Greece is implementing a range of strategic initiatives for the digital transformation and promotion of its cultural assets. Through targeted actions, the country is digitizing and documenting its cultural heritage, developing innovative digital visitor services, offering digital arts education, and enhancing accessibility and inclusion. The creation of digital trails using virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) technologies enriches visitors’ experiences when exploring monuments and archaeological sites, while the SearchCulture.gr portal aggregates and provides access to over 850,000 digital items, simultaneously feeding the Europeana platform. Streamlined licensing procedures and digital resource management improve efficiency, and dedicated measures for people with disabilities and the elderly foster social cohesion. Greece’s digital cultural transformation showcases the country as a hub of innovation and societal unity.
A large volume of non‑digitized material remains unprocessed, resulting in an accumulation of uncatalogued and inaccessible files.
Outdated and fragmented digital platforms have become technologically obsolete, offering a poor user experience and limited search capabilities.
Limited digital exposure of collections drastically reduces the reach and impact of exhibitions.
Goal 1
Enhancing the development potential of culture and its contribution to the national economy and social cohesion
Attracting investments in culture; modernizing and digitally transforming cultural services and institutions; fostering synergies with other stakeholders; and upgrading the venues and offerings of cultural resource management organizations.
Goal 2
Shaping a new cultural landscape nationwide and ensuring universal access to cultural infrastructure and activities
Promoting measures for equal access and participation in culture for all citizen groups and upgrading existing facilities to facilitate physical accessibility at every cultural site.
Goal 3
Protecting and showcasing both cultural heritage and contemporary creativity
Creating new cultural infrastructures and evaluating or upgrading those already in place.
Goal 4
Streamlining and modernizing the Ministry of Culture’s structures and operations, simplifying processes, and advancing e governance
Overhauling the Ministry’s functions through process simplification and reinforcement of digital governance to improve the efficiency and accessibility of its services.
