Ben Sajet Centrum

What Ben Sajet Centrum does

Ben Sajet Centrum is a non-profit knowledge workplace (kenniswerkplaats) for long-term care based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It operates as a network organization that structurally connects five (subsequently eight) large care and welfare organizations with seven research and educational institutions in the Amsterdam metropolitan region. The center's purpose is to bridge care practice, education, and research around urgent questions in long-term care, particularly for elderly people and people with intellectual disabilities, in the context of an aging population and a super-diverse urban environment.

The organization runs four program lines: 'Klaar voor de Vergrijzing' (preparing for demographic aging), 'Samen leren, Samen zorgen in Schaarse tijden' (learning and improvement in scarce-resource contexts), 'Goed leven met een beperking' (quality of life for people with intellectual disabilities), and 'Alledaagse attentheid in de superdiverse stad' (everyday attentiveness in diverse urban neighborhoods). Its portfolio also includes interprofessional learning networks (IP-LINs) that place MBO and HBO students into care settings, an experimental neighborhood project ('Proeftuin rondom d'Oude Raai'), a podcast series ('Blijmakers en andere zorgpioniers'), an annual conference, knowledge publications, and a special professorship ('Samenleven met Verschil') hosted at the Universiteit voor Humanistiek.

The business model is not commercial. Ben Sajet Centrum is funded through partner contributions (financial investments plus in-kind liaison hours provided by partner staff) and operates as a collaborative partnership rather than a product or service company. It has no commercial pricing, no disclosed funding rounds, no parent company, and no equity investors. The center is led by a director (Femmianne Bredewold as of 1 April 2025, succeeding Hetty Vlug) and governed by a board that includes partner representatives, with Inge Borghuis (Amstelring) serving as chair of the daily board. The organization is named after Ben Sajet (1887–1986), a physician and Amsterdam municipal council member who shaped post-war social medicine in the city.

Name

Ben Sajet Centrum

Legal name

Ben Sajet Centrum

Website

https://bensajetcentrum.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ben Sajet Centrum is a non-profit knowledge workplace in Amsterdam that connects eight care and welfare organizations with seven research and educational institutions to advance practice-oriented research and innovation in long-term care for elderly and disabled populations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Long-term care knowledge and research services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Care Navigation & Service Coordination (Medical, Social, Community) (HSABAIAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Public Health Governance, Interagency Coordination & Partnerships (HLAJAMAD)

Keywords

• Long-term care research
• Knowledge workshop services
• Care innovation networks
• Healthcare education partnerships
• Applied care research

Headquarters

HQ city

New Holland

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Partner Contributions: Partner organizations (care providers, educational and research institutions) invest financially in the center and provide liaison hours for staff who work within the network organization.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Ben Sajet Centrum operates as an independent knowledge workshop (kenniswerkplaats) for the long-term care sector in Amsterdam. It connects care organizations, educational institutions, and research partners to develop, share, and apply knowledge that improves long-term care practice, training, and innovation.

Product overview

Ben Sajet Centrum is a network-based knowledge workshop (kenniswerkplaats) for long-term care in the Amsterdam region. It operates as a single unified organizational structure rather than a software product, connecting five large care organizations and seven research and educational institutions. The center offers four main program lines: Klaar voor de Vergrijzing, Samen leren Samen zorgen in Schaarse tijden, Goed leven met een beperking, and Alledaagse attentheid in de superdiverse stad. These programs are complemented by knowledge products, publications, conferences, the Blijmakers podcast series, InterProfessionele Leer-en InnovatieNetwerken (IP-LINs), and experimental projects like Proeftuin rondom d'Oude Raai. The center does not offer a commercial software product or SaaS platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• The 'Samen leren en verbeteren in de verpleeghuiszorg' project was recognized as a 'Koploper' (Leader) by Actie Leer Netwerk in November 2023, demonstrating successful innovation in nursing home care education
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

API detail

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No

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Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AmstacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization in the Ben Sajet Centrum network. Amsta provides long-term care services and participates in joint research projects including LeerWerkPlaatsen for gerontopsychiatry and collaborative decision-making initiatives.
• CordaancoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor care organization partner offering elderly care and disability services. Collaborates on research projects, provides liaison staff, and participates in initiatives like the 'Samen beslissen' program and the Proeftuin around d'Oude Raai.
• AmstelringcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing partner with bestuurder Inge Borghuis serving as chair of the Ben Sajet Centrum. Amstelring connects research and practice and has been implementing the social approach in dementia care.
• Ons Tweede ThuiscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization for people with intellectual disabilities, operating one of the LeerWerkPlaatsen as part of the three-year 'Samen beslissen' project.
• BrentanominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCare institution in Amstelveen implementing the social approach for residents with dementia since February 2024.
• EveanminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner care organization in the network.
• Zorg en Gehandicapten Amsterdam (ZGA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization in the network.
• DOCKcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFirst social work organization to join Ben Sajet Centrum (May 2025). Sarah Limburg conducts research on everyday attentiveness in a superdiverse city. DOCK represents a new expansion of the network beyond healthcare.
• Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HVA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity of Applied Sciences partner contributing to educational programs and research. Involved in lectorenplatform Informele Zorg and student research projects.
• Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner collaborating on projects including Covid Uncovered and various dementia care research initiatives.
• VU AmsterdamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner collaborating on trust-building research in care settings with researchers including Hanna Carlsson, Ludo Glimmerveen, and Monique Kremer.
• Universiteit voor Humanistiek (UvH)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost institution for the bijzondere leerstoel (special professorship) 'Samenleven met Verschil' established by Ben Sajet Centrum.
• Hogeschool InhollandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational partner participating in IP-LIN projects alongside ROC van Amsterdam.
• ROC van AmsterdamminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVocational education partner contributing to InterProfessionele Leer-en InnovatieNetwerken (IP-LINs) projects.
• Amsterdam UMCminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic medical center partner in the network.
• Ahti (Amsterdam Health Technology Institute)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth technology institute partner in the network.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Movisie: Movisie is the Dutch national knowledge institute for the social domain, supporting municipalities, welfare organizations, and care providers with research and innovation. It is highly comparable in function to Ben Sajet Centrum given the latter's expansion into social-work themes (e.g., DOCK partnership on everyday attentiveness in superdiverse neighborhoods).
• Trimbos Instituut: Trimbos is a Dutch knowledge institute focused on mental health, addiction, and care innovation, operating a similar model of applied research dissemination and program development for care providers. Comparable to Ben Sajet as a non-academic knowledge center producing practice-oriented outputs for a defined care-provider audience.
• Pharos: Pharos is the Dutch Centre of Expertise on Health Disparities, focused on healthcare for migrants, refugees, and people with low health literacy. Directly comparable to Ben Sajet's 'Alledaagse attentheid in de superdiverse stad' program line and its DOCK partnership on everyday attentiveness in diverse urban settings.
• ZonMw: ZonMw is the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development, funding and programming applied research across long-term care, elderly care, and disability — overlapping with the topics of all four Ben Sajet program lines. Comparable as a backbone organization shaping the Dutch long-term care research agenda.
• Vilans: Vilans is the Netherlands' national knowledge center for long-term care, producing research, tools, and innovation programs for the same care-provider audience that Ben Sajet Centrum serves. Both organizations occupy the niche of bridging research, policy, and care practice in ouderenzorg and gehandicaptenzorg, though Vilans operates nationally while Ben Sajet is regionally focused on Amsterdam.
• Nivel (Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research): Nivel is a long-standing Dutch research institute that produces practice-oriented studies on healthcare utilization, workforce, and quality — overlapping directly with Ben Sajet Centrum's research function for care providers and educators. Comparable as a knowledge intermediary between academic research and applied care practice.
• Medical Delta: Medical Delta is a multi-stakeholder innovation network connecting universities, hospitals, and companies for healthcare innovation in the South Holland region. Highly comparable structural model to Ben Sajet Centrum's knowledge workshop, with similar ambitions in connecting research, practice, and education, though with a stronger technology focus.
• Ahti (Amsterdam Health Technology Institute): Ahti is an Amsterdam-based health technology institute that is itself a partner of Ben Sajet Centrum. It overlaps in function as an applied innovation intermediary for healthcare in the Amsterdam region, with a stronger emphasis on health technology while Ben Sajet focuses on long-term care organization and workforce.

Broad incumbents

• RIVM (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment): RIVM is the Dutch national public-health and population-research institute, with broader scope than Ben Sajet but overlapping in producing applied research that informs long-term care policy, aging population strategy, and care-system design in the Netherlands.

Others

• Amsterdam UMC: Amsterdam UMC is an academic medical center and an active partner of Ben Sajet Centrum. As a teaching hospital and research university it is a key supply-side enabler for the network's research and education mission, rather than a competing knowledge-workshop model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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