What ELIS does

ELIS is a Rome-headquartered non-profit educational consortium founded in 1965 at the request of Pope John XXIII, structured as CEDEL – Cooperativa Sociale Educativa ELIS with affiliated operating entities including CONSEL (vocational training), ELIS Innovation Hub s.r.l., Scuola Sportiva ELIS, and AVEL. The organization functions as a multi-sided platform sitting between Italian corporations, secondary schools, and students/job-seekers, with 130+ corporate consortium members, a network of 1,623 partner schools, and reported annual activity of 7,017 people trained for work, 43,575 oriented toward work, 443 courses/masters/talent programs delivered, and 197 innovation projects completed.

Its product portfolio spans the full education-to-employment continuum: vocational secondary schooling (Scuola Professionale for ages 13–18), university-level digital engineering with Politecnico di Milano (Ingegneria Digitale), the peer-to-peer 42 Roma coding school (no teachers, project-based), the four-year Liceo TRED STEM high school across 27 schools, the CNO (Centro Nazionale Orientamento) national career-orientation platform at Villa Fassini, and the ELIS Innovation Hub for open innovation with startups. Internationally, ELIS implements Italy's Mattei Plan, training Tunisian workers for Italian employers such as Trenitalia and Fincantieri. It also runs GenerAzione Talento (senior worker valorization, with Harvard Business School and Bocconi) and Includere per Crescere (regulated migration).

Funding comes from corporate consortium memberships, government and EU co-funded programs, donations, the Italian 5x1000 tax designation, and a small set of paid offerings such as the Centro Estivo summer camp (€10 registration + €120/week). Go-to-market is community-led through school networks and corporate events (CNO Days, CEO Committee), with sales-led activity targeting enterprise training contracts. The organization is non-revenue-disclosing and does not have a parent company; it is governed by its member companies through rotating consortium presidency.

Name

ELIS

Legal name

CEDEL – Cooperativa sociale ed educativa ELIS

Website

https://elis.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1965

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

ELIS is a Rome-based non-profit educational consortium founded in 1965 that bridges 130+ Italian corporations, 1,600+ schools, and students through vocational training, the peer-to-peer 42 Roma coding school, career orientation, and open innovation programs serving youth-to-work and senior workforce transitions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Vocational Education and Training

NAICS

Technical and Trade Schools (6115), Professional and Management Development Training (61143), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Construction, Engineering & Skilled Trades Licensure Prep (EDAAANAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Project, Process & Quality Certification Prep (PMP, PRINCE2, Lean Six Sigma, ITIL) (EDANAIAE), Integrated Education & Training (IET) / Contextualized ABE (Workforce-Linked) (EDAAAAAK)

Keywords

• Vocational education
• Professional training
• Career orientation
• Corporate training programs
• Open innovation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Rome

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Educational and Training Services: ELIS operates as a non-profit consortium providing vocational training, professional courses, and educational programs funded through company consortium memberships, government partnerships, and donations
2. Innovation Services: Open innovation programs and consultancy services for enterprises conducted through ELIS Innovation Hub, funded by participating companies
3. Social Projects and Donations: Funding from donors, 5x1000 tax contributions, and memorial donations supporting social projects in Italy and developing countries

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

ELIS delivers educational, vocational, and professional training services across Italy through a non-profit consortium model. Its core offerings include a professional training school (Scuola Professionale) for ages 13–18, the free 42 Roma coding school, university-level digital engineering programs, a four-year Liceo TRED secondary school, the national Centro Nazionale Orientamento (CNO) for career orientation, corporate workforce development programs, and the ELIS Innovation Hub linking large companies with startups.

Product overview

ELIS is a non-profit educational organization (ente non profit) founded in 1965 that operates as a comprehensive platform for education, training, orientation, innovation, and sports. The organization offers a multi-faceted portfolio including vocational training schools (Scuola Professionale), university programs (Ingegneria Digitale with Politecnico di Milano), the innovative coding school 42 Roma, and the Liceo TRED four-year high school program. ELIS provides orientation services through its Centro Nazionale Orientamento (CNO) and drives innovation via the ELIS Innovation Hub. The sports division (Scuola Sportiva) offers amateur and competitive programs, while the Centro Estivo provides summer camp activities. Additional offerings include Corsi e Master for professional development, Food Hub for culinary training, and One Square as a digital learning platform. Key initiatives include GenerAzione Talento for senior worker valorization and Includere per Crescere for social inclusion.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 7,017 people trained for employment in latest period
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

24 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Trenitalia (Gruppo FS Italiane)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerELIS collaborates with FS Group on vocational training and employment inclusion programs, particularly for Tunisian workers under Italy's Mattei Plan. The partnership includes professional training in railway sector skills.
• FincantiericoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint project 'Costruire Futuro' training naval welders in Tunisia for employment in Fincantieri's Italian supply chain, part of the Mattei Plan for Italy-Africa cooperation.
• Poste ItalianecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCurrently holding rotating presidency of ELIS Consortium under CEO Silvia Maria Rovere. Leading 'GenerAzione Talento' project for senior worker valorization.
• INPSmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerINPS joined the ELIS consortium to collaborate on longevity and workplace research, bringing institutional perspective to talent valorization initiatives.
• Ferrovie dello Stato ItalianecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipating in CNO Days workplace orientation events, providing insight into railway industry careers and potential recruitment pathway.
• SaipemcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCNO Days partner for energy transition workshops and technical skills training with focus on soft skills and practical laboratory activities.
• CiscocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for CNO Days digital transition orientation, providing technical expertise for IT-focused students in technical schools.
• Intesa SanpaolocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSponsors 'Build Your Future' orientation program through CNO, helping students understand labor market trends and develop future skills.
• Mediterranean Health Innovation Hub (MHIH)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates with ELIS Innovation Hub on healthcare AI governance events and digital transformation in medical institutions.
• AceacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCNO partner supporting orientation activities and digital workstation installations at Villa Fassini innovation hub.
• EnelcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsortium member and CNO partner involved in energy transition orientation and technical training programs.
• AMIminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRome municipal company participating in CNO Days orientation workshops focused on urban services and environmental sustainability.
• Università BocconicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner for GenerAzione Talento research, with professors Francesco Billari and Vincenzo Galasso leading demographic studies on senior workers.
• Harvard Business SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner for GenerAzione Talento with Professor Raffaella Sadun leading World Management Survey 55+ research on senior worker management.
• LUISScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOriginal initiator of 42 Roma coding school in 2020; partnership continues with ELIS for campus expansion and peer learning programs.
• Institut Arabe des Chefs d'Entreprises (Iace)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTunisian think tank with 500+ entrepreneurs collaborating on CEO Committee italo-tunisino for business forum and training partnerships.
• TernacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Tunisia Innovation Zone project, developing innovation hub for Italy-Tunisia tech collaboration and startup acceleration.
• Thamm Plus ProgramcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEU and Italian Ministry of Interior funded program for training 2,000 construction workers from Tunisia for employment in Italy.
• Fili di InnovazionecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerComo textile business network partnering with ELIS Innovation Hub for 'Innovation 4 Luxury' digital transformation program.
• MALV (Manufacture des Accessoires Louis Vuitton)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFirst network member from LVMH group participating in Innovation 4 Luxury program for textile supply chain digitalization.
• Skuola.netcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDigital education platform collaborating on 'Dopo il Diploma' survey research on student orientation and career expectations.
• ASNORminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational orientation association partnering on CNO research and young people career guidance initiatives.
• AccenturecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipating in GenerAzione Talento project and WMS 55+ research on senior worker management practices.
• AdeccocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHR services company participating in GenerAzione Talento longevity and workplace research collaboration.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Per Scholas: US non-profit providing tuition-free technology training and career support to under-resourced adults; comparable model of free, employer-aligned technical skills training with strong placement outcomes.
• Generation (Generation You Employed): Global non-profit operating free, employment-focused training programs for unemployed young adults across 17+ countries; directly comparable mission, target population, and employer-funded/placement-driven model to ELIS's Scuola Professionale and Includere per Crescere.
• Holberton School: Peer-to-peer, project-based software engineering school with no formal teachers — closely aligned with the 42 Roma methodology that ELIS now hosts and expands in Italy.
• Year Up: US non-profit providing young adults from under-resourced communities with skills training, internships, and corporate connections; comparable mission and outcomes-driven, employer-linked training model.
• IFOA: Italian non-profit vocational training and orientation organization closely comparable to ELIS in offering professional courses, certification prep, and corporate-talent pipelines within the Italian market.
• 42 (École 42): Paris-founded peer-to-peer coding school whose methodology and brand 42 Roma is modeled after. ELIS hosts 42 Roma on its Rome campus, making 42 the closest functional and methodological peer in software-skills training.
• ITS Italia (Rete ITS): Italian network of higher technical institutes (Istituti Tecnici Superiori) providing post-secondary vocational training in partnership with companies, universities, and local authorities; directly comparable mission, model, and Italian labor-market positioning to ELIS's Scuola Professionale.

Broad incumbents

• Politecnico di Milano: Italian polytechnic university and ELIS's academic partner for the Ingegneria Digitale program; broader incumbent in higher education that competes for the same engineering-talent pool ELIS serves through its corporate-linked tracks.
• LUISS Guido Carli: Italian private university that originated the 42 Roma coding school initiative in 2020 before handing operations to ELIS; comparable Italian higher-education incumbent serving similar students and corporate partners.

Others

• Fondazione Adecco per le Pari Opportunità: Italian corporate foundation by Adecco focused on workforce inclusion and training of disadvantaged groups; thematically comparable as an Italian non-profit addressing youth employment, social inclusion, and corporate-funded training.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/centroelis
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/centroelis
• Instagraminstagram.com/centroelis
• Xx.com/centroELIS

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments2 records

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