Centre for Evidence and Implementation

Name

Centre for Evidence and Implementation

Legal name

Centre for Evidence and Implementation

Website

https://ceiglobal.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Carlton

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Professional Advisory and Consulting Services: CEI generates revenue through providing advisory, consulting, and professional services to governments, NGOs, philanthropy organisations, universities, and evidence intermediaries. The organisation works with partners globally to drive innovation in programs and services across four key areas: understanding and making sense of the evidence base, generating evidence through trialling, testing and evaluating policies, programs and services, applying research-informed implementation methods, and building cultures for evidence use.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

CEI is a global evidence intermediary and advisory organisation that helps generate, find, translate, use, and implement evidence to improve people's lives, particularly those facing adversity. It delivers professional services across four areas: making sense of evidence (systematic reviews, evidence gap maps, landscape/policy scans), generating evidence (evaluation design, trials, pilots, M&E frameworks), getting evidence into policy and practice (Common Elements Approach, systems change support, service design), and building cultures for evidence use (training, capacity building, events). Its clients include governments, NGOs, philanthropists, universities, and evidence intermediaries globally.

Product overview

Centre for Evidence and Implementation (CEI) is a global, social purpose consultancy organization rather than a software product company. CEI offers a portfolio of professional services organized around evidence synthesis, evaluation, and implementation science. The core service offerings include: Evidence Synthesis (systematic reviews, rapid evidence reviews, evidence gap maps); Evaluation Design and Delivery (formative, hybrid, and economic evaluations); Trials, Tests, and Pilots; M&E Frameworks and Strategy; the Common Elements Approach for identifying building blocks of evidence-informed practice; Systems Change Support; Practice, Program, and Service Design; Training and Capacity Building; Events (including the biennial Evidence and Implementation Summit as a flagship offering); and Landscape and Policy Scans. These services are delivered by multidisciplinary teams across offices in Australia, Nordic region, Singapore/Asia, and the UK, working with partners including governments, NGOs, evidence intermediaries, philanthropies, and universities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Evidence and Implementation Summit (EIS): Biennial global summit bringing together experts in implementation science, evidence synthesis and program evaluation with policymakers, practitioners, and funders.
• CEI Nordic

Products and services

• Evidence Synthesis Systematic reviews, rapid evidence reviews, and evidence gap maps that synthesise the best available research to inform policymakers, funders, and practitioners.
• Evaluation Design and Delivery Tailored evaluation approaches including formative, hybrid, and economic evaluations using rigorous academic methods to assess policies, practices, and programs.
• Trials, Tests, and Pilots Design and evaluation of innovative approaches rooted in evidence, including co-development of interventions, adaptation to local contexts, and testing implementation strategies.
• M&E Frameworks and Strategy Monitoring and evaluation framework development including Theory of Change, outcome indicators, and methodological approaches for individual programs and portfolio levels.
• Common Elements Approach Identification and adaptation of discrete techniques and strategies common across multiple evidence-based programs to support system and service transformation.
• Systems Change Support Implementation planning, staging, training, capacity-building, coaching, and active facilitation to guide and support reform efforts in complex systems.
• Practice, Program, and Service Design Evidence-driven design of policies, programs, and services grounded in research and informed by practitioner expertise and lived experience.
• Training and Capacity Building Skills development for individuals and teams in using evidence, including executive education, workshops, and coaching to embed evidence use in organisations.
• Landscape and Policy Scans Summaries of relevant programs, policies, and interventions in specific fields and geographies, mapping what exists against what is known to work.
• Evidence and Implementation Summit (EIS) Biennial global conference co-hosted by CEI that brings together experts in implementation science, evidence synthesis, and program evaluation with policymakers and practitioners.

Quantifiable outcome

• 18% fewer children entering care through the Family Preservation and Reunification Response program in Victoria, Australia
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers28 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Implementation Science Health Conference Australia (ISHCA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 October 2025EIS 2025 was co-hosted with ISHCA at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, bringing together 700 participants from 25 countries. This collaboration represents the biennial Evidence and Implementation Summit's largest event to date.
• Monash UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2023EIS 2023 was co-hosted by CEI, the National University of Singapore's BISI and Monash University.
• Campbell CollaborationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEI leaders have helped in the establishment and oversight of the Campbell Collaboration, one of the world's leading institutions for evidence synthesis. CEI leadership has been recognised globally for the quality and impact of its evidence synthesis work.
• Centre for Holistic Initiatives for Learning and Development (CHILD) at NUScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEI is a partner in CHILD, a new initiative established under the umbrella of the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine with a generous endowment from the Lien Foundation. CHILD combines expertise in translational research, early childhood development, and implementation science to address gaps in systems and services in Singapore. CHILD is the first centre of its kind in the region.
• Centre for Behavioural and Implementation Science Interventions (BISI) at NUScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEI is a founding partner of BISI at NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, which aims to improve population health by accelerating the implementation of evidence in policy and practice.
• GledingminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEI Nordic has a strategic partnership with Gleding, contributing to the development of tools for kindergartens, schools and parents. Gleding tools are practical, strengths-based, health-promoting, and focused on relationships.
• What Works Centres Network (UK)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEI works closely with What Works Centres in the UK including Youth Endowment Fund, Foundations, Education Endowment Foundation, Youth Futures Foundation, and Wales Centre for Public Policy, dedicated to synthesising and extending evidence in different policy areas.
• Youth Endowment FundcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEI works closely with the Youth Endowment Fund as one of the UK's What Works Centres, supporting evidence synthesis and implementation in youth services.
• Education Endowment FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEI developed the first ever framework and assessment tool for scaling education programs for the Education Endowment Foundation.
• Youth Futures FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEI collaborated with Youth Futures Foundation's Evidence into Action program, coaching UK community-based organisations. CEI also developed TIIPE guidance with Youth Futures Foundation and Dartington Service Design Lab.
• Wales Centre for Public PolicycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEI partnered with Wales Centre for Public Policy to investigate how policy work can be better geared toward implementation. Joint article published on implementation-minded policy making.
• Department for Education (UK)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEI has projects funded by the UK Department for Education.
• Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (UK)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEI has projects funded by the UK Office for Health Improvement and Disparities.
• UNICEFcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEI designed and hosted a four-day workshop for UNICEF global staff on implementation research. CEI is also leading a project for UNICEF on strengthening and sustaining kinship care globally.
• Norwegian Council for Mental Health (Rådet for psykisk helse)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEI Nordic project on municipal mental health planning is conducted in partnership with the Norwegian Council for Mental Health, with funding from the Dam Foundation.
• Dartington Service Design LabcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEI collaborated with Dartington Service Design Lab and Youth Futures Foundation to develop the Theory-informed Implementation and Process Evaluation (TIIPE) guidance.
• Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEI is committed to partnering with Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations including VACCA across its work in Australia. CEI has a Reconciliation Action Plan in place.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Mathematica: Large US-headquartered policy research and evaluation firm with deep expertise in program evaluation and implementation science. Comparable to CEI in evaluation design, M&E frameworks, and government contracting, though significantly larger and more US-focused.
• Urban Institute: US research organisation delivering evidence-based insights to inform public debate and policy. Comparable to CEI in evidence synthesis, evaluation, and policy advisory, particularly for social programs serving vulnerable populations.
• Abt Associates: Large research and consulting firm delivering evaluation, implementation, and technical assistance to governments globally. Comparable to CEI in evaluation design, M&E, and implementation science, but with broader health and international-development mandates.
• RAND Corporation: Global research organisation delivering rigorous analysis and evaluation to governments and philanthropists. Comparable to CEI in evidence synthesis, policy evaluation, and systems-change advisory, but operates at vastly greater scale across defence, health, and education.

Direct peers

• Nesta: UK innovation foundation focused on impact, evaluation, and evidence use. Comparable to CEI in advisory and evaluation for public-good outcomes, with overlapping methodologies in innovation trials and impact measurement.
• MDRC: Non-profit education and social policy research organisation that designs, conducts, and disseminates evidence on programs for low-income people. Directly comparable to CEI in rigorous evaluation of social programs for government and philanthropic funders.
• Behavioural Insights Team: Global social-purpose consultancy applying behavioural science to public policy. Comparable to CEI in evidence-informed public sector advisory, evaluation rigour, and multi-region delivery to governments, with overlapping approaches in implementation and randomised trials.
• The Campbell Collaboration: The leading global institution for evidence synthesis in social policy. Directly comparable to CEI in evidence synthesis methodology, with overlap in leadership and a co-developed history; both serve governments, NGOs, and philanthropists seeking rigorous evidence on social interventions.

Emerging players

• What Works Network (UK): Network of UK evidence centres (Youth Endowment Fund, Education Endowment Foundation, etc.) that CEI partners with. Closely comparable to CEI in evidence synthesis and implementation support for UK government, and a partner/channel rather than a competitor.
• Dartington Service Design Lab: UK research and design lab working on children's services and implementation. Comparable to CEI in implementation science for children and family services, and a known co-development partner on the TIIPE framework.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• YouTubeyoutube.com/@CEIGlobal
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/centre-for-evidence-and-implementation

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Profiles13 records

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