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It is with great pleasure that we introduce our new “Intelligence Report” which is being produced as
part of the activities that the National Documentation Centre of Greece (EKT) undertakes as a National
Contact Point for the 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development
(FP7) of the European Commission. With this report we aim to present empirical data derived from
institutional experience and expertise and contribute to the process of mapping and understanding
research activity in Greece.
Based on its statutory role for the collection, organization and distribution of scientific information,
EKT undertakes a broad range of projects and activities which aim to enable open access to, and
dissemination of, research results and support the needs of policy makers as well as the academic
and research community in the Greek area of Research and Innovation (R&I). To this end, the
institution develops user-oriented services for the world of research and innovation (such as open
access repositories, e-publishing activities, digital libraries, national services for library organization,
etc.) and acts as a strategic partner and an essential building block for the European Research
Area.
Addressing the need for open and transparent data which promotes research and innovation, EKT
has established the systematic publication of a series of “intelligence reports”, studies, science
metrics and thematic editions. These publications rely on research data emerging from the
institution’s diverse activities and strategic co-operations and cover a broad range of realms. With
an aim to transmit and share knowledge acquired by the implementation of projects and further
develop expertise in the domain of Research and Innovation, the approach to the dissemination of
research results adopted by EKT currently places emphasis on:
Studies and Science Metrics:
On a regular basis, EKT publishes a series of studies and thematic
reports which collect, analyse and synthesise valuable data on Greek scientific activity so that it
can be effectively integrated into the broader European and international context. Based on policy
priorities (which emerge either out of the country’s research environment or specific needs, or at the
European level), studies on scientific indicators (bibliometrics, scientometrics and webometrics) are
currently used as valuable reference tools by a variety of national and international public bodies,
research institutions, universities and policy makers. In addition, EKT runs the Current Information
Systems (CRIS) and produces thematic studies that rely on data emerging from different areas of
EKT’s activities.
Intelligence Reports:
Since 1998, EKT has been acting as a National Contact Point from the Fifth to
the Seventh FPs, providing comprehensive information and support to Greek research teams. EKT
disseminates findings and results which emerge in the course of European projects, through regular
Intelligence Reports which aim to present the objectives, results, impact, activities, assessments
and achievements as well as the technical and policy implications of the actions which are either
completed or in progress. This realm covers EU-supported research as well as key research
activities at the national level in the European Research Area, and other European projects. The
present report belongs to this set of publications.
The IDEAS Programme of the European Research Council, commonly known as the Programme of
Excellence, has been recognized as the success story of FP7. This Programme provides the focus
for the first of our series of “intelligence reports” on FP7 - a valuable tool for the exploitation and
analysis of data which emerges from the implementation of the European projects in Greece. The
IDEAS Programme supports investigator-driven, frontier research that may be carried out in any field