Firm Info
The Hellenic Management Association (EEDE) was established in 1962. It is a not‐for‐profit
organisation with a mission to contribute to the promotion, dissemination and promulgation of
modern management principles, methods and practices. EEDE has members, both corporate ‐
enterprises and organisations of the private and public sector ‐ and individuals ‐ medium and toplevel
executives, entrepreneurs, professors and students.
The Hellenic Management Association incorporates five Institutes, specialising in a particular
function of management and four Sectors that deal with general business issues: Hellenic Institute
of Marketing, Hellenic Institute of Financial Management, Hellenic Institute of Production and
Operations Management, Hellenic Institute of Information and Communications Management,
Hellenic Institute of Human Resources Management, Sector of Women Managers and
Entrepreneurs, Public Administration and Local Authorities Management Sector, Leadership Sector
and Corporate Affairs Sector.
Today EEDE rates among the five largest Management Associations worldwide in terms of
Membership and Activities. In 56 years of activity more than 500.000 executives have been trained
and more than 800.000 teaching hours have been offered through 17.500 training programs, while
EEDE’s Post‐Graduate Program is effectuated in 26 cities around Greece and counts more than
4.200 alumni.
EEDE’s Strategy and Actions are developed around seven main pillars:
Education: Postgraduate Programs, Certified Training Programs, Executive Programs, Open Training,
In‐Company Training and Vocational Training.
Knowledge and Information: Institutes, Sectors, events, annual events (CEO Summit, Aristoteles
Conference, Marketing Matters, Banking Forum, E‐Business Innovation Forum, Risk Management
Forum etc.), Awards (Manager of the Year, Quality Leader of the Year, Marketing Excellence Awards,
HR Excellence Awards, Corporate Affairs Excellence Awards) and the largest Management Portal
«ManagementDirect».
Vocational Guidance & Career Counselling, Italian‐Hellenic Chamber of Commerce, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Panhellenic Exporters Association, Quality Net Foundation, SBC TV, Traders
Associations in Athens, Livadia and Larissa, Transparency International Greece and University of the
Aegean.
Business tools: Certification (Greek Certification of Business Excellence «Aien Aristevein», EFQM
Levels of Excellence, Investors in People) and Research.
Communication: «Manager» magazine, «Paths to Development» TV programme, Books on
management & entrepreneurship, e‐Newsletters and specialised publications, distributed free of
charge to EEDE members.
European Union Programs: Erasmus+, EuropeAid, Interreg IV‐V, Industrial Relations, LLP (Leonardo
da Vinci, Grundtvig), Esprit, Employment Community Initiative (Now, Horizon), Adapt, Info‐DC, Tacis,
Phare, Equal Rounds I‐II, Article‐6 and Asia‐Invest II. EEDE also operates as an Intermediate
Management Body for Managing European Union Programs.
Acting as final beneficiary that undertakes to implement programme measures and actions in view
of the management and concretisation of co‐funded projects, a field of activity in which EEDE
presents significant experience.
The Hellenic Management Association’s activities cover all administrative regions in Greece. More
specifically, EEDE operates through Regional Departments in Macedonia (based in Thessaloniki), in
the Peloponnese and Western Greece (based in Patras) and in Crete (based in Heraklion). Beyond
Greece, EEDE also operates in Cyprus through the Cyprus Management Association (CMA), which
was founded in collaboration with the Employers and Industrialists Federation of Cyprus. The
Athens Laboratory of Business Administration (ALBA) and the Entrepreneurship Club were founded
and now operate in Greece upon EEDE’s initiative.
To this end, the Hellenic Management Association, in recent years, in consistency with its course in
more than 50 years, presents position papers and takes several actions on confronting the financial
crisis and developing the Greek economy, either on its own initiative or in collaboration with other
institutional bodies.
