What GO! onderwijs van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap does

GO! onderwijs van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap is the official public educational institution of the Flemish Community in Belgium, established by decree (Bijzonder Decreet betreffende het Gemeenschapsonderwijs) on 14 July 1998. Governed by a democratically elected Raad GO! independent of political parties, the network operates across all education levels — early childhood childcare, primary, secondary, special education, adult education (CVO), part-time arts education (DKO), boarding schools, and student guidance centers (CLB). It serves 340,000 students and course participants through 1,000+ locations organized under 26 scholengroepen (school groups) across Flanders and Brussels, supported by 40,000+ staff members.

The core digital product is GO! studio, an online platform built on open standards that aggregates internally developed teaching materials with partner-provided content (VDAB, Lernova, Play it, Automatus, VRT EDUboxen, and others) for 45,000 teachers. The platform supports interoperability with Smartschool, Questi, and Moodle, enabling teachers to integrate materials into existing school systems. Sub-brands include GO! Pro (professional knowledge platform), GO! Ambassadeurs (recruitment program), GO! Vastgoed (real estate division), and the GO! School Finder.

GO! is publicly funded through Flemish Community education budgets and provides free education to all students — it does not generate commercial revenue. The go-to-market approach combines direct school-based service delivery, recruitment through VDAB job postings and spontaneous application tools, and partnership-based program expansion across sectors (STEM, vocational training, health, integration). Leadership is led by Afgevaardigd Bestuurder Koen Pelleriaux. Recent strategic investments include a 25 million EUR REPowerEU-funded solar panel installation across 400 schools and the ongoing GO! studio digital platform rollout under the GO! 2030 strategic plan.

Name

GO! onderwijs van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap

Legal name

GO! onderwijs van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap

Website

https://g-o.be

Company type

Public

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

GO! onderwijs van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap is the publicly funded educational institution of the Flemish Community in Belgium, serving 340,000 students across 1,000+ locations in Flanders and Brussels through 26 school groups. It operates free public education from early childhood to adult levels and runs GO! studio, a digital learning platform for 45,000 teachers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Education Services

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Elementary and Secondary Schools (61111), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Virtual Test Prep & Online Supplemental Instruction (K–12) (EDAJADAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Special Education Online / Virtual Schools & Remote Programs (EDAKAAAL), Online/Hybrid ASE Programs & Virtual Classrooms (EDAAABAG), School Group & Curriculum-Led Trips (THAKAGAB)

Keywords

• Public education services
• Primary secondary education
• Adult education programs
• Student support services
• Learning platform software

Headquarters

HQ city

Brussel

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Public education funding: GO! is publicly funded as the official education organized by and for the Flemish Community. It operates as a public institution with legal personality established by decree, receiving government funding to provide free quality education across all its schools and institutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

GO! onderwijs van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap is the public educational network of the Flemish Community of Belgium, providing free education from kindergarten through secondary school, as well as adult education (CVO), part-time arts education (Deeltijds Kunstonderwijs), and student guidance services (CLB). Operating through 26 school groups across more than 1,000 locations in Flanders and Brussels, it serves approximately 340,000 students with over 40,000 staff members. The institution also offers digital learning tools including the GO! Studio learning platform, GO! Pro professional development platform, and GO! School Finder tool.

Product overview

GO! onderwijs van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap operates as a public educational institution network serving approximately 340,000 students and 40,000 staff across 1,000+ locations in Flanders and Brussels. The core digital product is GO! studio, an online platform that consolidates internally-developed learning materials with partner content, providing unified access to over 45,000 teachers. Supporting offerings include the GO! School Finder for locating institutions, GO! Pro as a professional knowledge platform, and specialized services including student guidance centers (CLB), adult education (CVO), and part-time arts education. The network encompasses childcare, primary, secondary, method schools (dalton, freinet, leefscholen), special education, boarding schools, and student guidance services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• GO! Studio: Online digital platform that bundles teaching materials and learning tools for over 45,000 GO! teachers. Provides access to self-developed GO! teaching materials, partner resources from VDAB, Lernova, Play it, Automatus, and other partners, and supports integration with Smartschool, Questi, and Moodle.
• GO! Vastgoed
• GO! Pro
• GO! Ambassadeurs

Products and services

• GO! Studio
• GO! Pro

Named customers6 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

44 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Agentschap JongerenwelzijnminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013Collaboration on quality policy for boarding schools with permanent opening (IPO's), which provide accommodation and guidance for children and youth needing combined care on school days and school-free days.
• VDAB (Vlaamse Dienst voor Arbeidsbemiddeling en Beroepsopleiding)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2007GO! and VDAB bring education and the labor market closer together. The shared focus is on talent, competencies, and learning and work trajectories. They work together on developing educational career guidance for students and building strong regional partnerships between schools and industry. VDAB provides 300 digital learning modules accessible via GO! studio.
• Agentschappen Integratie en Inburgering / Huis van het Nederlands BrusselminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2004Flemish Agency for Integration and Integration and the Huis van het Nederlands Brussel are responsible for intake, screening, and referral of Dutch Second Language (NT2) courses for non-native speakers who have completed compulsory education. Partnership dates to 2004.
• Stichting Techno+coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2001GO! collaborates with Techno+ to promote technical and STEM education. This is an official partnership between public education (GO!, POV, OVSG) and business, sectors, and civil society. Techno+ developed the ESF project 'Talenten stimuleren door leren en werken'.
• Sport Vlaanderen (formerly Bloso)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1991Sport Vlaanderen organizes sports camps during holidays and provides facilities for school sports classes and school sports days. Schools can use the 13 sports centers for physical education. Partnership renewed in 2016.
• BednetminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBednet provides online distance education for ill students who cannot attend school for extended periods. Students follow online lessons with their classmates, maintaining learning continuity and peer contact. Bednet provides free ICT equipment, trajectory support, and training.
• VRT (Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVRT's EDUbox educational content is available through GO! studio, providing quality educational media content to GO! schools.
• MOEVminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMOEV is the Flemish government-recognized organization for movement in education. They provide motivation, school support, expertise, and innovation around physical activity and sports policy in schools.
• Rode Kruis-VlaanderenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRode Kruis-Vlaanderen provides expertise on first aid and safety, develops lesson programs and workbooks for first aid initiatives in class, and organizes courses for older students and teachers.
• SensoaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSensoa provides expertise on sexual health and offers materials for activities related to relational and sexual education (policy plans, work folders, etc.).
• Vlaams Instituut Gezond LevenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides substantive support and process guidance on health policy methodology. Develops general health policy for schools in cooperation, works on healthy nutrition, tobacco prevention, and safety. Advises through working groups.
• Centrum ter Preventie van Zelfdoding (CPZ)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCPZ provides expertise on suicide prevention, distributes posters and folders of the suicide helpline and guidelines for teachers in GO! secondary schools.
• Awel (formerly Kinder- en Jongerentelefoon)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAwel provides expertise on online assistance for young people from age 12 who need a listening ear or advice on matters concerning them.
• Ambassador (verhuisopleidingen)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAmbassador stimulates part-time education centers to cooperate with removal companies, helps find work experience places for students, and supports recognition of companies as patrons for students through industrial learning contracts.
• EducamminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducam is the knowledge and training center for the automotive sector and related sectors, providing support for part-time vocational education in automotive fields.
• IPV (Initiatieven voor Professionele Vorming van de Voedingsnijverheid)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTraining center for the food industry. Provides training and didactic materials for teachers and informs about new sector trends.
• Speelbank.beminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorks together to collect inspiring play activities for children up to three years old, supporting early childhood development in childcare settings.
• FedasilminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration grew following the refugee crisis. Teams in adult education centers come into contact with course participants who have submitted an asylum application through NT2 lessons. Fedasil provides substantive support and answers to questions around this matter.
• AP Hogeschool AntwerpenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration since the formation of AP Hogeschool Antwerpen (from the 2013 fusion of Artesis and Plantijn). GO! cooperates with AP in teacher training, internship policy, organization of higher vocational education, and infrastructure.
• Erasmushogeschool Brussel (EhB)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration since EhB's creation in 1995. EhB contributes to bachelor's tasks, deploys interns for childcare and out-of-school care, and cooperates on teacher training, internship policy, and infrastructure. Also supports language-stimulating actions.
• Hogeschool PXLminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration since Hogeschool PXL was formed from the 2013 merger of XIOS Hogeschool and Provinciale Hogeschool Limburg. GO! cooperates in teacher training, internship policy, higher vocational education organization, and infrastructure.
• Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen (Howest)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration since Howest's creation in 1995. GO! cooperates in teacher training, internship policy, higher vocational education organization, and infrastructure.
• Digitaal Vlaanderen (Agentschap Informatie Vlaanderen)coreTechnology or IntegrationDigitaal Vlaanderen supports GO! in information processing, management, and disclosure. Provides a central information and documentation point, supports GIS analyses, and develops solutions to integrate information into business processes.
• Agentschap Zorg & GezondheidminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration to help realize GO!'s health policy. GO! can use their advice, expertise, and materials and training offerings. Examples include mental health coaches in secondary schools.
• Vlaamse Stichting Verkeerskunde (VSV)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVSV is a training center on traffic and mobility. They provide in-service training for those involved in traffic and mobility at school (including 'Verkeer op School'), and develop manuals for teachers and traffic parents.
• Vereniging voor Alcohol- en andere Drugproblemen (VAD)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVAD provides expertise on preventing addiction to alcohol and other drugs, develops educational materials and offers training, supports schools in developing drug use policy, and every school can participate in the student survey.
• Huis van het Nederlands BrusselminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe coordinating role of the agencies and Huis van het Nederlands Brussel forms an important starting point in shaping an NT2 policy.
• Profo vzwminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndependent association grown from the GO! philosophy. Organizes personal development trajectories, pre-trajectories, and bridge projects for young people from different systems of learning and working.
• Rondpunt vzwminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRondpunt provides expertise on properly receiving traffic victims. Primary schools can borrow the 'Zebra-kit' with teaching materials; for secondary schools there are projects 'Getuigen onderweg' and 'Breakbaar'.
• Logos (vormingsfonds internationale handel, vervoer en logistiek)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnsures that companies in international trade, transport, and logistics find employees with the necessary competencies. Offers sector-specific training for teachers, supports searching for internship and work experience places, organizes study days for teachers, and provides tips for educational materials.
• SFTL (Sociaal Fonds Transport en Logistiek)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStimulates and supports vocational training of job seekers and students in the transport and logistics sector, and sensitizes companies to open training places for part-time education students.
• IVOC (Instituut voor Vorming en Onderzoek in de Confectie)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHelps future employees, students, and teachers adequately prepare for a career in the fashion and clothing sector.
• VormelekminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPromotes electrical training, informs electrical teachers through the portal site www.stroomopwaarts.be.
• Horeca Forma VlaanderenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganizes training for anyone wanting to work in the hospitality sector.
• EduplusminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganizes training for teachers, students, and employees in the green sectors (agriculture, horticulture, garden design).
• WoodwizeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerShares knowledge about the wood sector with employers, employees, teachers, and students.
• VIVO (Vlaams Instituut voor vorming en opleiding in de social profit)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHelps non-profit organizations offer quality work experience places for part-time vocational education students.
• JOETZ vzwminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerYouth service of the Socialist Mutualities. Promotes health within youth work. Cooperates on the 'Professor Slurp' project for language stimulation in childcare and out-of-school care.
• Kind & GezinminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorks with GO! through the external advisory working group 'Language stimulation and multilingualism', the 'Social Function' working group, and the 'MeMoQ' working group.
• Krijt vzwminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKrijt vzw supports schools to identify and address barriers for children growing up in poverty. They sensitize school staff about poverty, help reduce unpaid school bills, install a helpline for schools and partners, and facilitate school networks.
• Netwerk tegen ArmoedeminorStrategic or Co-development Partner61 associations where people in poverty take the floor together with the ultimate goal of eradicating poverty. They provide support, training, and exchange, and take action on a legal level.
• SAAMOminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTogether with people in vulnerable positions, SAAMO develops models, initiates improvements in policy and regulation, and builds public awareness. Works from eight recognized non-profits in five Flemish provinces and in Antwerp, Brussels, and Ghent.
• Vier HoogminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of i-mens, provides professional, quality, and evidence-based support for the childcare sector. Founded in 2014 together with GO! and has significant expertise in childcare.
• Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie (VGC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperates with Gibbon vzw (Community Initiative for Out-of-School Childcare in Dutch) which was established by the primary schools of Scholengroep Brussel to organize and streamline out-of-school care. Gibbon provides training and coaching for staff and operates two childcare centers.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Katholiek Onderwijs Vlaanderen: The Flemish Catholic education network, the largest competitor to GO! across primary, secondary, and special education. Directly comparable in mandate, scale, free public provision, and overlap across all of Flanders and Brussels.
• Onderwijsvereniging van Steden en Gemeenten (OVSG): Association of municipal education providers in Flanders, organizing city and commune schools. Directly comparable public education provider competing with GO! for the same student population under the same regulatory framework.
• Provinciaal Onderwijs Vlaanderen (POV): Provincial public education network in Flanders operating schools and pedagogical support. Directly comparable in target audience, free public provision, and partnership with GO! on STEM initiatives (Techno+).

Emerging players

• GEMS Education: Largest private K-12 operator globally, focused on premium international schools. Comparable in scale and multi-jurisdiction governance, but operates as a for-profit premium model versus GO!'s free public model.
• Nord Anglia Education: International premium schools group operating across multiple countries. Comparable in operating a global, branded K-12 network with centralized curriculum and digital platforms (Global Campus), relevant to GO! studio's trajectory.

Broad incumbents

• KIPP Foundation: U.S. non-profit charter school network operating a large, distributed K-12 system with centralized supports. Comparable as a multi-school public-mandate network, though operating under a different governance and funding model.
• Stride (formerly K12 Inc): U.S. online learning provider for K-12. Comparable on the digital supplemental instruction dimension relevant to GO! studio, though operating commercially versus GO!'s public mandate.
• European Schoolnet: Consortium of European education ministries operating at network scale. Comparable in facilitating cross-network digital learning infrastructure and policy initiatives relevant to GO! studio's interoperability ambitions.
• Department of Basic Education (South Africa): National public K-12 authority managing thousands of schools. Comparable in scale and public-mandate operating model, with similar dependence on government funding cycles.

Others

• PowerSchool: Leading K-12 edtech provider for student information systems, LMS, and analytics. Comparable as a technology/infrastructure layer for GO!-like public school networks, relevant to GO! studio's LMS integration approach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Subsidiaries30 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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