Fawaka Business School

What Fawaka Business School does

Fawaka Business School (legal name Fawaka Ondernemersschool) is a privately held Dutch educational organization founded in 2014 and headquartered in Amsterdam that delivers world citizenship education (Wereldburgerschap) to primary and secondary schools across the Netherlands. Its core offering consists of educational programs and teaching materials, professional development workshops, structured curriculum development, and vision/policy/school-culture consulting. These services are bundled into three tiered advisory trajectories — Basic, Standard and Premium — which are sold consultatively to individual schools and to school boards overseeing multiple locations.

The business operates as a professional services firm with multi-year advisory contracts. Pricing is not publicly disclosed, and revenue is generated through on-site engagement delivery rather than through a software or marketplace model. There is no proprietary technology stack disclosed; the value proposition rests on human-delivered advisory work, a curated curriculum library, and a curated partner ecosystem spanning more than 35 organizations including Dutch national education councils (PO Raad, VO Raad), curriculum foundations (SLO), universities (UvA, Hogeschool van Amsterdam, Haagse Hogeschool), museums (Rijksmuseum, Scheepvaartmuseum, Tropenmuseum), municipalities (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Hilversum) and NGOs (UNESCO NL, Nuffic, The Black Archives).

Distribution is direct and consultative: schools and school boards engage Fawaka through an introductory 'kennismaking' meeting, followed by tiered advisory engagements. The go-to-market is supported by organic social media (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube), a newsletter, a 25+ page news/blog section, project-based flagship initiatives such as 'Gedeelde geschiedenis in de klas' and 'Voorbij Vooroordelen', and partner-driven referrals. The company employs between 11 and 50 people and operates exclusively in the Netherlands, with no disclosed funding, M&A activity, or external investment.

Name

Fawaka Business School

Legal name

Fawaka Ondernemersschool

Website

https://fawakaondernemersschool.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fawaka Business School is a Dutch education consultancy, founded in 2014 and based in Amsterdam, that delivers world citizenship (Wereldburgerschap) advisory services, curriculum materials, and teacher workshops to primary and secondary schools and school boards across the Netherlands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Citizenship Education Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Family & School System Navigation (Parent Engagement, Youth Services) (EDAAADAH)

Keywords

• Citizenship education services
• Educational program development
• Teacher professional development
• Curriculum design consulting
• School advisory services

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Advisory and Consulting Services: Fawaka generates revenue through structured advisory trajectories offered to schools and school boards. Three tiers are offered: Basic, Standard, and Premium, each providing different levels of support ranging from tailored advice to fully managed policy plan creation and workshop facilitation. This is a professional services model where revenue is earned through service delivery.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Fawaka Business School (Fawaka Ondernemersschool) provides world citizenship education (Wereldburgerschap) services to Dutch primary and secondary schools. The company offers educational programs and classroom teaching materials, professional development workshops, structured curriculum development, and consulting on school vision, policy, and culture. These are bundled into three advisory trajectories (Basic, Standard, Premium) that help schools comply with Dutch government citizenship education requirements.

Product overview

Fawaka Business School offers a comprehensive suite of world citizenship education (Wereldburgerschap) services for Dutch primary and secondary schools. The core offering consists of educational programs and teaching materials, professional development workshops, curriculum development, and vision/policy consulting. These are complemented by three advisory trajectory levels (Basic, Premium, and Standard) that provide schools with tailored support for implementing citizenship education that meets government requirements. Projects such as 'Gedeelde geschiedenis in de klas' (Shared History in the Classroom) and 'Voorbij Vooroordelen' (Beyond Prejudices) represent specific program implementations that demonstrate practical classroom applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Educatieve programma's en lesmateriaal (Educational Programs and Teaching Materials) Educational programs and lesson materials for world citizenship education (Wereldburgerschap) designed for classroom use in Dutch primary and secondary schools.
• Workshops & Kennisopbouw (Workshops and Knowledge Building) Professional development workshops and knowledge-building sessions for teachers and school staff covering world citizenship education topics.
• Curriculum Development Structured curriculum development and implementation support for world citizenship education in Dutch schools, producing coherent learning pathways and curricular frameworks.
• Visie, beleid & schoolcultuur (Vision, Policy and School Culture) Consulting services for developing school vision, policy frameworks (beleidsplannen), and an inclusive school culture around citizenship education.
• Adviestrajecten (Advisory Trajectories: Basic, Standard, Premium) Tiered advisory packages (Basic, Standard, Premium) for schools and school boards, providing tailored support for policy plan development, curriculum alignment, and implementation of citizenship education.
• Gedeelde geschiedenis in de klas (Shared History in the Classroom) Project-based program that delivers shared history education in Dutch classrooms, leveraging partnerships with museums (Rijksmuseum, Scheepvaartmuseum, The Black Archives) and historical commissions for inclusive history teaching.
• Voorbij Vooroordelen (Beyond Prejudices) School-based training program for schools on antisemitism and its connection to other forms of racism and discrimination.

Quantifiable outcome

• Schools report high satisfaction with tailored advice and flexible support, with teachers describing workshops as inspiring and well-aligned with their needs.

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

33 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• NPO (Nederlandse Publieke Omroep)minorOthersNPO is listed among Fawaka's partner organizations. No specific collaboration details are provided beyond the logo listing.
• Basisschool de IJsbrekerminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a collaborating partner organization of Fawaka. No further details on the nature of collaboration disclosed.
• Basisschool de RozemarnminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a collaborating partner organization of Fawaka.
• Commissie Wereldgeschiedenis in de klas VGN KleiominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVGN Kleio's Commission for World History in the Classroom is listed as a partner, suggesting a content collaboration in history education.
• Coöperatie Leren voor MorgenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeren voor Morgen (Learning for Tomorrow) cooperative is listed as a partner, indicating alignment on future-oriented educational themes.
• DENISE De Nieuwe Internationale School van EspritminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational school listed as a Fawaka partner, suggesting collaboration on global citizenship education content.
• EduCultureminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEduCulture, focused on cultural education, is listed as a partner, indicating content exchange in cultural learning.
• Gemeente AmsterdamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Municipality of Amsterdam is listed as a key partner, likely providing funding or institutional endorsement for citizenship education initiatives in Amsterdam schools.
• Gemeente HilversumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Municipality of Hilversum is listed as a partner organization.
• Gemeente RotterdamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Municipality of Rotterdam is listed as a partner, indicating institutional support for citizenship education in Rotterdam schools.
• Haagse HogeschoolminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Hague University of Applied Sciences is listed as a partner, suggesting collaboration on teacher training and academic content.
• Hogeschool van AmsterdamminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAmsterdam University of Applied Sciences is listed as a partner, providing academic support and potentially student teachers.
• Hyperion LyceumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSecondary school listed as a partner organization.
• IKC ErasmusminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIKC (Integraal Kind Centrum) Erasmus is listed as a partner.
• Kindercampus ZuidasminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKindercampus Zuidas is listed as a partner organization.
• NufficcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNuffic is the Dutch organization for internationalization in education and is listed as a Fawaka partner, providing international dimension to the world citizenship curriculum.
• PO RaadcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Primary Education Council (PO Raad) is the national association for primary schools in the Netherlands and is listed as a key Fawaka partner, indicating industry alignment.
• RijksmuseumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Rijksmuseum is listed as a partner, providing cultural and historical content integration for citizenship education programs.
• Het ScheepvaartmuseumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Dutch National Maritime Museum is listed as a partner, contributing historical and maritime content to educational programs.
• SDG NederlandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSustainable Development Goals Netherlands is listed as a partner, aligning world citizenship education with the UN SDGs.
• SLO (Stichting Leerplan Ontwikkeling)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSLO is the Dutch curriculum development foundation and a key Fawaka partner, ensuring alignment with national curriculum frameworks.
• St. WijzerminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSt. Wijzer is listed as a partner organization supporting citizenship education.
• The Black ArchivesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Black Archives, a historical archive focused on Black Dutch history, is listed as a partner, contributing inclusive historical content.
• Thieme MeulenhoffminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThieme Meulenhoff, a major Dutch educational publisher, is listed as a partner, suggesting potential co-development of educational materials.
• TropenmuseumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Tropenmuseum is listed as a partner, providing cultural and ethnographic content for world citizenship education.
• UNESCO NLcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUNESCO Netherlands is listed as a key partner, indicating international recognition and alignment with UNESCO's global citizenship education framework.
• Universitaire pabo Amsterdam (UvA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe University of Amsterdam's teacher training program is listed as a partner, contributing academic rigor and future teacher pipelines.
• VO RaadcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Secondary Education Council (VO Raad) is the national association for secondary schools in the Netherlands and is listed as a key Fawaka partner.
• VOS/ABBminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVOS/ABB, the association for governance and management in Dutch education, is listed as a partner.
• Alan TuringschoolminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlan Turing School is listed as a partner organization.
• ASKO scholenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerASKO scholen is a school board organization listed as a Fawaka partner.
• Basisschool de DorpsbeukminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBasisschool de Dorpsbeuk is listed as a partner organization.
• Social Enterprise NLminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocial Enterprise NL is listed as a partner, indicating collaboration on social entrepreneurship and civic engagement themes.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• CPS Onderwijsontwikkeling en advies: Dutch education advisory and development firm providing curriculum and organizational consulting to schools and school boards, directly comparable to Fawaka's advisory tier offering.
• Stichting Wijzer: Dutch organization providing citizenship education resources and training to schools, listed as a Fawaka partner and operating as a direct peer in the same primary-school citizenship niche.
• Oberon: Dutch research and consultancy firm working with schools, municipalities, and ministries on educational innovation and policy implementation — comparable buyer base and project-based delivery to Fawaka.
• Anne Frank Stichting: Delivers citizenship and history education programs (including discrimination and democratic values) to Dutch primary and secondary schools, overlapping directly with Fawaka's Wereldburgerschap curriculum content.
• KPC Groep: Dutch professional services and training firm selling advisory and training engagements to primary and secondary schools — the same buyer profile and consultative delivery model as Fawaka's advisory trajectories.
• Coöperatie Leren voor Morgen: Dutch cooperative focused on education for sustainable development and global citizenship. Listed as a Fawaka partner but operates as a peer in shaping Dutch school-level citizenship and sustainability curriculum.
• Stichting EduCulture: Cultural education provider that is a listed Fawaka partner; also a peer offering classroom-ready materials and curriculum support to Dutch schools in adjacent cultural-citizenship themes.
• Sardes: Dutch educational organization providing curriculum development, training, and advisory services to schools, with comparable offerings in citizenship and social cohesion themes.

Broad incumbents

• Stichting Leerplan Ontwikkeling (SLO): The Dutch national curriculum development foundation and a core Fawaka partner. SLO defines the national curriculum frameworks within which citizenship education sits, making it the closest structural incumbent in the same domain.
• Nuffic: Dutch organization for internationalization in education and a core Fawaka partner. Operates in an adjacent space (internationalization) that overlaps with world citizenship themes addressed by Fawaka.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/fawaka
• Facebookfacebook.com/fawakaondernemersschool
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fawaka
• Instagraminstagram.com/fawaka_world

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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