Amsterdams Netwerk Ervaringskennis | ANE

What Amsterdams Netwerk Ervaringskennis | ANE does

Amsterdams Netwerk Ervaringskennis (ANE) is a non-profit foundation (Stichting ANE) based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, founded in June 2019. It functions as a community network connecting experiential experts — people with lived experience of social challenges such as poverty, addiction, mental health, and homelessness — with civil servants and other professionals working in Amsterdam's social domain. The network was initiated following GroenLinks council member Lene Grooten's 'HUP Ervaringsdeskundigen' proposal and evolved from a cooperative structure to its current foundation form.

ANE operates through thematic 'kringen' (working groups) covering poverty/income security, allies teams, youth, addiction, naasten (family/carers), research, and small initiatives. Its core activities are organizing educational 'colleges' (lectures, e.g., the May 2026 'Gekkenkennis' session with Grietje Keller), facilitating network meetings across venues such as Keizersgrachtkerk and Vrijwilligersacademie, conducting participatory research, and awarding the annual KEES Prize (Keurmerk Ervaringskennis, Ervaringsdeskundigheid en Systeemcorrectie) for practices that achieve system correction in care and welfare through experiential knowledge. The organization has no proprietary technology platform; its 'product' is the network itself, supported by a WordPress website, a newsletter with a 45-50% open rate, and an in-person program.

ANE's business model is non-commercial. It is funded by municipal grants from Gemeente Amsterdam (its founding supporter) and foundation grants such as those from VSB fonds, with no membership fees charged to participants. Board members serve voluntarily against a €50/month stipend. As of 2024 the network had approximately 100 active members, down from a 341-member reach recorded in July 2020, and is governed by board members Dini Glas, Lene Grooten, and Ruud Fiere, with administrative support from Yolanda Vosters.

Name

Amsterdams Netwerk Ervaringskennis | ANE

Legal name

Amsterdams Netwerk Ervaringskennis

Website

https://amsterdamsnetwerkervaringskennis.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Amsterdams Netwerk Ervaringskennis (ANE) is a Dutch non-profit foundation, founded in 2019, that connects experiential experts, civil servants, and professionals in Amsterdam's social domain through working groups, lectures, participatory research, and the annual KEES Prize.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Municipal/Government Funding: ANE was originally initiated and supported by the municipality of Amsterdam. The organization has received municipal funding for its activities and initiatives related to integrating experiential knowledge in policy and execution.
2. Foundation/Grant Funding: ANE operates as a foundation (stichting) and receives funding through grants and fond programs, such as the VSB fonds that supported training activities.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

ANE operates a community network in Amsterdam that connects experiential experts (people with lived experience of social challenges), civil servants, and professionals to integrate experiential knowledge into municipal policy and social-service execution. It delivers this through thematic working groups (kringen), educational lecture series (colleges), network meetings, participatory research, and the annual KEES Prize recognizing practices that achieve system correction through experiential expertise.

Product overview

Amsterdams Netwerk Ervaringskennis (ANE) is a non-profit network organization rather than a technology product company. It does not offer software products or technical services. ANE functions as a community network connecting experiential experts, officials, and professionals in Amsterdam's social domain. Its activities include organizing educational colleges (ANE Colleges), facilitating working groups (Kringen), conducting research, hosting network meetings, and awarding the KEES Prize for practices demonstrating experiential knowledge and system correction in care and welfare.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• KEES Prijs: KEES (Keurmerk Ervaringskennis, Ervaringsdeskundigheid en Systeemcorrectie) - a prize created by ANE to recognize practices that achieve system correction in care and welfare through experiential knowledge and expertise.

Products and services

• ANE Colleges (Educational Lecture Series) Recurring educational lectures for experiential experts, civil servants, professionals, and interested members of the public on topics related to lived experience, recovery, and system correction in the social domain.
• Kringen (Thematic Working Groups) Thematic working groups where experiential experts and professionals collaborate on specific topics including poverty/income security, youth, addiction, informal caregivers, allies teams, and research methodology.
• KEES Prize (Keurmerk Ervaringskennis, Ervaringsdeskundigheid en Systeemcorrectie) Annual award established by ANE recognizing practices in care and welfare that achieve system correction through the deployment of experiential knowledge and experiential expertise.
• Participatory Research Coalition Collaborative research program conducted with partners such as Storyconnect and Meetellen/CVC, producing participatory research on neighborhood teams and the role of experiential knowledge alongside academic knowledge.
• ANE Network Meetings Periodic gatherings of the ANE network used to convene members, share updates across kringen, and host guest lectures and award ceremonies.

Quantifiable outcome

• Influenced WMO procurement policy to include experiential experts in neighborhood teams
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Herstelbureau HVO-QueridocoreOthersPartner organization providing experiential expertise services. Shares expertise within the ANE network. Contact: T: (020) 219 51 68, [email protected]
• TEAM EDcoreOthersPartner organization for experiential experts offering traineeship programs for paid work in the social domain. Contact: T: 06 41 55 22 84, [email protected]
• Cliëntenbelang AmsterdamcoreOthersPartner advocacy organization representing client interests in Amsterdam. Contact: T: 020 75 25 100, [email protected]
• Buro Ervaringskracht CordaanminorOthersPartner organization for experiential strength within Cordaan. Contact: T: 06 113 86 121, [email protected]
• SlicksminorOthersPartner organization sharing expertise in ANE network. Contact: T: 06 364 005 69, [email protected]
• Vrijwilligersacademie AmsterdamcoreOthersPartner venue and training provider for ANE activities. Regular meeting location for kringen and colleges. Contact: T: 020 320 55 79, [email protected]
• StoryconnectcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner in the research coalition conducting participatory research on neighborhood teams. Participates in research activities and knowledge sharing.
• Meetellen/CVCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner in research coalition conducting participatory research. Focuses on experiential knowledge in research alongside academic knowledge.
• Gemeente AmsterdamcoreOthersMunicipal partner and founding supporter of ANE. Initiated network in 2019. Ongoing collaboration on policy development and integration of experiential expertise in social services.
• Regenboog Groep (SCIP)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization where Herstel-Lab was initiated. Home to experiential experts and recovery initiatives.
• Ieder(in)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational network of people with disabilities or chronic illness. Collaboration on Wmo research and meldactie (survey action) regarding municipal support services.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Movisie: Established Dutch knowledge institute for social issues. Overlaps with ANE on integrating lived experience into welfare practice and policy, but operates as a broader research/advisory body rather than an experiential-expert-led network.
• Trimbos-instituut: National Dutch knowledge center on mental health and substance use. Indirectly comparable: forms research and policy positions touching experiential expertise in GGZ and verslavingszorg, the same substantive topics in ANE's kringen.
• Cliëntenbelang Nederland: Umbrella organization for Dutch client councils and patient advocacy bodies, with Cliëntenbelang Amsterdam as an ANE partner. Larger, more institutionalized, broader patient-rights scope but overlapping civic-association role in social-domain policy.

Direct peers

• Stichting MEE: Dutch national network supporting people with disabilities and chronic conditions through experiential expertise, with local MEE organizations across NL. Direct peer: same 'ervaringsdeskundigheid' advocacy into social domain policy, similar Stichting/membership-network model.
• Ieder(in): National Dutch network of people with disabilities or chronic illness. Already an ANE partner, but functions as a parallel civic-association channeling lived experience into Wmo and jeugdwet policy — direct peer on mission and operating model.
• Stichting HVO-Querido (Herstelbureau): Amsterdam-based organization running Herstelbureau, a key ANE partner that places experiential experts in recovery-oriented services. Directly comparable on the Amsterdam experiential-knowledge workforce mission, though as a service-delivery org.
• Stichting De Vonk / Stichting Lumen (ervaringsdeskundigheid NL): Dutch foundation focused on recognizing and deploying experiential expertise in mental health and social care. Comparable peer in mission, training offer, and lobbying role alongside professionals.
• TEAM ED: Dutch traineeship program placing experiential experts in paid social-domain roles. Core ANE partner; directly comparable on workforce activation of ervaringsdeskundigen within Amsterdam welfare policy.
• MIND Landelijk Platform Psychische Gezondheid: National Dutch platform for mental health that integrates experiential expertise into policy and care reform. Comparable in driving experiential knowledge into GGZ policy via working groups and member organizations.

Regional players

• Stichting Philadelphia Zorg (client council/participatie): Major Dutch care provider with structured experiential-expert participation in care delivery and policy. Operates in Amsterdam/NL broadly; comparable in deploying ervaringsdeskundigheid in care teams, though as a provider rather than independent network.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles4 records

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