Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal

The Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal (Naitional Institute for Federalism an Municipal Development, better kent bi the acronym INAFED) is a decentralised agency o the Mexican federal govrenment. It haes responsibility for promuivin the ideals o federalism atweesh the twa-three levels o govrenment in Mexico, bi actin tae pit thegither an pit forrit policies, programmes an services thit are designed tae mak mair siccar inter-governmental relations atweesh the federal an "subsidiary" levels o govrenance at the state an municipal levels.

The agency comes unner the owerall responsibility o the Secretaría de Gobernación (SEGOB), the Secretariat o the Interior, the government depairtment responsible for pittin in the affairs ben the kintra.

INAFED was estaiblishit in Julie 2002, replacin an stendin on the role of its predecessor agency, the Centro Nacional de Desarrollo Municipal or CEDEMUN (National Centre for Municipal Development).