Papadopoulou, ElliManola, NataliaAthanasiou, SpirosKaragiannis, Fotis2025-09-242025-09-242019https://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/6729Objective: Examines operations of the Athena Research Centre in supporting open science in Greece. Methods: Discusses the work involved in the OpenAIRE, RDA Europe and HELIX (Hellenic Data Service) initiatives, and how stakeholder involvement was achieved, along with necessary training. Findings: The case study demonstrates the importance of collaboration, developing infrastructure, supporting necessary legislation, and providing services (e.g. for data management). Conclusions: Monitoring and support services are necessary to enable compliance with open science and FAIR best practice in data management. Progress so far is aligned with European directives and recommendations.engAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Articlehttps://2019.ifla.org/conference-programme/satellite-meetings/open accessOpen Sciencescholarly communicationscientific research cultureGreece