The decentralized administrations (Greek: αποκεντρωμένες διοικήσεις, apokentroménes dioikíseis) is a tier of the Greek public administration of Greece. They are not a Local Self-Government Organization, albeit they supervise the Administrative Regions and Municipalities within their territory. They were created in January 2011 as part of a far-reaching reform of the country's administrative structure, the Kallikratis reform (Law 3852/2010).[1]
They enjoy both administrative and financial autonomy[2] and exercise devolved state powers in urban planning, environmental and energy policy, forestry, migration and citizenship.[3] Beyond that, they are tasked with supervising the first and second-level self-governing bodies: the regions and municipalities.
They are run by a government-appointed general secretary, assisted by an advisory council drawn from the regional governors and the representatives of the municipalities.