Vereniging van Collaborative Professionals

What Vereniging van Collaborative Professionals does

Vereniging van Collaborative Professionals (VvCP) is a Dutch professional association (beroepsvereniging) headquartered in The Hague, founded in 2008 to promote and professionalize the Collaborative Practice method of conflict resolution in the Netherlands. The methodology, originally developed by American lawyer Stu Webb in 1990, is a structured, settlement-oriented process in which all parties and their retained professionals commit to resolving disputes without litigation. VvCP operates two principal service lines: Overlegscheiden (Collaborative Divorce) for family-law matters, and Overlegpraktijk (Collaborative Practice) extended to business and inheritance disputes, with Overlegscheiden Compact added as a streamlined, fixed-price variant for non-complex cases.

The association's core technical asset is its 5-day specialization training curriculum, which certifies lawyers, mediators, and financial advisors to deliver Collaborative Practice services. Training is priced at €2,500 per participant and represents the principal technical and quality-control backbone of the membership. VvCP is internationally connected through partnerships with the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (IACP) and the European Network for Collaborative Practice (ENCP), aligning Dutch practice with global standards.

VvCP's business model is a classic member-funded association structure. Revenue is generated from two streams: recurring membership dues paid by certified practitioners, and per-participant fees from the specialization training program. There are no external investors, no disclosed funding rounds, and the organization is operated for the benefit of its professional membership rather than for-profit shareholders. End-clients (couples in divorce or parties in business/inheritance disputes) are B2C consumers routed to member professionals; VvCP itself does not bill end-clients directly. The association operates exclusively within the Netherlands.

Name

Vereniging van Collaborative Professionals

Legal name

Vereniging van Collaborative Professionals

Website

https://vvcp.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Vereniging van Collaborative Professionals is a Dutch professional association founded in 2008 that trains and certifies lawyers, mediators, and financial advisors in the Collaborative Practice method of non-litigious conflict resolution, serving Dutch clients in divorce, business, and inheritance disputes through its member network.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Hague

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

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Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

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

Revenue model

1. Membership fees: Annual membership fees for professionals (attorneys, financial experts, coaches, inheritance law specialists) who join as aspirant members and progress to full members after completing the specialization training.
2. Specialization training program: A 5-day specialization training program to become a Certified Collaborative Professional, with investment of €2,500 per participant.

Pricing tiers

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Core offering

VvCP is a Dutch professional association that trains, certifies, and supports legal, financial, and mental-health practitioners in the Collaborative Practice methodology for non-adversarial conflict resolution. It delivers three service lines — Collaborative Divorce (Overlegscheiden), Collaborative Practice for business and inheritance disputes (Overlegpraktijk), and a Compact Divorce variant — alongside a five-day Specialisatieopleiding tot Collaborative Professional training (€2,500), a certified member directory, and a quality framework governing practitioner conduct.

Product overview

VvCP (Vereniging van Collaborative Professionals) is a professional association offering two core services: Overlegscheiden (Collaborative Divorce) and Overlegpraktijk (Collaborative Practice). Overlegscheiden guides divorcing partners through a multidisciplinary team approach to reach respectful agreements without court intervention. Overlegpraktijk resolves business conflicts and inheritance disputes through the same collaborative methodology. A compact version of collaborative divorce is available for non-complex cases. The association also offers a 5-day specialization training program for professionals seeking to become certified Collaborative Professionals. Members include lawyers, financial experts, coaches, and inheritance law professionals trained in the collaborative practice method developed by Stu Webb in the United States and applied in the Netherlands since 2008.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Overlegscheiden: Collaborative divorce service for partners separating respectfully without court proceedings
• Overlegpraktijk
• Overlegscheiden Compact

Products and services

• Specialisatieopleiding tot Collaborative Professional A formal five-day certification training that equips Dutch legal, financial, and mental-health practitioners with the Collaborative Practice methodology, after which they may join VvCP as certified members. Priced at €2,500.
• Overlegscheiden (Collaborative Divorce) A non-adversarial divorce process delivered by VvCP-certified multidisciplinary teams (lawyers, financial advisors, and mental-health professionals) for couples seeking to separate without going to court.
• Overlegpraktijk (Collaborative Practice) Collaborative Practice service for disputes arising within companies or concerning inheritance matters, delivered by VvCP-certified multidisciplinary teams to resolve conflict without court intervention.
• Overlegscheiden Compact A streamlined, compact variant of the Overlegscheiden process designed for non-complex divorce situations, delivered by VvCP-certified practitioners.
• Lidmaatschap VvCP (Membership) Individual professional membership in the Dutch Collaborative Professionals association, providing listing in the public directory, access to the quality framework, and the right to practice under the VvCP methodology.

Quantifiable outcome

• Very small chance that lengthy court proceedings are still needed when using the collaborative method

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• IACP (International Academy of Collaborative Practice)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe international umbrella organization for Collaborative Professionals. IACP organizes multi-day courses in the United States and supports initiatives in Europe. Collaborative professionals from around the world can connect and exchange knowledge and experience at these gatherings.
• ENCP (European Network of Collaborative Professionals)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe European branch of Collaborative Professionals. VvCP maintains close contact with ENCP for European collaboration and knowledge exchange among collaborative professionals across Europe.

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Regional players

• Collaborative Law Ontario: Canadian association of collaboratively-trained family law professionals. Operates the same multidisciplinary model as VvCP but is regionally focused on Ontario with its own provincial training and certification regime.
• Collaborative Practice California: California-based regional collaborative practice association serving the same niche multidisciplinary divorce model. Comparable as a regional peer with similar training and member directory infrastructure.
• Resolution (UK family lawyers network): UK-based membership body for family law professionals promoting constructive, non-adversarial approaches. Operates an analogous model to VvCP in family conflict resolution but in a different jurisdiction with different legal infrastructure.

Broad incumbents

• Nederlandse Vereniging voor Mediation (NVM): Dutch association for mediators that overlaps with VvCP on family and inheritance mediation cases. Offers broader mediation services rather than the multidisciplinary collaborative team model.
• Nederlandse Mediatorsvereniging (NMv): The largest Dutch professional association for mediators. Competes with VvCP for the family dispute resolution market with broader membership across mediation types, but does not offer the multidisciplinary team model.
• Mediatorsfederatie Nederland (MfN): National federation maintaining the Dutch mediator quality register. Overlaps with VvCP in family and inheritance dispute resolution but focuses on registration/quality rather than the collaborative team methodology.
• Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten (NOvA): The Dutch Bar Association, governing all licensed attorneys in the Netherlands. Provides a broader institutional backdrop against which VvCP's specialized family-law credential operates as a differentiator.

Direct peers

• International Academy of Collaborative Practice (IACP): The global umbrella organization for Collaborative Practice and a core strategic partner of VvCP. Operates the same multidisciplinary methodology internationally and is the most directly comparable membership body in the space.
• European Network of Collaborative Professionals (ENCP): European-level counterpart that VvCP is closely affiliated with. Coordinates collaborative practice across European jurisdictions and shares knowledge exchange with VvCP's member base.

Others

• International Mediation Institute (IMI): Global standards-setter for mediation with overlapping family and cross-border dispute resolution themes. Adjacent to VvCP through dispute resolution methodology but does not directly compete in the collaborative divorce niche.

Market position

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Key risks5 records

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Customer concentration

• Xx.com/overlegscheiden
• Facebookfacebook.com/overlegscheiden
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/vvcp

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

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