considered to be already in place