Region of Thessaly

The Region of Thessaly occupies the central eastern part of continental Greece with a population of 730.000 inhabitants. It offers services at central and regional level. Regional services includes different themes, ranging from environment and infrastructures to rural development, including transportation and communication. The Region of Thessaly is a regional authority with competencies in nature protection, controls, spatial planning and development, has extensive experience in managing European projects and can coordinate the uptake of scientific knowledge into policy and planning. In the Region are in progress, executed and launched projects amounting to 2 billion euros from all funding programs.