CO7

What CO7 does

CO7 (Cultuuroverleg 7) is a publicly funded, interlocal cultural and heritage coordination organization based in Poperinge, Belgium (Stadhuis Poperinge, Grote Markt 1; VAT BE 0877.372.225), serving the Southern Westhoek region of West Flanders. It consolidates three service arms — an Erfgoedcel (heritage cell), an Onroerenderfgoeddienst (immovable heritage service), and Biblio7 (library service) — to deliver cultural coordination, heritage advisory, subsidy administration, and community engagement to member municipalities, schools, and heritage institutions. Its service portfolio includes the DEPOTYZE immovable heritage depot, an advisory service for architectural and movable heritage, a lending service (uitleendienst) for educational materials, training programs, school programs, and communication services including the regional cultural calendar and Streekmagazine Westhoek.

Technically, CO7 operates a multilingual website (Dutch, French, German, English) supported by Matomo analytics for visitor measurement, a Booqableshop-powered online reservation system for the lending service, and browser-native voice search. The team comprises roughly nine named members plus volunteers, with no disclosed AI/ML capabilities and no commercial technology product.

Revenue is derived almost entirely from Flemish government subsidies (cultural exemplary projects and heritage project subsidies) rather than commercial sales; no public pricing is disclosed. Customer segments are organized horizontally across municipalities (primary), educational institutions (via Cultuurkuur), community volunteers, and heritage institutions, with go-to-market executed through a community-led model anchored in direct municipal services, events, and owned digital channels (website, newsletter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube).

Name

CO7

Legal name

CO7

Website

https://co7.be

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CO7 (Cultuuroverleg 7) is a publicly funded, interlocal cultural and heritage coordination organization in Poperinge, Belgium, serving municipalities, schools, and heritage institutions in the Southern Westhoek region through heritage advisory, a lending service, and the DEPOTYZE depot.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Poperinge

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government Subsidies: CO7 receives government funding for cultural and heritage projects, including subsidies for cultural exemplary projects (subsidies voor culturele voorbeeldprojecten) and heritage projects (subsidies voor erfgoedprojecten)

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CO7 (Cultuuroverleg 7) is a publicly funded cultural consultation and heritage coordination organization serving the municipalities of the Southern Westhoek region in West Flanders, Belgium. It delivers advisory services on architectural and immovable heritage, administers subsidies for cultural pilot and heritage projects, runs a heritage materials lending service (uitleendienst), offers training and school programs, and operates DEPOTYZE, a regional immovable heritage depot.

Product overview

CO7 (Cultuuroverleg 7) is a cultural heritage and cultural coordination organization serving the Southern Westhoek region in Belgium. The organization operates as an interlocal collaboration body combining an Erfgoedcel (heritage cell), Onroerenderfgoeddienst (immovable heritage service), and Biblio7 (library service). CO7 offers a portfolio of services organized around heritage preservation and cultural participation, including the DEPOTYZE heritage depot for collection storage, advisory services for built and immovable heritage, subsidy programs for cultural and heritage projects, a lending service (uitleendienst) for educational materials, training programs, communication services including the regional cultural calendar (UiT in de Westhoek) and magazine, programs for schools, and internship/research opportunities. The organization manages various thematic projects covering religious heritage, WW1 heritage, architectural heritage, and local history documentation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• DEPOTYZE: Heritage depot for movable cultural heritage
• Taalplezier in de Westhoek
• De Maakbib in de Westhoek

Products and services

• DEPOTYZE Heritage Depot An immovable heritage depot (onroerend erfgoeddepot) operated by CO7 for storing, preserving, and managing heritage collections; services include deposition, advice and support, loans for research, and collection management. Customers include heritage institutions and researchers in the Southern Westhoek.
• Advies (Heritage Advisory Services) Advisory services covering architectural heritage, inventory of built heritage, digitization of heritage, funerary heritage, conservation and management, sustainability, and inclusive cultural organization; delivered to municipalities, heritage owners, and cultural organizations in the Southern Westhoek.
• Subsidies Administration Grant and subsidy administration for cultural pilot projects (culturele voorbeeldprojecten) and heritage projects (erfgoedprojecten), supporting cultural and heritage initiatives in the Southern Westhoek region; primarily serves municipalities and local heritage organizations.
• Uitleendienst (Heritage Lending Service) A lending service offering heritage materials and exhibits for educational and cultural use, including themed days, the Molenbrigade, Levenswandeling, Verleden Verbeeldt, and Erfgoedkids 2.0; reservations processed through an online Booqableshop storefront. Intended for schools, cultural organizations, and community groups in the region.
• Vorming (Training and Congress Programs) Educational and training programs including Congres Middeleeuwse Steden (Medieval Cities Congress) and Speuren naar Erfgoed (Searching for Heritage); targeted at heritage professionals, volunteers, and engaged citizens.
• Communicatie (Regional Communication Services) Communication services including logo packages, regional magazine publication (Streekmagazine Westhoek), UiT in de Westhoek cultural calendar, and UiTPAS Westhoek; intended for municipalities, cultural organizations, and citizens.
• Voor Scholen (School Heritage Programs) Educational heritage programs for schools including 'De Straat van Kaat' and the exhibition 'De Tweede Wereldoorlog in de Zuidelijke Westhoek', delivered directly to primary and secondary schools in the Westhoek region.
• Stages en Onderzoek (Internships and Research) Research topics and internship opportunities in archaeology, history, art history, and conservation-restoration at partner institutions (In Flanders Fields Museum, Hopmuseum Poperinge, Merghelynck Museum, Passchendaele Museum, Yper Museum, and local archives).

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Integration8 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Vlaanderen (Flanders)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCO7 operates under the Flanders regional government framework and follows Flemish administrative guidelines. The organization aligns with Vlaanderen's cultural and heritage policies and receives recognition on the Vlaanderen website.
• UiTPAS WesthoekcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCO7 participates in the UiTPAS scheme, a Flemish cultural pass system that allows participants to earn and spend points on cultural activities, enhancing accessibility to cultural offerings in the Westhoek region.
• Cultuuruur (Cultuurkuur)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership with Cultuurkuur platform for promoting cultural activities and school programs, including Dynamo for schools initiative.
• Heritage institutions (In Flanders Fields Museum, Hopmuseum Poperinge, Merghelynck Museum, etc.)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCO7 collaborates with regional heritage institutions including In Flanders Fields Museum, Hopmuseum Poperinge, Merghelynck Museum, Passchendaele Museum, Yper Museum, and local archives for research topics and student placements.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• FARO: FARO is the Flemish support center for cultural heritage and the umbrella organization that supports heritage cells (erfgoedcellen) like the one operated by CO7. Directly comparable as the coordinating policy and advisory body above CO7 in the Flemish heritage stack.
• Cultuurconnect: Cultuurconnect provides digitization, library, and cultural-data infrastructure to Flemish public libraries and cultural organizations; comparable to CO7's Biblio7 library service and heritage digitization mandate.
• Bibliozaak vzw: Flemish library support organization providing services and training to public libraries; comparable to CO7's Biblio7 library component and to its vorming/training programs for cultural institutions.
• Histories vzw: Histories supports local heritage organizations across Flanders and Brussels with training, advice, and networking — closely mirroring CO7's advisory and vorming (training) services for heritage volunteers and municipalities.
• Erfgoedcel Brugge: Heritage cell for the Bruges region operating under the same Flemish erfgoedcel framework as CO7's heritage cell. Directly comparable as a municipal-level heritage coordination and advisory body funded via the same Flemish policies.
• Herita vzw: Herita focuses on the preservation and adaptive reuse of architectural and monumental heritage in Flanders, with activities (heritage days, Open Monumentendag, subsidies) that overlap directly with CO7's Themadagen, subsidies, and architectural heritage advisory work.

Regional players

• Toerisme Westhoek: Regional tourism office for the Westhoek that promotes the same heritage landscape (WWI sites, museums, walking routes) CO7 supports programmatically. Comparable as a co-funded regional body serving overlapping audiences in the same geography.
• Regionaal Landschap West-Vlaamse Heuvels: A regional landscape organization operating in the same Westhoek geography with comparable publicly funded mandates around landscape, heritage, and community engagement. Comparable structural model (subsidized, regional, volunteer-driven).

Broad incumbents

• Vlaams Erfgoed Overleg (VEO): Flemish heritage network coordinating heritage organizations across the region. Comparable as the broad umbrella/advocacy layer that CO7 participates in and that helps shape the subsidy and policy environment CO7 depends on.

Emerging players

• Kunstwerkt: Flemish organization supporting cultural participation and cultural education with a similar inter-municipal, publicly funded delivery model. Comparable as a peer in the subsidy-driven cultural-coordination ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@Cultuuroverleg7
• Facebookfacebook.com/cozeven
• Instagraminstagram.com/co7cultuuroverleg
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/co7

Compliance1 record

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Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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