HEAL Link's 'Declaration on Open Access in Greece' to shape the open science landscape in Greece
Taking in account the benefit for the Greek scientific community, HEAL-Link (Hellenic Academic Libraries Link) recently published the Declaration on Open Access in Greece which expresses its concerns about the inadequacy of the current scientific publication model and explicitly states the direct initiatives that it undertakes. Athena Research Center welcomes this initiative as an important step towards open access in greece, a milestone towards for the transition to a new scientific publication landscape, which will be sustainable and beneficial to the public academic and research institutions. As an institution which actively supports open science and contributes to the dialogue on openess, Athena RC recognizes that Heal Link's Declaration on open access is a central component that will enable the establishment of open access policies in Greece.
The Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs, through Minister Kostas Gavroglou, supports the "Declaration on Open Access in Greece". The Minister's assent to the text of the Declaration was expressed after a meeting with the Chairperson of HEAL-Link, Professor Theodora Ioannidou, on the 31st of May 2018, at the Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs.