Koepel Adviesraden Sociaal Domein

What Koepel Adviesraden Sociaal Domein does

Koepel Adviesraden Sociaal Domein (Koepel ASD) is a Dutch national membership association founded in 2007 (originally as Koepel Wmo-raden, rebranded in 2020) that supports and connects local municipal advisory and client councils operating in the social domain. It serves approximately 259 member municipalities whose advisory councils advise municipal executives (college van B&W) on policy related to the Jeugdwet (Youth Act), Wmo (Social Support Act), and Participatiewet (Participation Act). The organization provides knowledge resources, training programs, workshops, webinars, themasessies, and advisory services, along with a curated member-only knowledge library spanning ~15 social domain themes sourced from reputable institutions such as Movisie, SCP, and NJi. Its flagship event is the annual Hannie van Leeuwenlezing.

The Koepel operates on a non-profit basis with two revenue streams: (1) annual municipal membership contributions of €610 per municipality per year in 2025, rising to €630 in 2026, with one flat fee covering all advisory councils within a municipality; and (2) training and consulting services organized at cost price, with any surpluses reinvested in member activities. The organization relies on a lean operating model of approximately three core zzp'ers (a communications advisor, a secretarial support staff member, and a director/trainer/advisor) plus additional contracted professionals hired for specific workshops or training. It is governed by a volunteer board of directors chaired by Hans Wesselink and is funded entirely through membership fees and cost-covering service revenue, since its prior €250,000/year VWS ministry subsidy was discontinued in 2020.

The Koepel has no proprietary technology platform, no software products, and no AI capabilities — its service delivery is entirely human-delivered. The organization is a private vereniging (association) with no external investors, no parent company, and no subsidiaries. Its go-to-market is community-led, relying on word-of-mouth, content marketing via its website and ~6 newsletters per year, webinars, workshops, and the annual Hannie van Leeuwenlezing to recruit and retain municipal advisory council members. Customer relationships are exclusively domestic (Netherlands) and concentrated in a single vertical: municipal government advisory bodies in the social domain.

Name

Koepel Adviesraden Sociaal Domein

Legal name

Koepel Adviesraden Sociaal Domein

Website

https://koepeladviesraden.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Koepel Adviesraden Sociaal Domein is a Dutch national non-profit association that supports approximately 259 municipal advisory and client councils in the social domain through training, workshops, webinars, knowledge resources, and peer networking, funded primarily by €610–€630 annual municipal membership fees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Sector Advisory Council Association Services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Institutional Capacity Building & Training (Workforce/Systems Strengthening) (BPADAEAC)

Keywords

• Municipal advisory councils
• Social domain association
• Advisory council training
• Public sector knowledge network
• Membership association services

Headquarters

HQ city

Hoogvliet-Rotterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership contributions: Annual membership fees paid by municipal advisory and client councils. Fee is €610 per municipality per year (2025), increasing to €630 per year from January 1, 2026. The contribution is not differentiated by municipal size. The organization operates on a non-profit basis.
2. Training and consulting services: Revenue generated from open enrollment training sessions, custom training programs for advisory councils, workshops for municipal councilors, policy advisors, and administrative supporters. Activities are organized at cost price (non-profit). Surpluses from training and advisory work are reinvested in member activities, such as developing new training programs or providing webinars.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Koepel Adviesraden Sociaal Domein is a national non-profit membership association (vereniging) that supports Dutch municipal advisory and client councils active in the social domain. It provides annual membership, training programs (Trainingen), workshops, themasessies, webinars, advisory services, and a curated knowledge library so council members can effectively advise municipal executives from the resident perspective on Wmo, Jeugdwet, and Participatiewet policy.

Product overview

Koepel Adviesraden Sociaal Domein is a membership-based association that provides information, knowledge resources, training, workshops, webinars, and advisory services to local municipal advisory councils (adviesraden) and client councils (cliëntenraden) active in the social domain in the Netherlands. The organization does not offer a software product or SaaS platform; rather, it provides human-delivered services including member-only access to thematic articles and publications, open enrollment training programs, customized workshops, webinars, and advisory support. Core service offerings include the Trainingen (training programs), Workshops, Webinars, Themapagina's (thematic member resources), and the annual Hannie van Leeuwenlezing (public lecture). Membership is available to municipal advisory and client councils active in the social domain, with services funded primarily through annual membership dues.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Municipal membership (Lidmaatschap) Annual membership for municipal advisory and client councils active in the Dutch social domain, providing access to the member-only knowledge library, thematic articles, publications, newsletters, webinars, two General Members' Meetings per year, and the broader peer network of approximately 259 member municipalities.
• Trainingen (Training programs)

Quantifiable outcome

• 259 municipalities are members of the Koepel, representing a broad national network of advisory councils.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Movisie (Kennisinstituut sociaal domein)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMovisie, the national knowledge institute for the social domain, is referenced as a collaboration partner. Wietske Dekkers, one of the Koepel's trainers/advisors, works with Movisie on integral policy development involving advisory councils, residents, and societal partners. The Koepel's knowledge library includes numerous Movisie publications and handbooks. The relationship is informal and knowledge-sharing in nature.
• MantelzorgNLminorOthersWietske Dekkers, one of the Koepel's trainers and advisors, has collaborated with MantelzorgNL on caregiver support topics. This is a peripheral professional connection rather than a formal organizational partnership.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Nederlands Jeugdinstituut (NJi): NJi is the Dutch national knowledge institute for youth, with focus on Jeugdwet policy areas that Koepel ASD's members also advise on. It functions as an adjacent knowledge-institution peer and content source for the Koepel's member library.
• Movisie: Movisie is the Dutch national knowledge institute for the social domain and a named partner in Koepel ASD's content library. While not a competing membership association, it is the most directly comparable knowledge producer and ecosystem participant for the Dutch social domain.
• BMC: BMC is a Dutch consulting and interim-management firm active in the public and social domain. It is comparable as an adjacent service provider offering training and advisory services to Dutch municipalities and could be viewed as a partial substitute or partner for Koepel ASD's tailored training offerings.
• MantelzorgNL: MantelzorgNL is a Dutch membership-based platform for informal caregivers; Koepel ASD's trainer Wietske Dekkers is a named collaborator. Comparable as a Dutch non-profit association organized around a specific social-domain constituency with knowledge-sharing and member-service delivery.
• Sociaal-Economisch Raad (SER): SER is the Dutch Social and Economic Council, an advisory body engaging societal stakeholders on policy. Comparable as an institution operating at the intersection of civil-society input and government policy in the Netherlands, though at a national advisory rather than municipal support level.
• Landelijk Platform GGz (LPGGz): LPGGz is a Dutch national platform for client councils and stakeholder organizations in mental health care. Comparably structured as a national network for advisory/client councils and an adjacent constituency to Koepel ASD's municipal advisory councils.
• Raad voor de Volksgezondheid & Samenleving (RVS): RVS is the Dutch government advisory council on health and society. Comparable as a high-level stakeholder in the social-domain advisory ecosystem, providing strategic advice that complements rather than competes with Koepel ASD's grassroots council support.
• Sociaal Werk Nederland: Sociaal Werk Nederland is the Dutch branch association for social work organizations. It is comparable as another membership-association structure serving social-domain practitioners in the Netherlands, though its members are provider organizations rather than advisory councils.

Broad incumbents

• Vereniging van Nederlandse Gemeenten (VNG): VNG is the umbrella association for all Dutch municipalities. It serves the same municipal clients as Koepel ASD but across the full breadth of municipal policy, not specialized in the social domain; comparable as a broader incumbent in the municipal membership-association space.

Direct peers

• Divosa: Divosa is the Dutch association for managers and directors in the municipal social domain. Like Koepel ASD, it is a Netherlands-based membership association supporting social-domain municipal stakeholders with knowledge, networking, and professional development, making its business model and target ecosystem directly comparable.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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