A Dissertation Submitted in Partial/Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Local Government Management (Msc.LGM) of Mzumbe University.The focus of this research was to investigate the enabling environment for NGOs to cooperate with LGAs in service delivery. The research was conducted in Meru District Council (MDC). Respondents from MDC and the selected NGOs in the district were involved in the study. This study was meant to answer the questions on the facilitative nature of the NGO policy to the cooperation between NGOs and LGAs, recognition of NGOs in service delivery by LGAs and capability of NGOs and LGAs to enhance their cooperation in service delivery. Interviews and questionnaires were the main data collection techniques that were employed in this study whereas simple random, convenient and judgmental sampling techniques were used to obtain the respondents for the study. The study found that the enabling environment for NGOs is still complex and it recommends what should be done to bring about improvement in the working environment of NGOs.