Gelijke Kansen Alliantie

What Gelijke Kansen Alliantie does

The Gelijke Kansen Alliantie (GKA) is a Dutch national government program operating under the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap, OCW). Founded in October 2016 and headquartered at Rijnstraat 50 in Den Haag, the GKA coordinates efforts among schools (primary, secondary, and vocational/MBO), municipalities, and societal partners to improve equality of opportunity in Dutch education, with explicit attention to home, school, and living environment. The program currently collaborates with 105 municipalities operating multi-year agendas for educational equality. With a staff of 12, the GKA functions primarily as a coordination, knowledge-brokering, and program-funding entity rather than a direct service provider.

The GKA's portfolio combines core platform products and intervention programs. Core offerings include the Dashboard Kansengelijkheid (a regional data dashboard on equality indicators), School & Omgeving (a local-coalition program for enriched school days), Landelijke GKA-agenda's (national thematic agendas on professionalization, language, and poverty), the Evidence Database, and the Brugfunctionaris (bridge functionary) role supporting student transitions. Sub-brands and partner programs include the GKA-Podcast 'Ieder Talent Telt', themed publications, the On Track app (joint pilot with Stichting On Track across 10 MBO institutions), and the 2GetThere peer-coaching project (recognized as ILO best practice in 2014). The GKA holds Digitoegankelijk EN 301 549 accessibility certification and operates under the Ministry's GDPR (AVG) compliance framework.

The GKA does not generate commercial revenue. All activities are publicly funded by the Dutch Ministry of OCW and provided free of charge to schools, municipalities, and families. Its go-to-market is community-led, relying on regional coordinators, partner NGOs (IMC Weekendschool, KANS 050, Weekend Academie, Petje af, leerKRACHT, Stichting On Track, and others), the GKA-Jongerenraad (Youth Council), and channels including a website, newsletter, podcast, YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook, events, and publications. Strategic positioning is reinforced by a 10-year milestone planned for October 31, 2026.

Name

Gelijke Kansen Alliantie

Legal name

Gelijke Kansen Alliantie

Website

https://gelijke-kansen.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Gelijke Kansen Alliantie is a Dutch government program under the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW), coordinating with 105 municipalities, schools, and societal partners to improve equality of opportunity in education through multi-year agendas, intervention programs, and knowledge products.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Education Equity Programs

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Specialized Instruction & Resource Support (Inclusion, Pull-Out, Co-Teaching) (EDAJAKAC)

Keywords

• Educational equality programs
• Government education policy
• Municipality education coordination
• Youth coaching interventions
• Evidence-based education programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Den Haag

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: The Gelijke Kansen Alliantie is a government program funded by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap). The program coordinates efforts to improve educational equality across Dutch schools and municipalities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The Gelijke Kansen Alliantie (GKA) is a Dutch national government program under the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW) that coordinates efforts among schools, municipalities, and societal partners to improve equality of opportunity in education. It delivers this through a portfolio of programs, including the Dashboard Kansengelijkheid (a data dashboard), School & Omgeving (an enriched-school-day program), the Brugfunctionaris transition-support role, national thematic agendas, the Evidence Database, themed publications, and intervention programs such as 2GetThere (peer-to-peer youth coaching) and the On Track app for MBO students. All offerings are provided free of charge and funded by the Dutch government.

Product overview

The Gelijke Kansen Alliantie (GKA) is a national government program under the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW) that works with schools, municipalities, and societal partners to improve equality of opportunity in education. Its portfolio consists of a core platform of programs and tools — notably the Dashboard Kansengelijkheid (a data dashboard for monitoring equality indicators), the School & Omgeving program (an enriched-school-day initiative built through local coalitions), the Landelijke GKA-agenda's (national thematic agendas), and the Evidence Database — supplemented by sub-brands such as the GKA-Podcast 'Ieder Talent Telt' and Publications (themed magazines). Key intervention programs include the Brugfunctionaris (bridge functionary role) supporting student transitions, the On Track app for MBO talent development, and the 2GetThere peer-to-peer youth coaching project. All offerings are non-digital service/knowledge products focused on educational equity rather than a SaaS or API-delivered software platform.

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Products and services

• Dashboard Kansengelijkheid An interactive dashboard providing insight into figures and indicators on equality of opportunity, allowing users to monitor and analyze data across municipalities and schools. It is aimed at municipalities, schools, and policymakers tracking educational-equity outcomes.
• School & Omgeving (School & Environment) A program aimed at increasing equality of opportunity for children and youth through collaborative local coalitions between schools, municipalities, and societal partners to create an enriched school day. Targeted at schools and municipalities that want to organize a broadened school day.
• Brugfunctionaris (Bridge Functionary) A role designed to support students and families during transitions between educational stages, serving as a bridge between school, home, and the broader environment. It targets schools and municipalities working on educational transitions.
• Landelijke GKA-agenda's (National GKA Agendas) National thematic agendas that enable schools to collaboratively address topics such as professionalization, language promotion, and poverty. Aimed at schools that want to work collectively on shared equality-of-opportunity themes.
• Evidence Database A curated database of evidence-based interventions organized by theme (poverty, language promotion, professionalization, mentoring, etc.) that schools and municipalities can use to select effective programs for educational equality.
• On Track App A free app offering lessons in programming, personal development, financial literacy, and goal setting, enabling vocational (MBO) students to continue talent development outside school walls. Jointly piloted with Stichting On Track across 10 MBO institutions.
• 2GetThere A peer-to-peer youth coaching project where young people are trained as coaches to guide other youth from their own networks toward education, work, or a combination of both. Over 1,750 young people have been helped into education or employment through the program.
• GKA-Podcast 'Ieder Talent Telt' A podcast series exploring themes of talent development and equal opportunities in education, distributed via the GKA website and audio platforms.
• Publicaties (GKA Publications) Themed magazines and other publications produced by the Gelijke Kansen Alliantie covering evidence-based interventions, best practices, and research on educational equality.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1,750 young people helped into education or employment through 2GetThere program
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Stichting IMC Weekendschool (IMC Basis)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for IMC Basis program where Soufiane Touzani coaches 12 groups of 8th graders (300+ students) across the Netherlands to transition to secondary school. The GKA and IMC collaborate on credible messenger coaching initiatives.
• Stichting On TrackcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint pilot with On Track app offering free lessons for talent development to 10 mbo institutions. GKA and Stichting On Track collaborate to provide educational materials for students in vocational education.
• 2GetTherecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner2GetThere is a project by, for, and with youth where young people are trained as youth coaches to coach other youth from their own environment. Over 1,750 young people have been helped into education or employment.
• Hogeschool Rotterdam (Onderzoeksgroep 'Ouders in Rotterdam Zuid')minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on the 'Gereedschapskist' (Toolkit) initiative developed by the research group to help schools better collaborate with parents, especially those with low educational backgrounds.
• Iliass El Hadioui / Transformatieve SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with sociologist and researcher Iliass El Hadioui on the Transformatieve School (Transformative School) methodology, which trains teachers to better understand student backgrounds and adapt their teaching approach.
• Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap (OCW)coreOthersThe GKA is a program under the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. The ministry provides funding and oversight for the program's activities.
• Dutch Municipalities (105 municipalities)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipalities collaborate with GKA to develop multi-year agendas for educational equality. The alliance works with municipalities to connect school, home, and living environment.
• Weekend AcademieminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWeekend Academie provides extra weekend education in Amsterdam, Haarlem, and Almere for children aged 10-16, including programs like 'De Grote Oversteek' for school transitions.
• Stichting Petje afminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPetje af helps children aged 10-14 discover the world through a 30-Sunday practical program across seven theme blocks, introducing them to role models and different professions.
• Stichting leerKRACHTminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for the 'De Scholen In' (Schools Tour) as part of the 'Klassen' impact trajectory, where school teams work on educational equality with expert guidance.
• GKA-Jongerenraad (Youth Council)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe GKA Youth Council consists of young people who develop and present pilots to promote educational equality, working on themes like mentoring, coaching, and parental involvement.
• KANS 050minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKANS 050 offers personal mentors to youth from age 14+ in Groningen, helping over 550 young people with future plans, with over 150 volunteer mentors.
• Scholengroep Rijk van NijmegenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSeven secondary schools collaborating on the 'Ieder talent telt' initiative to place every child at appropriate educational levels, including Zomercampus and Doorstroompact programs.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Education Cannot Wait: Global fund for education in emergencies that coordinates multi-stakeholder responses across geographies; a comparable coordinating-body model to GKA, but focused on crisis-affected children and funded through donor contributions rather than a single ministry.
• Stichting On Track: Dutch foundation providing free extracurricular talent-development lessons to MBO students via a digital platform; an actual GKA implementation partner and a directly comparable mission-aligned organization serving the same disadvantaged-youth segment.
• 2GetThere: Peer-to-peer youth coaching project and core GKA partner; operates at city/municipality level across the Netherlands with the same equity-of-opportunity thesis and youth-mentoring delivery model that GKA coordinates nationally.

Broad incumbents

• Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap (OCW): The parent ministry of GKA, responsible for all Dutch national education policy and funding. As the funder and policy setter, OCW defines GKA's scope and is the most direct structural comparator as the broader incumbent in Dutch educational-equity policy.
• UNESCO Education Sector: Global UN body coordinating SDG 4 (quality and equitable education), producing comparable equity frameworks, dashboards, and thematic interventions. Relevant as a higher-tier incumbent doing the same kind of education-equity coordination GKA performs at the Dutch national level.
• UNICEF Education: Runs national-level education programs and dashboards in dozens of countries with a focus on disadvantaged children — a comparable operational model to GKA (multi-stakeholder, equity-focused, evidence-driven) at significantly larger global scale.
• OECD Directorate for Education and Skills: International policy body that produces the Equity in Education framework and country reviews — highly comparable to GKA's evidence-based, cross-municipality coordination model, but operating across OECD member states rather than within one country.

Others

• BMC Onderwijs: Dutch consulting firm advising schools, municipalities, and ministries on education policy, professionalization, and youth care — adjacent to GKA in target clients and themes but operating as a paid advisory rather than a publicly funded coordination program.

Regional players

• KANS 050: Groningen-based mentoring program for youth aged 14+, comparable in mission (mentoring for disadvantaged youth), scale (550+ young people supported) and partnership role with GKA — a regionalized peer of GKA's intervention model.
• Stichting Leerkracht: Dutch foundation investing in teacher professionalization and school improvement via a competitive grant and community model — directly comparable to GKA in target audience (Dutch schools) and theme overlap (professionalization, language).

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC-ewbHRuv2pvKBq14cCMvCw
• Facebookfacebook.com/GelijkeKansen
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gelijke-kansen

Compliance2 records

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