CIEE-RS

What CIEE-RS does

CIEE-RS (Centro de Integração Empresa-Escola do Rio Grande do Sul) is a Brazilian non-profit civil association founded in 1969, headquartered in Porto Alegre, with 501-1000 employees and operations across Rio Grande do Sul. Its core function is intermediation in the youth labor market — connecting students and young people aged 14-24 with internship and apprenticeship opportunities at private companies, public institutions, and government entities — in compliance with Brazilian internship (Lei 11.788/2008) and apprenticeship (Lei 10.097/2000) legislation. The organization operates a three-sided platform serving candidates (students and apprentices), companies seeking young talent, and educational institutions partnering for student placement.

The core product is Conjuntos, a proprietary digital platform that handles vacancy posting, candidate matching, behavioral assessment (a gamified tool evaluating 20+ variables including organization, creativity, problem-solving, time management, and adaptability), and real-time contract management. Supporting products include the IDEA apprenticeship program, public/private selection process services, and solutions for educational institutions. Beyond labor intermediation, CIEE-RS maintains an innovation and social ecosystem: ICT-S (Instituto de Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação Social) — a 2,400+ m² innovation hub with collaborative workspaces; Teatro CIEE-RS Banrisul — a 435-seat theater and event venue; Espaços de Experiências for venue rental; and a portfolio of social projects (Viva+, Educa+Saúde, Programa Família Gaúcha, POD, Centro da Juventude Alvorada, Jovem 360, Oficinas Digitais). Revenue is generated through service fees paid by companies for recruitment and contract management, government contracts for public selection processes (37+ active, plus 175 previous), venue and event rentals (R$605 to R$13,000 per booking), institutional sponsorships (notably Banrisul), and a student ID issuance partnership. A new Caxias do Sul unit was inaugurated in June 2026, expanding into the Serra Gaúcha region.

Name

CIEE-RS

Legal name

Centro de Integração Empresa-Escola do Rio Grande do Sul

Website

https://cieers.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1969

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

CIEE-RS is a Brazilian non-profit founded in 1969 that connects students and young people aged 14-24 with internship and apprenticeship opportunities through its Conjuntos digital platform, serving companies, government entities, and educational institutions across Rio Grande do Sul.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Employment and Internship Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDADACAF

Continuing Education (CE/CPD) & Provider Accreditation Bodies

Education/Education Administration, Accreditation & Policy/Accreditation Bodies (Institutional & Programmatic)

SECONDARYEDAAALAE

Education Professionals (Teacher/Administrator CE, CPD)

Education/Adult & Continuing Education/Professional Licensure & Continuing Professional Education (CE/CPE)

Keywords

• Internship programs
• Apprenticeship programs
• Youth employment
• Talent intermediation
• HR management platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Porto Alegre

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Internship and Apprenticeship Placement Services: CIEE-RS facilitates the connection between companies seeking young talent and students/young people seeking professional experience. Revenue is generated through service fees paid by companies for recruitment, selection, and contract management services related to internships and apprenticeships.
2. Government Partnership Services: Operates public selection processes for government entities (municipalities, state government, public chambers) throughout Rio Grande do Sul, providing examination and recruitment services to public administration.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

CIEE-RS is a non-profit civil association that operates the Conjuntos digital platform to mediate internship and apprenticeship opportunities between students/young people and companies across Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The platform centralizes vacancy posting, candidate selection, behavioral assessment, and contract management in compliance with Brazilian labor laws (Lei do Estágio and Lei da Aprendizagem). Beyond intermediation, the organization delivers public selection processes for government entities, professional development workshops, and runs a portfolio of social innovation and cultural programs through ICT-S and Teatro CIEE-RS Banrisul.

Product overview

CIEE-RS operates a multi-product portfolio organized around youth employment and social development. The core offering consists of the Conjuntos digital platform — a unified talent connection and HR management system — which powers internship and apprenticeship programs (Programa de Estágio and IDEA/Programa de Aprendizagem). Supporting services include public/private selection processes (Processos Seletivos), recruitment services for companies, and institutional solutions for educational partners. The ICT-S (Instituto de Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação Social) serves as an innovation hub providing collaborative workspaces and social innovation initiatives. Additional offerings span cultural venues (Teatro CIEE-RS Banrisul), event rental spaces (Espaços de Experiências), social projects (Viva+, Educa+Saúde, Programa Família Gaúcha, and others), digital workshops (Oficinas Digitais), and annual digital publications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Conjuntos: Digital platform for internship and apprenticeship management that connects companies and young people in an agile and efficient manner, providing access, creation of vacancies and contract management.
• ICT-S
• IDEA
• Teatro CIEE-RS Banrisul

Products and services

• Conjuntos Platform Digital talent connection and HR management platform that centralizes internship and apprenticeship recruitment processes for candidates, companies, and educational institutions. Includes vacancy posting, candidate matching via behavioral assessment, selection process management, and real-time contract lifecycle tracking.
• IDEA (Programa de Aprendizagem) Apprenticeship program for adolescents and youth aged 14-24 combining theoretical learning with practical work experience, developing professional and socio-emotional competencies in compliance with Brazilian apprenticeship law (Lei 10.097/2000).
• Programa de Estágio (Internship Program) Internship program connecting students with companies across Rio Grande do Sul, providing practical professional experience in compliance with Brazilian internship law (Lei 11.788/2008). Stipends range from R$ 1,092.00 to R$ 2,100.00 plus mandatory transport assistance.
• Recruitment and Selection Services for Companies Full-cycle recruitment, selection, and contract management services for companies seeking to hire interns and apprentices, ensuring legal compliance with Brazilian labor legislation and providing access to a pre-qualified candidate pool with behavioral assessment insights.
• Solutions for Educational Institutions Intermediation services between companies, educational institutions, and students for internship vacancies, with advisory on legal compliance, real-time vacancy access, activity reports, and attendance tracking for partner schools and universities.
• ICT-S (Instituto de Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação Social) Research, development and social innovation institute serving as CIEE-RS's innovation hub, providing collaborative workspaces, private rooms, shared workstations, podcast studio, and auditorium for social innovation projects, networking events, and knowledge exchange across Rio Grande do Sul.
• Processos Seletivos Públicos e Privados (Public and Private Selection Processes) Public and private competitive examination services for government and corporate clients, administering end-to-end selection processes including applications, examinations, and candidate ranking for internship and apprenticeship positions.
• Teatro CIEE-RS Banrisul Cultural venue with 435-seat theater, event spaces, experience areas, restaurant, and cafeteria, hosting cultural events, corporate events, focus groups, theater performances, and providing performance space for social projects.
• Espaços de Experiências (Experience Spaces) Flexible event spaces including meeting rooms, podcast studio, auditorium, video call booths, and focus group rooms available for rental across multiple cities in Rio Grande do Sul, serving corporate events, corporate gatherings, and conferences.
• Viva+ (Telehealth Program) Telehealth program providing specialized tele-atendimento (telehealth consultations) for families in social vulnerability, offering free online medical consultations for over 10,000 families served by the Programa Família Gaúcha.
• Oficinas Digitais (Digital Workshops) Monthly free digital qualification workshops covering topics such as generative AI tools (ChatGPT, Gemini), digital literacy, mental health in hyperconnected times, networking skills, and basic informatics, with certificates issued upon completion.

Quantifiable outcome

• 89.7% of young apprentices expressed concern about their future, indicating high demand for professional support services
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Banrisul (Banco do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor sponsorship partnership including naming rights for Teatro CIEE-RS Banrisul, joint initiatives for youth employment, and collaboration on public selection processes for banking internships. Banrisul is one of the largest financial institutions in the state.
• Estado do Rio Grande do Sul e Tribunal de JustiçacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState government partnership including Tribunal de Justiça for internship programs, providing young people opportunities within state government agencies and judicial system.
• Municipal Governments of Rio Grande do SulcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerExtensive network of 37+ active public selection processes with municipalities including Porto Alegre, Caxias do Sul, Canoas, Pelotas, Santa Cruz do Sul, Lajeado, Cachoeirinha, and dozens of other cities throughout the state for internship positions.
• CAIXA Econômica FederalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrograma Adolescente Aprendiz CAIXA - specialized apprenticeship program providing youth employment opportunities within Brazil's largest public bank.
• Prefeitura de Caxias do SulflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership for the new Caxias do Sul unit inauguration in June 2026, expanding CIEE-RS presence in Serra Gaúcha region with a new office featuring 13 learning rooms and event spaces.
• Senalba-RS (Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Livre)minorOthersProfessional partnership for holding Senalba-RS board inauguration event at CIEE-RS facilities, indicating collaborative relationship with professional development organizations.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Vagas.com: Generalist online job platform with a dedicated internship section. Provides an alternative digital channel for employers sourcing young talent, directly competing for the same company accounts that CIEE-RS serves.
• Gupy: Brazilian HR-tech platform offering recruitment, ATS, and talent-management software to employers. A growing threat to CIEE-RS's recruitment workflow value proposition by digitizing and automating employer-side hiring at scale.
• Estagiários.com: Online-first internship and entry-level job marketplace connecting candidates with employers across Brazil. Competes with CIEE-RS on the digital candidate-acquisition experience, particularly for tech-savvy student segments, though without CIEE-RS's apprenticeship regulatory specialization.

Direct peers

• CIEE São Paulo: Largest CIEE state chapter, operating in the most populous Brazilian state. Mirrors CIEE-RS's operating model and platform, but at materially greater scale; serves as the benchmark for what a top-performing CIEE state unit can achieve in terms of contract volume and employer network.
• IEL (Instituto Euvaldo Lodi): Industry federation entity providing internship and apprenticeship intermediation services across Brazilian states, with a closely parallel operating model to CIEE-RS — placing students with companies under formal labor-law frameworks.
• CIEE (Nacional): The national Centro de Integração Empresa-Escola federation of which CIEE-RS is a state chapter. Operates the same internship/apprenticeship intermediation model, platform offering, and government-contract franchise at national scope, making it the closest direct comparable.

Broad incumbents

• SEST SENAT: Sistema S organization dedicated to the transport sector, running apprenticeship programs for logistics and transport companies. Overlaps with CIEE-RS on the apprenticeship intermediation business, albeit in a narrower industry vertical.
• SENAI: Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial, the Sistema S counterpart for the industrial sector. Operates large-scale apprenticeship programs that overlap directly with CIEE-RS's IDEA apprenticeship offering, often with stronger brand recognition among industrial employers.
• Catho: Long-established Brazilian online employment marketplace with a broad candidate database including entry-level and intern profiles. Functions as an alternative channel for employer recruitment, competing with CIEE-RS's candidate-pool depth.
• SENAC: Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Comercial, part of the Sistema S network that runs formal apprenticeship programs for the commerce sector. Competes with CIEE-RS for the same apprenticeship talent pool and employer relationships, though with a sector-specific mandate.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/CIEERS
• Facebookfacebook.com/CIEERS.ORG
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ciee-rs
• Instagraminstagram.com/ciee_rs
• TikToktiktok.com/@cieers

Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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