FeBi

What FeBi does

FeBi (Vereniging van de Federale en Bicommunautaire Sociale Fondsen van de non-profit sector) is a Belgian non-profit association (vzw/asbl) headquartered in Brussels that operates as the central social fund administrator for Belgium's non-profit healthcare, social, and socio-cultural sectors. It is the legally mandated body managing the Maribel employment subsidy scheme, which converts employer social security contribution reductions into additional employment subsidies for institutions, and it administers related training funds, additional leave compensation for staff aged 50+, mobile teams, mentorship programs, and career-transition initiatives. The organization is structured around seven sector-specific chambers (Kamers) covering hospitals, elderly care, home nursing, rehabilitation centers, and other health institutions under Paritair Comité 330, plus education/housing institutions (PC 319), the socio-cultural sector (PC 329.03), and the supplementary non-profit fund (PC 337), with operations supervised by a government commissioner.

The organization's product portfolio is operational rather than technological: an Extranet portal handles subsidy dossier submission and tracking, while the FeBi-VIVO training catalog distributes free courses to non-profit sector workers across Belgium. Revenue mechanics are entirely government-mediated — FeBi does not charge institutions for its services but instead receives funding channeled from RSZ/ONSS (employer social security contribution reductions for Social Maribel and Fiscal Maribel) and RIZIV/INAMI (additional leave compensation budgets) and redistributes these as employment and training subsidies to member institutions. FeBi partners with training providers, schools, and sector organizations (ICOBA for aggression management, Helix hospital network for CyZo cybersecurity training) to deliver content, and uses webinars, newsletters, and sector coordinators as its primary go-to-market channels. The business model is best understood as a paritarily governed fiscal intermediary: FeBi's value is administrative competence, regulatory compliance, and sector coordination rather than commercial product margins.

Name

FeBi

Legal name

FeBi | Vereniging van de Federale en Bicommunautaire Sociale Fondsen van de non-profit sector vzw

Website

https://fe-bi.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

FeBi is the Belgian non-profit association that administers Maribel employment subsidies and training funds for the country's non-profit healthcare, social, and socio-cultural sectors through seven sector-specific chambers, financed by government social security contribution channels rather than fees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Non-profit Healthcare Workforce Funding

NAICS

Health and Welfare Funds (525120), Insurance and Employee Benefit Funds (5251)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Federal & Federally-Sponsored Credit Agencies (6111)

akta.pro primary industry

Grants, Subsidies & Intergovernmental Transfers (BPAIAEAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Financial Aid Policy, Eligibility & Needs-Analysis Authorities (EDADAHAH), Income Support & Cash Assistance Programs (BPAIAKAE)

Keywords

• Social fund administration
• Employment subsidies
• Non-profit healthcare
• Workforce training programs
• Sectoral social funds

Headquarters

HQ city

Brussels

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Social Maribel subsidy administration: The Social Maribel is financed through reductions in employer social security contributions (RSZ). Every employee working at least part-time in the non-profit sector generates a flat-rate reduction in employer contributions, which flows through RSZ to the Maribel funds and is redistributed to employers as additional employment subsidies.
2. Fiscal Maribel subsidy administration: The Fiscal Maribel is an additional subsidy financed via an increase in the exemption from withholding tax (bedrijfsvoorheffing) currently set at 1% of the withholding tax. These funds flow through the FPS Finance via RSZ to the Maribel funds.
3. RIZIV-funded employment measures: FeBi receives annual budgets from the Rijksinstituut voor Ziekte- en Invaliditeitsverzekering (RIZIV/INAMI) to finance compensating employment for additional leave (bijkomend verlof) for staff aged 50 and older, and other social agreement measures in the healthcare sector.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

FeBi administers the Maribel employment subsidy scheme and training funds for Belgian non-profit healthcare and social institutions. It collects government funds (via RSZ, RIZIV, and FOD Financiën) and redistributes them as additional employment subsidies and training grants to hospitals, elderly care homes, home nursing services, rehabilitation centers, and other non-profit institutions. Institutions access and manage their subsidy dossiers through a dedicated Extranet portal.

Product overview

FeBi (Vereniging van de Federale en Bicommunautaire Sociale Fondsen van de non-profit sector) is an association of federal and bi-community social funds for Belgium's non-profit sector. Its product portfolio centers on Maribel, a measure creating additional employment in healthcare and social sectors, managed through 7 chambers under PC 330 (covering hospitals, elderly care, home nursing, rehabilitation centers, and other health facilities). The offering extends to training programs (Vormingsaanbod FeBi-VIVO), career transition initiatives (Verpleegkundige Worden, Zorgkundige Worden), professional development (Opnieuw aan Boord, Webinars), and supplementary measures like Mobile Teams and Mentorship. Institutions access services via an Extranet portal.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Maribel Employment Subsidies Government-funded employment subsidy program that creates additional employment in the Belgian non-profit healthcare sector. Funded through employer social security contribution reductions collected by RSZ and redistributed to non-profit institutions across seven sector chambers (Kamers) covering hospitals, elderly care, home nursing, rehabilitation centers, and other health facilities.
• FeBi-VIVO Training Catalog (Vormingsaanbod) Free training catalog offering courses for employees in the Belgian non-profit sector, aimed at improving the quality of care and service delivery. Costs are charged against each institution's Maximum Allowable Training Budget (MTB) of €35 per VTE per year (minimum €1,750 for 5-50 VTE institutions).
• Extranet Portal Web portal that enables institutions with Maribel allocation dossiers to consult their files, send, receive, and approve documents and information related to their subsidy applications. Access is granted to individual institutions upon request.
• Subsidieprojecten (Subsidy Projects) Subsidized training project categories for hospital and healthcare institutions covering well-being at work, aggression management, stress and burn-out prevention, back pain prevention, language training, group guidance, and custom projects.
• Verpleegkundige Worden (Become a Nurse) Career transition program helping employees from other sectors transition to nursing careers, including Project 600 for PC 330 employees and Opstap naar verpleegkunde for residential care centers and hospitals.
• Zorgkundige Worden (Become a Care Assistant) Career transition program helping employees become certified care assistants, including training projects, Opstap naar zorgkundige, and PentaPlus for additional nursing procedures.
• Mobiele Equipe (Mobile Team) Mobile team providing immediate replacement of absent nursing and care staff in elderly care facilities, reducing workload and stabilizing schedules.
• Peterschap (Mentorship) Program allowing older employees to spend part of their working time transferring knowledge to younger colleagues, with financial support for replacement hiring during the mentorship period.
• Webinars Online seminar series covering topics such as workplace well-being, stress management, communication, diversity, and the future of healthcare, available for replay on the website.
• Opnieuw aan Boord (Back on Board) Online learning trajectories focused on stress, burnout, and recovery, with specialized deepening tracks for the elderly care sector.
• Groepsbegeleiding (Group Guidance) Team coaching, supervision, and intervision sessions designed to improve team functioning, communication, and well-being at work.

Quantifiable outcome

• Subsidies fund new net employment — institutions must demonstrate a net increase in employment volume (headcount or FTE) to receive Maribel funding

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Rijksdienst voor Sociale Zekerheid (RSZ) / Office National de Sécurité Sociale (ONSS)coreOthersRSZ/ONSS is the Belgian National Social Security Office that collects employer social contributions and redistributes the Social Maribel and Fiscal Maribel funding to FeBi-managed funds. Every employee working at least part-time in the non-profit sector generates a flat-rate reduction in employer contributions, which flows through RSZ to the Maribel funds for redistribution to employers as additional employment subsidies.
• Rijksinstituut voor Ziekte- en Invaliditeitsverzekering (RIZIV/INAMI)coreOthersRIZIV/INAMI is the Belgian National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance that determines and distributes annual budgets for additional leave compensation and other social agreement measures that FeBi administers on behalf of healthcare institutions in PC 330.
• FOD Financiën / SPF Finances (Federal Public Service Finance)coreOthersThe Belgian Federal Public Service Finance transfers the Fiscal Maribel funds (financed via withholding tax exemptions) through RSZ to the FeBi-managed Maribel funds. The amounts are calculated based on the wage mass and vary monthly.
• Paritair Comité 330 (PC 330) and other Paritary CommitteescoreOthersFeBi operates social funds under multiple paritary committees including PC 330 (healthcare institutions with 7 subsectors), PC 319 (education and housing), PC 329.03 (sociocultural sector), and PC 337 (supplementary non-profit social fund). Social partner representatives from employer and employee organizations serve on FeBi's management committees.
• Training providers and educational institutionsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFeBi partners with training providers (both internal FeBi-VIVO offerings and external providers) to deliver training to healthcare sector workers and job seekers. FeBi also collaborates with schools and educational institutions for nursing (verpleegkundige) and caregiver (zorgkundige) career transition programs, including dual learning (duaal leren) initiatives.
• ICOBAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerICOBA is recommended by FeBi as a partner for aggression management training specifically for institutions working with children and youth (youth assistance sector). FeBi directs institutions to the ICOBA toolbox for age-appropriate aggression management resources.
• Helix Hospital Network (CyZo Cybersecurity Project)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFeBi promotes the CyZo project developed by the Helix hospital network (AZ Rivierenland, UZA, AZ Klina, AZ Voorkempen, and AZ Monica), which provides cybersecurity awareness training materials tailored for the healthcare sector. FeBi directs institutions to the eHealth platform toolbox.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• SD Worx: Belgian and European HR/payroll services provider that competes for the same non-profit employer customer base that FeBi serves, with growing footprint in healthcare workforce management.
• Acerta: Belgian HR services and social secretariat serving SMEs and non-profits with payroll, benefits administration, and HR advisory — adjacent to FeBi's HR-supporting subsidies and IFIC classification assistance.
• Partena: Belgian social secretariat and HR services provider offering payroll, legal, and HR advisory to non-profits — a commercial alternative to the bipartite fund administration model.

Direct peers

• Cevora: Belgian joint bipartite social fund for the food industry, hotels, and affiliated sectors. Like FeBi, it redistributes employer social contributions to fund training, employment, and career transition initiatives under a paritary governance model.
• Constructiv: Belgian sectoral bipartite social fund for the construction industry, administering employment subsidies, training, and career transition programmes under a paritary committee structure directly analogous to FeBi's role in PC 330.
• Fonds de Formation pour la Construction: Belgian training fund within the construction paritary committee, directly comparable to FeBi-VIVO as a sectoral training administrator that distributes subsidy budgets to employers and workers.
• Horeca Vlaanderen: Belgian sectoral social fund for the hospitality industry, operating under a paritary committee structure to administer subsidies, training, and social dialogue — the same operating model FeBi uses for the non-profit healthcare sector.

Others

• IDEWE:

Broad incumbents

• Mensura: Belgian external service for prevention and protection at work, providing workplace well-being, stress/burn-out, and aggression management services that directly overlap with FeBi's training programmes (e.g., Agressie/Stress/Burn-out).

Regional players

• Vlaamse Sociale Bescherming (VSB): Flemish regional agency administering mandatory health insurance and care subsidies — a publicly administered fund body with overlapping scope in the Flemish non-profit healthcare market that FeBi serves.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC0N0kpulD4DvQfFw6lufDNA
• Facebookfacebook.com/FeBivzwasbl
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fe-bi
• Instagraminstagram.com/febivzwasbl

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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