Asociación Nacional de Educadores y Educadoras

What Asociación Nacional de Educadores y Educadoras does

Asociación Nacional de Educadores y Educadoras (ANDE), doing business as Sindicato ANDE, is a Costa Rican labor union (sindicato gremial, since 2019 an industrial union) representing education workers of the Ministry of Public Education. Founded on October 24, 1942 by approximately 1,200 educators at the Teatro Nacional, ANDE is governed democratically through a Congreso Nacional, Consejo Nacional de Representantes, and Junta Directiva, with regional and basic branches (Filiales Regionales y Básicas) covering all seven Costa Rican provinces: San José, Alajuela, Cartago, Heredia, Guanacaste, Puntarenas, and Limón. Its addressable membership, broadened in 2019 from teachers only to all Ministry of Public Education workers, currently consumes member services through both physical branch offices and a digital platform.

Name

Asociación Nacional de Educadores y Educadoras

Legal name

Asociación Nacional de Educadores y Educadoras

Website

https://ande.cr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1942

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

San José

HQ country

Costa Rica

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Union membership fees (cuotas de afiliación): ANDE operates as a teachers' union (sindicato gremial) that represents education workers in Costa Rica. Revenue is generated through membership fees paid by affiliated teachers and education workers.

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Asociación Nacional de Educadores y Educadoras (ANDE) is a Costa Rican labor union (sindicato gremial/industrial) that represents educators and education workers from the Ministry of Public Education (MEP). It provides legal and labor counseling, pension management, departmental consultations, recreational facilities, and collective bargaining representation through a Collective Agreement with the MEP. Members access services through the virtual office (Oficina Virtual ANDE), regional branch offices across all seven provinces, and digital communications including the monthly newspaper La Voz de ANDE and the ESANDE union school.

Product overview

ANDE operates primarily as a teachers' union organization offering member services through digital platforms rather than a traditional technology product company. Its main digital offerings consist of ANDE en línea (online services portal) and Oficina Virtual ANDE (virtual office platform), which provide members with access to consultations, appointments, paperwork processing, and departmental services for legal, labor, union, accounting, and pension matters. Additional offerings include the monthly newspaper La Voz de ANDE for communications, multimedia content, and the Escuela Sindical de ANDE (ESANDE) for union education and training. The organization also manages recreation centers, regional houses, and various member benefit programs through partnerships with universities and healthcare providers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ANDE en línea Online services portal providing consultations, appointments, and paperwork processing for ANDE members, including departmental queries, legal and labor assistance, and affiliate registration.
• Oficina Virtual ANDE Virtual office platform enabling members to submit requests for IT support, legal assistance, labor complaints, union affairs, accounting queries, women's affairs, pension appointments, communications forms, and procurement forms.
• Departmental Member Services (Servicios Departamentales) In-person departmental services including legal counseling, labor queries, union affairs, accounting, women's affairs, pension management, and psychology/social work support, provided through regional and local branch offices across all provinces.
• Periódico La Voz de ANDE Monthly newspaper publication providing news and updates about ANDE's union activities, educational matters, and member communications.
• Escuela Sindical de ANDE (ESANDE) Trade union school providing political-union training, courses, workshops, and professional development for ANDE leadership and members on organizational structure and labor issues.
• Recreation Centers and Regional Houses (Centros de Recreo y Casas Regionales) Recreational centers and regional houses available to affiliated members across Costa Rica's provinces, providing leisure facilities and accommodation for union activities.
• Discount Agreements (Convenios) Discount agreements maintained with private universities, clinics, and other commercial entities that provide benefits to affiliated ANDE members.
• Collective Bargaining Representation (Convención Colectiva) Collective agreement representation with the Ministry of Public Education (MEP) that guarantees the defense of labor rights of National Teaching workers and covers all MEP workers, not just teachers, following ANDE's 2019 transformation into an industrial union.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Internacional de la Educación para América Latina (IE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerANDE is a member of the International Education for Latin America. This membership allows ANDE to understand realities in union, educational, union-related, and teaching matters across Latin American countries and to articulate strategies to strengthen common actions. ANDE participates in activities in other countries to learn about their realities and exchange experiences, and shows solidarity with educators and students from other countries facing education crises.
• Ministerio de Educación Pública (MEP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerANDE has a Collective Agreement (Convención Colectiva) with the Ministry of Public Education that guarantees the defense of labor rights of National Teaching workers and the presentation of cases for corresponding study. This agreement covers all MEP workers, not just teachers, following ANDE's transformation into an industrial union on July 1, 2019.
• Private universities and healthcare providers (convenios)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerANDE maintains discount agreements with private universities, clinics, and other commercial entities that provide benefits to affiliated members.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• SUTEP (Sindicato Unitario de Trabajadores en la Educación del Perú): Peru's national teachers' union representing public education workers. Comparable in mission and member-funded subscription model, though operating in a different LATAM country.
• CCOO Enseñanza (Federación de Enseñanza de Comisiones Obreras): Spain's education workers' federation under the CCOO union. Comparable as a regional union federation representing education workers with collective bargaining and training services, though operating in a different geography.
• SEPE (Sindicato Español de Profesores de Enseñanza Secundaria): Spanish secondary education teachers' union. Comparable as a sector-specific labor union representing education professionals with collective bargaining and member services, though operating in Spain rather than Costa Rica.

Broad incumbents

• AFL-CIO: Largest U.S. labor federation representing unions across industries. Comparable as a large-scale, member-funded labor federation that delivers advocacy, training, and collective bargaining services to affiliated member unions.
• CNTE (Coordenação Nacional dos Trabalhadores em Educação): Brazil's national confederation of education workers, representing teachers and public education employees across states. Comparable in serving as a national-level labor organization for the education sector.
• SNTE (Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación): Mexico's largest teachers' union, representing education workers nationwide. Comparable in scale and scope as a national teachers' union with a collective agreement with the Secretariat of Public Education, though operating in a much larger market.
• FECODE (Federación Colombiana de Educadores): Colombia's national teachers' union federation, representing public-sector educators. Comparable in mission and structure as a national teachers' union with collective bargaining with the Ministry of Education.
• CTERA (Confederación de Trabajadores de la Educación de la República Argentina): Argentina's national teachers' union confederation, representing education workers across provinces. Comparable as a national federation of regional teacher unions with collective bargaining roles.

Direct peers

• SEC (Sindicato de Educadores Costarricenses): Costa Rica's other major teachers' union representing Magisterio Nacional workers. Direct competitor for MEP affiliations and Convención Colectiva negotiations, operating in the same geography with the same customer base.

Others

• Educación Internacional (IE) / Education International: Global federation of teachers' unions to which ANDE affiliates. Comparable as part of the same organizational ecosystem, providing international coordination, advocacy, and capacity-building for teacher unions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ANDE
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/ANDE TVeo
• Facebookfacebook.com/ANDE
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/asociaci%C3%B3n-nacional-de-educadores-y-educadoras

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Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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