TY - JOUR VL - 11 SN - 2076-0760 UR - http://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11090398 N2 - This article proposes a discussion on the form of coexistence of local Development Agencies in Uruguay, with local governments in the face of the new scenarios marked by the decentralization process, initiated in the country with the Constitutional Reform of 1996 and culminating in February 2009, with the Law of Political Decentralization and Citizen Participation. The discussion applies in particular to the local development agency of the city of Rivera (ADR), located in the northeast of the country. A descriptive, mixed, bibliographic, documentary investigation was carried out with primary data collection to internal and external references to ADR. The results show that the coexistence of both institutions has been difficult, without defining clear roles. Promoting dialogue to define the role of each seems to be the great challenge facing the sustainability of the agency JF - Social Sciences Y1 - 2022/09// IS - 9 AV - public A1 - Garat de Marin, Mirtha Silvana A1 - Soriano Flores, Emmanuel A1 - Rodríguez Velasco, Carmen Lilí A1 - Silva Alvarado, Eduardo A1 - Calderón Iglesias, Rubén A1 - Álvarez, Roberto Marcelo A1 - Gracia Villar, Santos KW - Local agency; development; government ID - uneatlantico3546 TI - Development Agencies and Local Governments?Coexistence within the Same Territory ER -