Cnesco

Name

Cnesco

Legal name

Centre national d'étude des systèmes scolaires

Website

https://cnesco.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Cnesco is France's national centre for educational systems studies, attached to Cnam. It produces research, consensus conferences, and policy recommendations on school system improvement, serving education professionals, policy makers, and researchers with free public resources.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Education Policy Research

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Academic & Scientific Conferences (MPAGAGAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Research Collaboration & Joint Labs (International Partnerships) (EDAIABAC), Scholarly Societies & Conference Proceedings Publishing (MPAJABAK)

Keywords

• Educational research
• Education policy analysis
• Consensus conferences
• School systems studies
• Education reform research

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public institutional funding: As a public research institution attached to the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (Cnam), Cnesco operates with government funding. No commercial revenue model is described.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Cnesco produces scientific knowledge on the French school system through consensus conferences, thematic dossiers, and evidence-based recommendations. Its core service is organizing consensus conferences that bring together diverse juries of researchers, practitioners, and policy makers to produce actionable findings on topics such as the teaching profession, inclusive education, reading comprehension, and digital tools in education. All outputs—including thematic dossiers, synthesis documents, expert insights, and recommendations—are made freely available to the public via cnesco.fr.

Product overview

Cnesco (Centre national d'étude des systèmes scolaires) is the French Centre for Educational Systems Studies, attached to the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (Cnam). It is not a technology product company but rather an educational research and policy analysis organization. Cnesco's offerings center on consensus conferences (conférences de consensus), thematic synthesis dossiers, operational recommendations, and educational resources. Key conference topics include the teaching profession, adolescents in secondary school, reading comprehension, mathematical achievement, pedagogical differentiation, school and disability, writing skills, educational guidance, citizenship, professional education, student evaluation, social inequalities, inclusive education, school dropout, social mixing, and digital tools in education. The organization produces publications, press releases, visual infographics, and maintains a press area with media resources including logos and presentation brochures.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Consensus Conferences Organized events that convene diverse juries to produce evidence-based recommendations on specific education topics, serving education policy makers, practitioners, and researchers in France.
• Thematic Dossiers and Synthesis Documents Comprehensive publications synthesizing research findings on specific education topics, providing the education community with consolidated knowledge and recommendations.
• Operational Recommendations for Education Reform Evidence-based policy recommendations produced through Cnesco's research and consensus conference methodology, intended to inform education policy and practice in France.
• Cnesco Newsletter Subscription Email newsletter delivering updates on publications, conferences, and research findings to education professionals, policy makers, and researchers.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 563,000 students in inclusive education settings analyzed in their École inclusive report
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (Cnam)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCnesco is attached to the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (Cnam), which acts as the data controller and centralizes processing of data subject requests. Cnam provides institutional oversight and administrative support.
• Université de LimogescoreTechnology or IntegrationUniversity of Limoges IT department acts as joint controller for website hosting and technical administration. They also provide technical hosting for the Matomo analytics tool.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• National Center for Education Statistics (NCES): US federal statistical agency producing education data and reports to inform policy. Shares the role of producing authoritative evidence on school systems to inform national policy decisions.
• UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL): International organization under UNESCO focused on lifelong learning policy and research. Comparable in producing international comparative analysis and policy recommendations on education systems.
• OECD Directorate for Education and Skills: Major international organization producing influential comparative education research including PISA. Operates at vastly greater scale than Cnesco but overlaps substantially on international education comparison and policy recommendations.

Direct peers

• National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER): UK-based independent education research charity producing evidence-based research to inform policy and practice. Highly comparable in scope—education research, practitioner support, and policy engagement—though operating in the UK context.
• Haut Conseil de l'évaluation de l'école (HCE): French independent body that evaluates the French school system and produces recommendations to parliament. Closest domestic peer to Cnesco in mandate and audience—education policy evaluation and stakeholder engagement in France.
• Institut français de l'éducation (IFÉ): French institute under ENS de Lyon dedicated to education research, teacher training, and producing resources for the education community. Directly comparable in research output and practitioner support role within the French education ecosystem.
• France Éducation International: French public institution (formerly CIEP) under the Ministry of Education engaged in international cooperation in education and evaluation. Comparable mandate around international education cooperation and policy support.
• Conseil scientifique de l'éducation nationale (CSEN): French ministerial advisory body that produces scientific expertise on education for the Ministry of Education. Similar role in advising policy and producing research-informed recommendations for the French school system.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@cnesco-cnam
• Facebookfacebook.com/Cnesco-1464168653804553
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cnesco-cnam

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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