As a service provider firm with more than 40 years of experience, we have implemented more than 500 contracts in the most diverse contexts in the international development cooperation field. Side by side with our partners CESO supplies four types of services:

Studies and Advisory Services

Strategy design; Identification and formulation of plans/programmes; Projects and policies; Feasibility studies; Baseline studies; Technical and policy decision support studies.

Monitoring and Evaluation

Design and implementation of Monitoring and Evaluation systems for Strategies, Policies, Plans, Programmes and Projects.

Institutional Strengthening

Technical Assistance to support institutions with a path to contributing to their organisation and efficiency; Implementation and Management of Strategies, Policies, Plans, Programmes and Projects.

Training and Skills Development

Strengthening of individual competences; Curriculum design; Pedagogical methodology applied; Training of trainers and trainees; Didactic material.

Our Approach

Our approach is what sets us apart from other market players and what have taken us to a higher level of professionalism, quality and efficiency well known by our clients and partners. We call it SKIEs.

Each client has a specific need. Our task is to understand it and provide adequate solutions in a dynamic, integrated and inclusive way.

SKIEs are our way of work during every step of the project cycle.

This means that in all phases of our business operation - from business development, to technical implementation and research & development — we bring together the right:

Skills
Mobilization of highly competent national and international consultants;

Knowledge
Promotion of access to specialized technical knowledge in the areas and sectors of each project in order to achieve high quality results;

Information
Access to relevant information on the markets in which we operate;

Energy
Mobilization of adequate resources - financial and time - according to the needs of each new challenge;

Experience
Creation of new knowledge and information from each project, to support future opportunities.

Who We Work With

Some of the largest development and cooperation agencies as well as bilateral development agencies and governments of various countries rely on CESO to implement their national programmes and boost sustainable evolution in the world.

Our History

CESO was founded by a group of university professors committed on giving their contribution to the economic, social and organisational development.

Focused on the transmission of knowledge and innovation, we began by designing sustainable solutions that met the most pressing problems of local communities.

In 1981, CESO presented itself to the market as a cooperative and later evolved into a research centre. This evolution consolidated its DNA and keeps it to this day.

Today, it is a multifaceted consulting company in the international development area. Recognized by the industry, it operates in several domains, but it is moving towards a change.

In parallel with the usual consulting services, the firm is dedicated to developing the areas of social responsibility and production and transmission of knowledge. It has several partnerships with national and international universities and promotes courses through its Academy.

CESO intends, therefore, to give its contribution to economic and social progress, seeking to achieve the inclusive and sustainable development of society.