CSES was established in 1999. In July 2009, we will be celebrating 10 years in operation. Since that time, the business has grown considerably with clients including the European Commission, European Parliament, the World Bank, UK national, regional and local government, as well as international clients. We continue to strengthen our core areas of work - evaluation and impact assessment across a number of specialised policy areas. Increasingly, we are gaining visibility both through our work for public sector clients, much of which is published in the public domain and also through our active participation in the European evaluation community. For instance, CSES is on the award-making jury for the annual incubator award scheme run by Science Alliance in the Netherlands. Recently, CSES has been successful in further developing our relationship with the European Commission through Framework Contracts with a number of Directorate Generals.
Commenting on these developments, Jack Malan, one of CSES' founding partners stated that 'our success over 10 years is testimony to the strength of our expertise in evaluation and impact assessment, which extends back more than 20 years. We look forward to working closely with our existing and new clients in the future and in further developing the businesses core areas of expertise'.