CoSup - Conseil Supérieur des Élèves

What CoSup - Conseil Supérieur des Élèves does

The Conseil Supérieur des Élèves (CoSup) is the designated student representative body for the 13 European Schools, founded in 1984 and registered at Wilhelmstr. 62, 75323 Bad Wildbad, Germany. It represents approximately 29,000 students across six countries (Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy, and Norway, with Estonia also referenced in operating geographies) and is structured as a student-elected representative organization rather than a commercial entity. CoSup is run by students for students through departments covering environment, education, and policy, with governance carried out via an elected presidency and divisional student representatives. Its mission is to empower and amplify the voice of European School students and to advocate for their rights and interests to institutional stakeholders.

CoSup's operating surface is a portfolio of wholly-owned digital sub-brands rather than a single platform: the main hub at cosup.eu (departments, representatives, resources, news, and BoxOffice event ticketing), CoSup Gaming (e-sports tournaments and Minecraft servers at gaming.cosup.eu), 13 Stars (a multi-section student publication at 13stars.cosup.eu covering investigative journalism, politics, science, art, fashion, society, linguistics, sports, and reviews), the Climate Academy (environmental education partner), the European Schools Discord community, and the Alumni Europae alumni network. Distribution is digital-first, leveraging Instagram, TikTok, Discord, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube; the underlying technology stack is standard web infrastructure (Next.js for the website, PocketBase for media storage) with no proprietary AI/ML, SDK, or API surface disclosed.

CoSup has no commercial revenue model and is not a publicly traded entity; pricing is explicitly not applicable, and revenue is not disclosed. The organization sustains itself through its institutional mandate from the European Schools, partnerships (notably with European Schools, OBESSU, Climate Academy, Alumni Europae, and CoSEEA), and likely institutional or grant support that is not publicly itemized. Recent strategic activity — OBESSU membership (2026-03-10), the inaugural Green Summit (2026), and continued Euronight event programming — indicates a deliberate expansion of mandate from internal student representation toward broader European student-advocacy coalition work and program operation.

Name

CoSup - Conseil Supérieur des Élèves

Legal name

The Conseil Supérieur des Élèves

Website

https://cosup.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Conseil Supérieur des Élèves (CoSup) is the student representative organization for the 13 European Schools across 6 countries, founded in 1984, representing approximately 29,000 students through advocacy, gaming, journalism, climate education, ticketing, and alumni sub-brands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Student Representation and Advocacy Services

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Model United Nations (MUN) (EDAMAGAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Open Courseware & Course Modules (OCW) (EDAGAJAB)

Keywords

• Student representation
• Student advocacy
• School governance
• Student journalism
• Esports tournaments

Headquarters

HQ city

Bad Wildbad

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CoSup is the student representative organisation for the 13 European Schools, representing approximately 29,000 students across 6 countries. Run entirely by students for students, its mission is to empower and amplify the voice of European School students across Europe and to advocate for their rights and interests. It operates several sub-brands including a main organisational platform, a student newspaper (13 Stars), an e-sports and gaming platform (CoSup Gaming), an environmental education initiative (Climate Academy), and a ticketing platform (CoSup BoxOffice).

Product overview

CoSup operates as a student representative organization for 13 European Schools, comprising approximately 29,000 students. The organization maintains a multi-platform digital presence consisting of its main CoSup platform (serving as the primary hub for student representation, resources, BoxOffice ticketing, and departmental information), the CoSup Gaming sub-brand (focused on e-sports and gaming events for students), and the 13 Stars online magazine (a student-run publication covering news, politics, science, arts, and culture). These platforms collectively serve the student community across Europe with representation services, entertainment, and journalistic content.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CoSup Gaming: E-sports and gaming platform for European School students, hosting tournaments and gaming events
• 13 STARS
• Climate Academy
• CoSup BoxOffice

Products and services

• CoSup Main Platform Primary student representative organization platform for the 13 European Schools, offering resources, news, representative information, departments, projects, and the BoxOffice ticketing system for the student community.
• CoSup Gaming E-sports platform and gaming community for European School students, hosting tournaments, Minecraft servers, and gaming events. Marketed as the number one source of entertainment for European School students.
• 13 Stars Online student magazine featuring investigative journalism, opinion pieces, science articles, fashion, climate coverage, and creative writing across multiple categories including politics, biology, chemistry, physics, psychology, technology, linguistics, sports, art, poetry, and music.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and supporting.

• OBESSUcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 March 2026CoSup announced its membership in OBESSU (Organising Bureau of European School Student Unions), connecting with broader European school student advocacy networks.
• European SchoolscoreOthersCoSup serves as the official student representative organization for all 13 European Schools, advocating for approximately 29,000 students across 6 countries. This is the foundational relationship upon which the organization operates.
• Climate AcademymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoSup partners with The Climate Academy for environmental education and sustainability initiatives across European Schools.
• Alumni EuropaesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoSup maintains a partnership with Alumni Europae, supporting the alumni network of European School graduates.
• CoSEEAsupportingOthersCoSup's 13 Stars publication works with CoSEEA (Council of Students of the European Schools Association) for content collaboration and student engagement.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• National Union of Students UK (NUS): The UK's national student representative body — a long-established, recognisable institutional analogue for student councils. Closest functional peer in terms of operating model (volunteer-run, nationally federated, advocacy-led), though UK-focused and university-tier.
• Fédération des Étudiants Francophones (FEF) / similar francophone student federations: French-speaking student federations in Belgium and beyond. Comparable as elected student representative bodies operating under bilingual/intergovernmental school frameworks — a structural cousin given the multilingual nature of the European Schools system.

Direct peers

• OBESSU (Organising Bureau of European School Student Unions): Pan-European federation of national school-student unions. CoSup is a member, and OBESSU operates the same representative/advocacy function at the cross-country European level that CoSup performs for the 13 European Schools.
• CoSEEA (Council of Students of the European Schools Association): Companion student council association within the same European Schools system that CoSup collaborates with on 13 Stars content. Operates overlapping representation, events, and student-government functions for European School pupils.

Broad incumbents

• Erasmus Student Network (ESN): Europe's largest student-volunteer organisation supporting exchange students. Comparable as a pan-European, volunteer-driven student services and community platform — though focused on mobility rather than representation.
• European Youth Forum (YFJ): Platform of European youth organisations advocating on policy. Functions as an upstream peer to CoSup: where CoSup represents European School pupils internally, the Youth Forum represents the broader European youth NGO ecosystem externally.
• European Students' Union (ESU): The largest umbrella for student representation across Europe, focused primarily on higher education but operating in adjacent territory. Directly comparable in mission (student advocacy, policy representation) though it serves university students rather than European Schools pupils.

Others

• UNESCO Associated Schools Network (ASPnet): Global network of schools working on UNESCO themes including sustainability and citizenship education. Comparable as an institutional framework operating across intergovernmental school networks; CoSup's Climate Academy partnership taps into this same educational-cooperation paradigm.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtiktok.com/@es.cosup
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@es.cosup
• Facebookfacebook.com/CoSupES
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cosup
• Instagraminstagram.com/es.cosup

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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