ILEKTRONIKI DIAKYVERNISI KOINONIKIS ASFALISIS AE

Their core work

IDIKA SA is Greece's national e-Government Center for Social Security, responsible for the digital infrastructure that underpins the country's social insurance and public health information systems. In EU projects, they bring real-world operational experience as a national health IT authority, contributing to cross-border eHealth interoperability, medicines identification standards (IDMP), and GDPR-compliant data processing in public administration. Their value lies in being a live deployment environment — they don't just research digital health solutions, they run the systems where those solutions must actually work.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

IDIKA's early H2020 involvement (2016-2018) focused on foundational eHealth interoperability and conformity assessment through EURO-CAS, followed by a pivot toward data governance with BPR4GDPR. Their most recent and largest engagement, UNICOM (2019-2024), signals a clear shift toward medicines data standardization — implementing IDMP standards, connecting national drug databases to European frameworks, and enabling cross-border pharmacovigilance. The trajectory moves from general digital health compliance toward deep specialization in pharmaceutical data interoperability.

IDIKA is moving toward pharmaceutical data infrastructure — expect them to seek projects on drug safety data exchange, EMA-aligned standardization, and cross-border prescription systems.

How they like to work

IDIKA exclusively participates as a partner, never leading consortia — consistent with their role as a national implementing body rather than a research driver. Their 59 unique partners across 20 countries indicate they join large, pan-European consortia where they serve as Greece's national node for piloting and validating digital health solutions. For consortium builders, they offer something rare: a government body that can test eHealth standards against a real national social security system.

IDIKA has worked with 59 distinct partners across 20 countries, reflecting its role as a national representative in broad EU eHealth initiatives. Their network is heavily European and institutionally oriented, connecting with health ministries, standards bodies, and eHealth agencies rather than private-sector technology firms.

What sets them apart

IDIKA is one of the few organizations that combines the role of a national health IT operator with active participation in EU standardization projects. Unlike research institutes that develop prototypes, IDIKA operates Greece's live social security digital infrastructure — meaning any standard or interoperability solution tested with them faces real-world conditions immediately. For consortia needing a public-sector pilot site in Southern Europe, they are a strong candidate.

Highlights from their portfolio

• UNICOM
  Their largest project (EUR 333,300), running until 2024, focused on scaling IDMP medicines identification standards across Europe — directly relevant to EMA regulatory alignment.
• BPR4GDPR
  Demonstrates rare combination of public-sector IT operations with GDPR compliance engineering, bridging health data and privacy regulation.