De Maakbare Mens vzw

Name

De Maakbare Mens vzw

Legal name

De Maakbare Mens vzw

Website

https://demaakbaremens.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Antwerpen

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Product sales (web shop): The organization operates a web shop selling books, brochures, educational kits (lespakketten), notebooks, and free digital brochures on topics related to its mission.
2. Info sessions and workshops: Fee-based info sessions and workshops on topics such as patient rights, organ donation, health apps, and the 'maakbare mens' (controllable human), offered to organizations and groups.
3. Government subsidies: The organization is funded by subsidies from the Flemish Government (Vlaamse Overheid) as a recognized civil society organization in the field of medical ethics and bioethics.
4. Donations and gifts: Individual donors can make financial contributions. Gifts of €40 or more are tax-deductible in Belgium, with the organization issuing fiscal attestations.
5. Legacies and bequests: The organization accepts legacies (legaten) as a form of long-term financial support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

De Maakbare Mens vzw is a Flemish non-profit organization that provides public information, education, and awareness on bioethics, medical technology, and patient rights. It delivers commissioned info sessions and workshops, produces and sells educational teaching packages (lespakketten) and publications, offers free digital brochures, and runs community projects such as assisted navigation of the mijngezondheid.be health portal for vulnerable populations.

Product overview

De Maakbare Mens vzw is a Flemish non-profit information and education organization focused on bio-ethics and medical technology. The organization operates a unified offering centered on public awareness, education, and debate facilitation rather than a technology product. Their portfolio consists of information sessions (Infosessies) on patient rights, organ donation, and health apps; educational teaching packages (Lespakketten) covering genetics, organ donation, health apps, and sleep; publications and books on reproduction, abortion, and fertility; free and paid digital brochures; an online shop; a library collection; and book reviews. The organization also runs community projects such as assisted navigation of mijngezondheid.be to help vulnerable populations access health data. There is no software platform, application, or digital product—the offering is entirely educational and informational.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Infosessies (Information Sessions) Educational information sessions covering topics such as patient rights, organ donation, and critical engagement with health apps. Sessions can be requested by organizations and adapted to specific needs, priced at €175 per session.
• Lespakket Gezondheidsapps (Health Apps Educational Package) Educational teaching package on health apps, priced between €4.00–€8.00, covering opportunities and pitfalls of digital health applications.
• Lespakket Genetica (Genetics Educational Package) Educational teaching package on genetics, priced between €5.00–€10.00.
• Lespakket Orgaandonatie (Organ Donation Educational Package) Educational teaching package on organ donation, priced between €2.50–€4.00.
• Lespakket Slaap (Sleep Educational Package) Educational teaching package on sleep, priced at €2.50.
• De Verdwaalde Ooievaar – Als zwanger worden niet meteen lukt Book about fertility challenges when pregnancy does not happen immediately, priced at €10.00.
• Kinderwens met omwegen Book about alternative paths to parenthood, priced at €15.00.
• Onverwachting – abortus: over keuze en vrijheid, over schaamte en verlies Book about abortion, choice and freedom, shame and loss, priced at €10.00.
• Digitale Brochure Overal DNA Free digital brochure about DNA available for download.
• Folder Wat zijn je rechten als patiënt? Free informational folder about patient rights.
• Bezoek samen Mijngezondheid.be Assisted navigation service helping people in socially vulnerable positions access and understand their health data on mijngezondheid.be, including data sharing and organ donation decisions.
• Bibliotheek (Library) Physical and digital library collection of books related to the organization's themes, available to the public.

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• CM-GezondheidsacademieminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCM-Gezondheidsacademie collaborated with De Maakbare Mens on the 'Feiten en fabels: gezondheidsapps' workshop series. Eline Cautaerts of De Maakbare Mens delivered the workshops to CM members across various locations in Belgium.
• Trefpunt ODIminorGTM or Marketing PartnerTrefpunt ODI interviewed Cassandra Berwouts and Dirk Lafaut of De Maakbare Mens for an article on technology and accessibility, helping to broaden the organization's reach to new audiences interested in inclusion and diversity.
• Various local (civil society) organizationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDe Maakbare Mens collaborates with (local) organizations to run the 'Wegwijs op mijngezondheid.be' project, helping people in socially vulnerable positions navigate digital health portals. These partnerships are essential for reaching target audiences across Belgium.
• GRIP vzwminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGRIP vzw contributed a disability-perspective interview on NIPT prenatal testing, published on the De Maakbare Mens website as part of their thematic coverage on genetic testing.
• Coalition of 144 societal organizations (abortuswetgeving)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDe Maakbare Mens is part of a broad coalition of 144 societal organizations that signed an open letter on 3 April 2025 calling for reform of Belgian abortion law, parliamentary freedom of vote, and making the Companions service (grensoverschrijdende abortuszorg) unnecessary. The coalition includes organizations active in victim support for sexual violence, poverty and healthcare, student associations, and socio-cultural associations.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Vlaams Patiëntenplatform vzw: Flemish patient rights umbrella organization that advocates for patient empowerment and informed healthcare decision-making. Direct peer in patient-rights advocacy and healthcare access in Flanders, sharing a similar civil society / non-profit model and target audience.
• Sensoa vzw: Flemish expert center on sexual health and HIV/STI prevention, providing public information, education, and advocacy. Comparable in its civil society mandate in Flanders, public education model, and engagement with socially vulnerable populations on sensitive health topics.
• Gezondheid en Wetenschap (CEG): Belgian evidence-based health information organization providing unbiased medical information to the public. Comparable in its mission to translate medical knowledge for citizens and empower informed decision-making, with overlapping thematic areas on genetics, screening, and treatment choices.
• LUNA vzw: Flemish center for sexual and reproductive health, including abortion care information and access. Directly comparable on the abortion and reproductive-rights advocacy axis, with similar non-profit information-provision and coalition-advocacy approach.
• Dokters van de Wereld België: Belgian branch of Doctors of the World, delivering healthcare access to vulnerable populations including migrants and undocumented people. Directly comparable on the healthcare-access-for-vulnerable-populations mission and Belgium-based outreach work.

Broad incumbents

• Kom op tegen Kanker: Large Flemish non-profit fighting cancer through awareness, research funding, and patient support. Comparable in non-profit health advocacy model, fundraising mechanics, and Flemish civic presence, but with a narrower disease-specific focus and broader scale.
• CAW (Centrum Algemeen Welzijnswerk): Belgian network of welfare centers offering psychosocial support, including on sensitive health and rights topics. Comparable in providing frontline information and support to vulnerable populations across Belgium, but broader in scope beyond healthcare/bioethics.
• Centrum voor Bio-ethiek (VUB): Academic bioethics center at Vrije Universiteit Brussel producing research and policy input on bioethics. Comparable in thematic focus (board member Dirk Lafaut is explicitly linked to VUB), but operates as an academic unit rather than a civil society advocacy organization.

Emerging players

• WEMM (Wetenschappelijk Evaluatie- en Monitoringcentrum): Belgian research and monitoring center supporting evidence-based health policy and ethics. Thematically adjacent to De Maakbare Mens's bioethics analytical work, but operating as a research/consulting body rather than a public-facing advocacy organization.
• Nutri-Score / Test-Aankoop (Belgian consumer health advocacy): Belgian consumer organization that publishes independent health-related product and service reviews. Comparable in mission to inform citizens on health-related choices, but operates at a far larger scale and across a broader consumer-rights mandate.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/de-maakbare-mens-vzw

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Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

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