The diploma thesis deals with the issue of socio-economic development of selected regions in Slovakia allong with as analysis of the possibilities of their financing. The theoretical part of this thesis focused on several interconnected areas related to the topic of this thesis. The first part defines basic theoretical concepts, namely region, regional development, regional policy as well as theories and tools of regional policy. The next part focused on the regional policy in Slovakia and analyzes the possibilities of financing the development of regions in the Slovak Republic from the resources of the European Union. The practical part of this thesis is then specifically devoted to analysis of the development of the selected Slovak region.