Central Evaluation

What Central Evaluation does

Centrale Valutativa S.r.l. is an Italian private limited liability company founded in January 2016 and headquartered in Rome, operating as a specialised evaluation, technical-assistance, and social-research firm. The company is organised into three thematic divisions — PA-Europa (public administrations and EU institutions), Imprese (enterprises), and No-profit (civil-society organisations) — and delivers ex-ante, ongoing, and ex-post evaluations of public policies and programmes, impact measurement, and management/reporting support. Its core service lines are Valutazione (evaluation), Assistenza Tecnica (technical assistance), and Big Data / Valutazione 2.0 (data analytics applied to policy evaluation).

The firm's principal proprietary technology is TETHYS Smart Farming, a precision-agriculture platform launched in 2016 that processes Copernicus Sentinel satellite imagery to compute vegetation indices (e.g., NDVI), generate evapotranspiration-based irrigation advice (TETHYS Saving Water), and estimate agricultural yields and biomass (TETHYS Yield Estimator). TETHYS was incubated at the ESA Business Incubation Centre (BIC) Lazio from 2016 to 2018, participated in the 2019 Copernicus Incubation Programme with €50,000 of ESA support and co-financing from Cattolica Assicurazioni, and received a €289,924.06 FESR grant from Regione Lazio in 2023 to extend the platform commercially (the TETHYS plus project). The company also holds ISO 9001:2015, UNI/PdR 125:2022, ISO/IEC 27001:2024, and ISO/IEC 27701:2019 certifications.

Commercially, Centrale Valutativa operates as a professional-services firm acquiring work through competitive public tenders and RTI (temporary business consortium) arrangements — most often as evaluation partner to larger lead firms such as Lattanzio Kibs S.p.A. and IRIS Ricerche, or as subcontractor to IZI S.p.A. — and generates revenue via project-based professional-services contracts (€56k–€340k visible) and, to a lesser extent, recurring subscriptions for TETHYS-based precision-farming services. The customer base is dominated by Italian regional governments (Tuscany, Puglia, Umbria, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Valle d'Aosta, Sardinia, Marche, Emilia Romagna) and EU-funded programmes (PSR, FESR, FSE+, FEASR, PNRR, ISF/BMVI, LIFE), with additional engagements for non-profits (Con i Bambini, Fondazione con il Sud), research institutions (Università Politecnica delle Marche, Università di Bologna), and financial actors (SFIRS, Cattolica Assicurazioni). Geographic reach is anchored in Italy with project activity in Croatia, Romania, Spain, Greece, and Slovenia.

Name

Central Evaluation

Legal name

Centrale Valutativa S.r.l.

Website

https://centralevalutativa.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Centrale Valutativa S.r.l. is an Italian evaluation and research firm providing ex-ante, ongoing, and ex-post evaluations of EU-funded programs, technical assistance, and impact measurement for Italian regional governments, public administrations, non-profits, and agricultural enterprises.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Policy Evaluation and Technical Assistance Services

NAICS

Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Program & Project Implementation (TA Delivery) (BPADAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Agriculture, Food Security & Nutrition Technical Assistance (BPADAEAG), Technical Cooperation, Capacity Building & Policy Advisory Programs (BPADABAO), Economic Research, Statistics & Policy Advisory (BPADAMAJ)

Keywords

• Policy evaluation services
• Public sector consulting
• Technical assistance services
• Precision agriculture platforms
• Social impact assessment

Headquarters

HQ city

Rome

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Evaluation Services: The company provides evaluation services for EU-funded programs including rural development programs (PSR), regional operational programs (FESR, FSE+), national programs, and social impact evaluations. Revenue is generated through competitive project contracts.
2. Technical Assistance: Technical assistance services supporting public administration and project implementation, including management support, reporting, and environmental integration for EU programs.
3. TETHYS Platform Services: Commercial services related to the TETHYS smart farming platform including precision farming tools, satellite-based monitoring, and agricultural yield estimation.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Centrale Valutativa provides social and evaluative research, technical assistance, and big data analytics services primarily to Italian and European public administrations, EU institutions, and non-profit organisations. Core services include ex-ante, in-itinere, ex-post and impact evaluations of EU-funded programmes (PSR rural development, FESR, FSE+, LIFE, PNRR), technical assistance for project implementation and reporting, and social impact measurement. The firm also operates TETHYS, a proprietary precision-farming platform leveraging Copernicus Sentinel satellite imagery for crop health monitoring, irrigation optimisation, and yield estimation.

Product overview

Central Evaluation (Centrale Valutativa) is an Italian evaluation and research company organized into three operational areas: PA-Europa (public administration), Imprese (businesses), and No-profit (civil society organizations). The core offerings include Valutazione (evaluation services), Assistenza Tecnica (technical assistance), and Big Data/Valutazione 2.0 (data analytics). The technology product TETHYS Smart Farming is their proprietary precision agriculture platform comprising modules for irrigation advice (TETHYS Saving Water) and yield estimation (TETHYS Yield Estimator), all powered by satellite imagery analysis from the European Copernicus program.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TETHYS Smart Farming: Innovative precision-farming tool that monitors crop health using vegetation indices, provides irrigation advice through evapotranspiration calculation, and creates yield maps based on daily biomass estimation using satellite imagery.

Products and services

• Valutazione (Evaluation Services) Social and evaluative research services including ex-ante, in-itinere, ex-post, and impact evaluations for public policies, EU-funded programmes (PSR rural development, FESR, FSE+, LIFE, PNRR), and projects for Italian regional governments, national ministries, EU institutions, and foundations.
• Assistenza Tecnica (Technical Assistance) Technical assistance services supporting public administrations and organisations in project management, reporting, environmental integration, and implementation of EU-funded programmes.
• Big Data / Valutazione 2.0 Data analytics and evaluation services leveraging big data techniques for policy analysis and programme evaluation.
• TETHYS Smart Farming Innovative precision farming platform that uses Sentinel satellite imagery processing to monitor crop health via vegetation indices, provide irrigation advice, and estimate agricultural yields for farmers, agricultural businesses, and insurers.
• TETHYS Saving Water Irrigation optimization module within the TETHYS platform that calculates crop evapotranspiration and provides water-saving recommendations for golf courses and agricultural enterprises.
• TETHYS Yield Estimator Agricultural yield estimation module that processes satellite imagery to estimate crop yields and biomass production, validated with Cattolica Assicurazioni for agricultural insurance applications.

Named customers15 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Lattanzio Kibs S.p.AcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCentrale works in RTI (temporary business consortium) with Lattanzio Kibs as mandataria (lead partner) on multiple EU evaluation projects including PAC Strategic Plan evaluation, CSR regional evaluations, and ISF/BMVI program evaluation. This is a primary partnership for securing large-scale government evaluation contracts.
• IRIS RicerchecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCentrale works in RTI with IRIS (as Capogruppo/lead partner) on evaluation of PR FSE+ Regione Marche 2021-2027. IRIS leads the consortium while Centrale provides evaluation expertise.
• IZI S.p.AminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCentrale operates as subcontractor to IZI S.p.A for intermediate and ongoing evaluation of ISF and BMVI national programs 2021-2027.
• Università Politecnica delle MarchecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCentrale supports the university in management and reporting of the LIFE Prometheus project (5-year project with 21 partners from 5 European countries). The university coordinates the project.
• European Space Agency (ESA)coreTechnology or IntegrationESA provided 50,000 euro incubation support through Copernicus Master program and subsequent incubation program for TETHYS platform development using Sentinel satellite data.
• Cattolica AssicurazioniminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-financed the TETHYS Yield Estimator development for agricultural insurance applications.
• ASI (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana)coreTechnology or IntegrationCo-funded ESA BIC Lazio incubation program that supported TETHYS development.
• Fondazione con il SudcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommissioned Centrale for 6-year impact evaluation of circular economy grant program.
• ERSAF (Ente Regionale per i Servizi all'Agricoltura e alle Foreste)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerClient for LIFE IP GESTIRE 2020 monitoring services for Rete Natura 2000 in Lombardia.
• AIV (Associazione Italiana di Valutazione)minorOthersCentrale is a supporting member (socia sostenitrice) of the Italian Evaluation Association.
• Banca EticaminorOthersCentrale is a member of Banca Etica, an ethical banking institution.
• Consorzio NOVA per l'Innovazione SocialecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResponsible entity for OR.CO DIGITSYS project where Centrale handles monitoring and evaluation. Partnership involves multiple regional entities and educational institutions.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• xFarm Technologies: Italian-headquartered precision farming platform combining satellite imagery, agronomic models, and farm management software. Comparable to TETHYS on the technology/agtech side but at far greater commercial scale.
• Fondazione GIMBE: Italian health research and evidence organisation working on health programme evaluation, including the National Health Equity Programme 2021-2027 which Centrale also evaluates. Adjacent work on policy evaluation for public administration.

Direct peers

• Giunta — società di valutazione e studi di policy: Italian evaluation consultancy offering policy and programme evaluation services to public administrations and non-profits, often in consortium settings. Comparable focus on EU-funded programme evaluation and methodological depth.
• Sinergise: Slovenian company operating the Sentinel Hub platform for processing Sentinel satellite data — the same data infrastructure TETHYS uses for vegetation indices and yield estimation. Comparable on the precision-agriculture-from-satellite-imagery play.
• IRIS Ricerche: Italian social research and evaluation firm that partners with Centrale Valutativa in consortia (e.g., on PR FSE+ Marche 2021-2027 evaluation). Highly comparable in size, methodological approach, and public-sector evaluation clientele.
• IZI S.p.A: Italian evaluation consultancy for whom Centrale Valutativa has worked as a subcontractor on intermediate/ongoing evaluation of the ISF and BMVI national programmes 2021-2027. Directly comparable on EU programme evaluation methodology.

Broad incumbents

• Ecorys: Large European research and consulting company with strong EU policy evaluation practice, including for cohesion and rural development funds. Closest international analogue to what Centrale Valutativa does at multi-country scale.
• Lattanzio Kibs S.p.A: Major Italian evaluation and consulting firm that serves as lead consortium partner (mandataria) on multiple shared mandates with Centrale Valutativa. Comparable in core EU programme evaluation and technical assistance services, but at significantly greater scale and with broader service lines.
• European Evaluation Society / EES-affiliated consultancies (e.g., Ramboll Management Consulting): Large multi-national evaluation consultancies active across EU policy evaluation tenders. Provide the global benchmark for scale, scope, and methodology in EU programme evaluation.

Others

• AIV — Associazione Italiana di Valutazione: Italian Evaluation Association, of which Centrale Valutativa is a supporting member. Not a competitor but the principal professional body whose community standards shape competitive positioning and visibility within Italian evaluation services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights2 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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