Canadian Executive Service Organization

{{Short description|Canadian charity}}

The Canadian Executive Service Organization (CESO) is a registered national and international development charity that has operated since 1967.{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.ceso-saco.com/About.aspx|publisher=CESO|accessdate=25 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031162515/http://www.ceso-saco.com/About.aspx|archive-date=31 October 2010|url-status=dead}} The organization uses Canadian volunteers to work with private and public sectors to accomplish goals within these service areas: strategic planning, business development, accounting and finance, organizational development, community development, governance and production and operations.{{cite web|title=What We Do|url=http://www.ceso-saco.com/What-We-Do.aspx|publisher=CESO|accessdate=25 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031162531/http://www.ceso-saco.com/What-We-Do.aspx|archive-date=31 October 2010|url-status=dead}}

CESO's primary funding currently derives from the financial contributions of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC), funders from corporations, foundations and individual donors.{{cite web|title=Government Funding Partners|url=http://www.ceso-saco.com/Support-CESO/Government-Funding-Partners.aspx|publisher=CESO|accessdate=25 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101011082554/http://www.ceso-saco.com/Support-CESO/Government-Funding-Partners.aspx|archive-date=11 October 2010|url-status=dead}}

CESO currently has a partnership with the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), agreeing to enhance capacity in First Nations communities.{{cite web|title=Statement of Partnership|url=http://www.afn.ca/uploads/files/partnerships/ceso.pdf|work=Partnership|publisher=Assembly of First Nations|accessdate=28 June 2012}}

Wendy Harris is the current CEO of CESO while Peter Chiddy is the current Chair of the Board of Directors.{{cite web|title=Our Leadership|url=http://www.ceso-saco.com/About/Our-Leadership.aspx|publisher=CESO|accessdate=25 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101008034153/http://www.ceso-saco.com/About/Our-Leadership.aspx|archive-date=8 October 2010|url-status=dead}}

CESO was founded by several noteworthy Canadians including Maurice Strong, Mitchell Sharp, Paul Martin Sr., Claude Hebert and Cy Peachey {{cite web|title=A fine expression of Canadian nationhood (December 1996)|url=http://www.mauricestrong.net/index.php/speeches-remarks3/55-a-fine-expression-of-canadian-nationhood-december-1996|publisher=Maurice F. Strong|accessdate=28 June 2012}}

On December 1st, 2022 CESO changed its name to Catalyste+{{cite web|title=CESO Announces Evolution of Its Brand and New Name, Catalyste+|url=https://www.catalysteplus.org/media-and-news/ceso-becomes-catalyste-plus}}