Studio CEVAS

Studio CEVAS — also known as CEVAS, Centro di Ricerca e Valutazione — is an Italian research and evaluation organisation based in Rome. Since 2002 it has provided evaluation, research, strategic planning support and training services, with a particular focus on the design and evaluation of public policies and especially welfare policies. Its work centres on helping people and organisations that are pursuing change to collect, analyse and use results in order to maximise their impact. The studio applies Theory Based Evaluation and Impact Evaluation approaches. Its stated thematic areas include the social economy and the role of clusters, welfare, urban regeneration, local development, employment and the fight against inequalities, and sustainability. A recurring concern in its method is the transferability of the 'lessons' drawn from evaluations and the interaction and indirect impacts between different policies. CEVAS serves a predominantly public and non-profit client base. Its main clients are central and local administrations — including local health authorities (Aziende Sanitarie Locali), the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, regions, ministries and municipalities — as well as universities, foundations and third-sector organisations. Its objectives include analysing the effects and impacts of programmes, plans, projects and services by distinguishing 'where, for whom and how' particular interventions work; promoting the democratic use of evaluation and the development of widespread skills for programming and evaluation; promoting the social, environmental and economic sustainability of interventions and the efficient use of economic resources; supporting social innovation and the search for community welfare models; and contributing to the improvement of the 'architecture of programmes' through the dissemination of effectiveness evidence and the networking of scientific knowledge. Methodologically, CEVAS combines evaluation activity with consultancy orientations, placing emphasis on the 'utilisation' and 'transparency' of the results produced. It also works on innovative approaches to synthesising literature and evaluation study results, aiming to develop knowledge translation mechanisms. The organisation is a private entity and, as of the available evidence, is not listed on a stock exchange.

Studio CEVAS, also referred to as CEVAS — Centro di Ricerca e Valutazione — has operated since 2002, according to its own account, offering evaluation, research, strategic planning support and training services. The organisation is based in Rome, Italy. From its founding, CEVAS concentrated on the design and evaluation of public policies, with particular attention to welfare policies. Over time it developed a method combining evaluation with consultancy, and it adopted Theory Based Evaluation and Impact Evaluation as its principal approaches. Its thematic scope came to include the social economy and the role of clusters, welfare, urban regeneration, local development, employment and the fight against inequalities, and sustainability. CEVAS built a client base centred on public and non-profit institutions. Its main clients are described as central and local administrations — including local health authorities, the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, regions, ministries and municipalities — as well as universities, foundations and third-sector organisations. The studio frames its mission around analysing the effects and impacts of programmes, plans, projects and services, distinguishing 'where, for whom and how' interventions work, and around promoting the democratic use of evaluation and the development of widespread evaluation skills. A distinctive element of its practice is attention to the transferability of the 'lessons' drawn from evaluations and to the interaction and indirect impacts between different policies. CEVAS also works on innovative approaches to synthesising literature and evaluation results, aiming to develop knowledge translation mechanisms, and it emphasises the utilisation and transparency of the results it produces. The available evidence does not record specific dated milestones, ownership changes or listings for the organisation.

• 2002

  CEVAS begins operating, offering evaluation, research, strategic planning support and training services.

A research and evaluation studio focused on public policy and welfare, serving public administrations, universities, foundations and third-sector organisations with an emphasis on the utilisation and transparency of evaluation results.

• Evaluation of public policies and programmes

  Analysis of the effects and impacts of programmes, plans, projects and services, distinguishing where, for whom and how interventions work.

• Theory Based Evaluation and Impact Evaluation

  Approaches used by CEVAS to assess public policies and programmes.

• Research services

  Research on themes including social economy, welfare, urban regeneration, local development, employment and inequalities, and sustainability.

• Strategic planning support

  Support to clients in planning and programming processes.

• Training

  Training on the design and evaluation of public policies.

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2. 2CHI SIAMO – Studio CEVAScevas.it
3. 3Studio CEVAS – Wikidatawikidata.org