This booklet relies at the neighborhood portion of the improvement Plan 2000-2006, ready by way of the neighborhood improvement Institute in accordance with the Greek Ministry of nationwide Economy's instructions and to be had info. the various improvement proposals coming from the Country's areas have been additionally taken into consideration. the data inside the local improvement Institute's database and the conclusions of the experiences made by way of the Institute's collaborators have been extensively utilized. The thematic maps during this variation have been additionally produced by means of the local improvement Institute's GIS (Geographical details process) laboratory. the improvement Plan 2000-2006 was once submitted by means of the Ministry of nationwide economic system to the eu Union in September 1999 and represents the root for the third group aid Framework's popularity. The publication is equipped into 4 elements. half one includes six chapters reflecting the evolution of the Greek and ecu neighborhood coverage, in addition to the traits for the arriving interval. extra particularly, the 1st half refers to: the Greek neighborhood coverage of the 1950-1985 interval, the EEC local coverage, the 20 years of Operational Programme (1986-2006), the evolution of the most targets and priorities for this era, the evolution of capability and tactics and the hot developments in neighborhood coverage and making plans. within the moment half, the elemental figures and developments of neighborhood improvement in Greece are analysed. particularly, we refer the following to the inhabitants focus, the local distribution of GDP, the employment and unemployment premiums and the sphere specialisation.