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Centre for Research and Technology Hellas

Greek research centre (ΕΚΕΤΑ) whose institutes work on energy, environment, ICT, mobility, biosciences and regional development research.

Last updated September 15, 2026

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Overview

The Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (ΕΚΕΤΑ / Εθνικό Κέντρο Έρευνας & Τεχνολογικής Ανάπτυξης) presents itself as a research and innovation organisation whose work spans technologies for the energy future and a sustainable environment, digital innovation, information and communication technologies, sustainable mobility across transport modes, biosciences innovation, and interdisciplinary research for regional development and quality of life. Its site lists institutes including ΙΔΕΠ, ΙΠΤΗΛ, ΙΜΕΤ, ΙΝΕΒ and ΙΒΟ, and areas such as entrepreneurship and the ΚΔΒΜ lifelong learning centre. It has coordinated EU Horizon 2020 projects, including beAWARE and FORTIKA, both recognised by the European Commission as success stories.

History

The Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (ΕΚΕΤΑ) presents itself as a research and innovation organisation. Its website highlights research areas including technologies that secure the energy future and make the environment sustainable, digital innovation, information and communication technologies, research for sustainable mobility across all transport modes, innovation in biosciences, and interdisciplinary research for regional development and quality of life. Its site lists institutes ΙΔΕΠ, ΙΠΤΗΛ, ΙΜΕΤ, ΙΝΕΒ and ΙΒΟ, along with entrepreneurship and the ΚΔΒΜ lifelong learning centre. ΕΚΕΤΑ coordinated the EU Horizon 2020 project beAWARE, which the European Commission recognised as a success story, and designed and created innovative artificial intelligence technologies for analysing multiple types of data and building a real-time early warning mechanism. It also coordinated the three-year Horizon 2020 project FORTIKA, recognised by the European Commission as a success story, whose tools for shielding small and medium-sized enterprises against cyber threats became available on an online platform.

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