CESV

Name

CESV

Legal name

CSV Lazio – Centro di Servizio per il Volontariato

Website

https://cesv.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Volunteer Support Services

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Educational Support Services (611710), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Volunteerism, Service-Learning & Community Service (EDALAHAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Community Engagement & Service-Learning Partnerships (EDALAOAI)

Keywords

• Volunteer support services
• Third sector services
• Nonprofit capacity building
• Civil service programs
• Volunteer training

Headquarters

HQ city

Rome

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Public funding and institutional support: As a Centro di Servizio per il Volontariato (CSV), the organization operates as a non-profit entity funded primarily through public institutional channels and regional government support to serve the Third Sector in Lazio.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CSV Lazio (CESV) is a Centro di Servizio per il Volontariato (Volunteering Service Center) that provides free support services to Third Sector organizations in the Lazio region of Italy. The organization delivers consulting, project design, training, promotion, communication, and logistics services to volunteer organizations (ODV), social promotion associations (APS), and Third Sector entities (ETS). It also operates civil service programs, a volunteer matching platform (Trovavolontariato), and youth civic education initiatives (Radici Volontarie).

Product overview

CSV Lazio is a service center for volunteering that provides a comprehensive suite of services to Third Sector entities (ODV, APS, ETS) and volunteers across the Lazio region. The organization operates a multi-service platform combining consulting, training, project design, promotion, communication, and logistics support. Key offerings include Formazione (training catalog with AIFOS certification), Trovavolontariato (volunteer matching platform), Servizio Civile (civil service programs), and Radici Volontarie (youth civic education). The organization also provides access to grants through Bandi e Finanziamenti, publishes news via Notiziari and the Reti Solidali digital magazine, and maintains a Documentation Center. Services are delivered through a territorial network of offices in Rome, Frosinone, Rieti, Latina, and Viterbo.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Consulenze (Consulting)
• Progettazione (Project Design)
• Formazione (Training)
• Promozione (Promotion)
• Comunicazione (Communication)
• Logistica (Logistics Support)
• Servizio Civile (National Civil Service)
• Trovavolontariato (Volunteer Matching Platform)
• Radici Volontarie (Youth Civic Education Program)

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and secondary.

• CSVnetcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCSV Lazio is a member of CSVnet, the national network of Volunteering Service Centers in Italy. This partnership connects CSV Lazio to the broader national network of volunteer support organizations.
• AIFOSsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with AIFOS (Associazione Italiana Formazione e Sicurezza) for the delivery of safety and training courses for volunteering organizations.
• Università Roma TrecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCSV Lazio collaborates with Università Roma Tre on educational initiatives including the 'Radici Volontarie' program, which provides citizenship competency training for high school teachers and promotes volunteer engagement among students.
• Roma CapitalecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCSV Lazio works with Roma Capitale (Rome City Government) on initiatives such as public notice for the assignment of municipal properties (e.g., 'La Maggiolina' building) for Third Sector use.
• Regione LaziocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCSV Lazio collaborates with Regione Lazio (Lazio Regional Government) on various Third Sector initiatives including the Piano Periferie (Peripheries Plan) and regional volunteering programs.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• CSV Veneto: Regional CSV serving the Veneto region with parallel offerings in training, project design, and volunteer support; structurally identical to CSV Lazio in mandate, funding model, and service taxonomy.
• CSV Piemonte: Another regional CSV serving volunteering organizations in Piedmont with the same institutional mandate and service portfolio as CSV Lazio; useful benchmark for service delivery and impact metrics in a comparable northern Italian context.
• CSV Toscana: Regional CSV providing the same ETS-mandated support services to volunteering organizations in Tuscany; offers comparable geographic-coverage-of-one-region model and identical service categories to CSV Lazio.
• CSVnet: National coordinating network of Italian Volunteering Service Centers of which CSV Lazio is a member. While not a direct regional competitor, CSVnet sets operational standards and aggregates funding/distribution logic that directly shapes CSV Lazio's operating environment.
• CSV Lombardia: Sister CSV organization serving Lombardy under the same Italian Third Sector framework; offers an analogous portfolio of consulting, training, and Servizio Civile programs to ODV/APS/ETS in its region, making it the most direct structural peer to CSV Lazio.

Emerging players

• VolunteerMatch: US-based digital volunteer matching platform conceptually similar to CSV Lazio's Trovavolontariato service; useful peer for benchmarking digital platform functionality but operates under a different funding and regulatory regime.

Broad incumbents

• Forum Nazionale del Terzo Settore: National umbrella body representing Italian Third Sector organizations with broader advocacy and policy mandate that overlaps with CSV Lazio's institutional role in supporting ODV/APS entities across the country.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/CESVVolontariato
• Facebookfacebook.com/csvlazio
• Instagraminstagram.com/csv.lazio
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cesv

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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