National Documentation Centre (Greece)

The National Documentation Centre (EKT; Greek: Εθνικό Κέντρο Τεκμηρίωσης) is a Greek public organisation that promotes knowledge, research, innovation and digital transformation. It was established in 1980 with funding from the United Nations Development Programme with the aim to strengthen the collection and distribution of research-related material, and to ensure full accessibility to it. It has been designated as a National Scientific Infrastructure, a National Authority of the Hellenic Statistical System, and National Contact Point for European Research and Innovation Programmes. Since August 2019, it has been established as a discrete public-interest legal entity under private law, and is supervised by the Ministry of Digital Governance (Article 59 / Law 4623/2019).[1] The management bodies of EKT are the Administrative Board and the Director who, since 2013, has been Dr. Evi Sachini.

  1. ^ Government Gazette issue A' 134, 09/08/2019 | https://mindigital.gr/