At the southernmost tip of Sweden lies Skåne. It is province, a county and a region. As a province it borders on its peers Halland, Småland and Blekinge, as well as Denmark, Germany, Poland and the Baltic States – albeit with some water between.
Skåne is also a county governed by a county council, which in Skåne's case is called Region Skåne. The county assembly is the highest political body in the region and its members are elected by the Scanians themselves.
Many equate a county council with health care and Region Skåne is no exception. However, Region Skåne also has responsibility for development within its area, which means that the county itself co-ordinates development of commerce, communication, culture and collaboration with other regions both in and outside of Sweden.
The Region Skåne works co-operatively in many contexts, reaching out to other organisations, companies, institutions of higher learning and the 33 municipalities within its confines. The aim is to promote development within Skåne in the best way possible.
In other words, Region Skåne is the Scanian's own, overall political organisation, as opposed to the county administrative council that guards the interests of the state in the region under the chairmanship of the county governor.