Platon m.e.p.e. have been active in the field of education and training since 1997, with the legal form of the Limited Liability Company (LLC). In 2013, moved to privately-owned modern and bioclimatic facilities of 4,000 s.m. on a 14,000 s.m. plot in the Ganochora area, north of the Municipality of Katerini in the prefecture of Pieria, and about 3 km from the city center.
Departments:
• Nursery- Kindergarten
• Primary - Secondary school
• Lifelong Learning Center
• European projects

Personnel
Total 90
65 educators/trainers/researchers ( 21 with master and 2 Phd) and 25 supportive (administration, drivers, escorts, cooks, cleaners etc)
Community relationships
Strong cooperation with the Municipality, the Prefecture, the Chamber of Commerce, the Orthodox Church and Evangelists community.
Sponsoring a vast number of Athletic , Cultural clubs and Volunteer teams


Collaborations - Outreach
A lot of National educational and environmental projects
More than 60 European educational and training projects (this year running 19 projects)
Close cooperation with Aristotle University, Macedonian University and Technical University of Central Macedonia
Cooperation under European projects with many educational institutions (Schools, Universities, Research Institutes, Training organisations)
Pre-seed funding 2 spin off companies – φ tech, on Advanced Materials Modeling and
π solutions, on Augmented Reality
Member of :
-Association of Private Greek Schools, http://www.privateschools.gr/gr/
-Enterprise Europe Network, https://een.ec.europa.eu/
-Dlearn, a European network of Digital Single Market (in charge of School sector) http://dlearn.eu/scientific-committee/
-Changelearning.eu, an International consortium on Educational technology http://www.changelearning.eu/en/

Awards
• International competition Virtual Classroom (1998)
• Best Lingua-e Greek project – under SOCRATES program , representative of Greece in Spain (1999)
• 5th Prize National competition on “Competitiveness” (2005)
• 1st Prize National competition of Youth Entrepreneurship (2008 and 2009)
• 1st Prize National competition “School choirs” (2009)
• 1st Prize at the International conference of EDEN “Innovation in Education” (2009)
• Award of the Ministry of Education for “Excellence and Innovation in Education” (2010)
• 3rd Prize National competition of Youth Entrepreneurship (2011 and 2014)
• 3rd Prize in the National competition “Eco mobility” (2016)