INSTITUTIONAL FRAME OF ORGANISATION AND OPERATION OF REGIONS

The Region constitutes a self-existent single Administrative Unit of decentralisation of Government owned Administration with competences of planning, planning, co-ordination and application of policies for economic, social and cultural growth of her geographic region.

As founding law of Region is considered Law 1622/1986 "Local Self-government - Regional Growth - Democratic Planning". The word Region, as is used in the particular law but also in consequent this (Law 2503/1997 - 2218/1994), it has double importance:

• The Region constitutes geographic unit that has concrete limits, territorial extent, population and seat.

• The Region constitutes administrative unit and it is constituted by bodies and services. Bodies of Region are the General Secretary of Region with his services and the Regional Council.



COMPETENCES OF GENERAL SECRETARY

• Information with regard to the Competences and the Frame of Organisation of Regions it exists in the Ministry of Domestic Affairs 
• Most recent publication (E') that describes the Competences of G.S.. is found here.