Our goal is to support actions in the field of Education and Knowledge Dissemination. Through continuous training and knowledge dissemination, we urge each and every employee to comprehend the Group’s strategic objectives, to effectively identify their role in our joint effort, and to progress and develop their professional capacity.

At the same time, through training coupled with experience and expertise developed within the Group, every employee is given the possibility for further development, so that they can be flexible and adaptable to changes and new conditions in the business environment and contribute to the Group’s ongoing success.

Priorities definition

2015:

• Continuation of the HELPE Academy (a framework for Education and Human Resource Development and Knowledge Dissemination) designed in 2013 in which training program EDGE is being implemented
• Design and Implementation of training programs for employees from subsidiary companies that operate outside Greece (EDGE International, Finance for non-Finance, Leadership Management, Advancing Negotiation Skills)

2016-2017:

• Design and Implementation of new Training Programs
• Launch of e-learning training modules

The Group’s total training expenditure for 2015 amounted to €780,766 (compared to €738,520 in 2014) with 60,648 training hours. As part of its training policy, during 2015, the Group invested €527,503 in enriching its libraries, as well as subscriptions to scientific and professional associations and journals.

Training breakdown by gender & company

Training expenditure breakdown

No. of trainees per type of training and company

Group’s Training KPIs

Educational Visits to Group's Facilities

In 2015, the Group's industrial facilities in Aspropyrgos, Elefsina and Western Thessaloniki welcomed and briefed 3,224 schoolchildren and students from educational institutions of all levels.

Educational visits (breakdown by educational level)