The city of Kavala is located in the North of Greece, in the region of East Macedonia & Thrace. Kavala is a seaside city with 85 000 inhabtiatns, not far from the Bulgarian border and from Turkey. The Municipality of Kavala is the 2nd biggest commercial port in the North. Besides being considered one of the major fishery centres in Greece, Kavala has a leading role in the local economy, as well as in the industrial economy sector.

By participating in the TOGETHER project, the Municipality focuses on establishing a network of its social services along with some of the more active local NGOs. The main challenges are:

• families in need, suffering from poverty, domestic violence, drug addicts and single mothers
• the problem of an ageing population and of increasing the birth rate
• inclusion and support of the family institutions