Samarbejdssekretariatet

What Samarbejdssekretariatet does

Samarbejdssekretariatet is a jointly-run (partsfælles) Danish advisory, guidance, and training organization for workplaces that fall under the Danish state-sector collective agreement. It was established in 2005 through agreement between the Danish state as employer and the trade unions in the state sector, and is currently governed under the Samarbejdsaftalen (Cooperation Agreement) framework — renewed in its present bipartite form following the 2018 collective agreement (OK18). The organization operates from København with 12 staff including two coordinating consultants (one representing Medarbejder- og Kompetencestyrelsen, the other representing CFU trade unions), a communications employee, and a course coordinator, supported by a network of external instructors who are themselves practitioners at state workplaces (ministries, universities, defense, tax authority, schools).

The organization's core offerings are party-neutral consulting and guidance on cooperation-committee matters, an open-enrollment and on-site course calendar (Kursuskalender and Kurser), facilitated evaluation workshops for cooperation committees, conflict counseling, and guidance documents including a video-facilitated dialogue tool for green transition at state workplaces. It does not develop proprietary software; the underlying "technology" is the curriculum, templates, and facilitation methodology built around the Samarbejdsaftalen. All services are provided free of charge to Danish state workplaces, with financing routed through the state-sector collective agreement rather than via direct commercial billing.

The business model is structurally distinct from a commercial firm: there is no priced offering, no sales motion in the conventional sense, and no revenue disclosure. The addressable customer base is effectively the entire Danish state sector that operates cooperation committees, and distribution runs through direct consulting (phone/email), on-site and virtual training, downloadable guidance materials, webinars, newsletters, LinkedIn, and an annual thematic conference. Strategic priorities reflected in recent content include the OK21 green-transition initiative, the merger (sammenlægning) of cooperation and work environment committees under §8 of the Samarbejdsaftalen, and support for workplaces undergoing ressortomlægninger and personaletilpasninger.

Name

Samarbejdssekretariatet

Legal name

Samarbejdssekretariatet

Website

https://samarbejdssekretariatet.dk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Samarbejdssekretariatet is a jointly-run Danish advisory body that provides party-neutral consulting, guidance, and training to cooperation committees at Danish state workplaces, financed through the state-sector collective agreement between the Danish state and trade unions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Sector Workplace Cooperation Advisory

NAICS

Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Technical Cooperation, Capacity Building & Policy Advisory Programs (BPADABAO)

Keywords

• Workplace cooperation advisory
• Cooperation committee training
• Conflict mediation services
• Labour relations consulting
• Public sector HR guidance

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Samarbejdssekretariatet provides party-neutral advisory, guidance, and training services to Danish state workplaces on cooperation committee (samarbejdsudvalg) matters. Its core offerings include free consulting on the Samarbejdsaftalen (Cooperation Agreement), educational courses for SU members, conflict counseling, facilitated evaluation workshops, and dialogue tools covering topics such as green transition, mergers, and cooperation between SU and AMO bodies.

Product overview

Samarbejdssekretariatet is a parts-neutral advisory, guidance, and training organization for state employers following state agreements. The organization is jointly managed by the state as employer and the trade unions in the state sector. Its core offerings consist of counseling and guidance services, educational courses (both open enrollment and customized for individual workplaces), course scheduling tools, evaluation facilitation services, conflict counseling, and various guidance materials and templates. Key focus areas include OK21 initiatives on green transition, collaboration between cooperation committees (SU) and work environment organizations (AMO), and guidance on organizational changes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Rådgivning & Vejledning (Advisory and Guidance) Party-neutral counseling and guidance services for state employers on cooperation committee matters, including advice on conflict resolution and interpretation of cooperation agreements. Target users: cooperation committees, HR managers, and employee representatives at Danish state workplaces.
• Kurser (Courses) Educational courses for cooperation committee (SU) members covering the Samarbejdsaftalen, meeting facilitation, conflict management, and organizational development. Includes both basic and advanced courses, delivered on-site or virtually. Target users: SU committee members at Danish state workplaces.
• Kursuskalender (Open Course Calendar) Open enrollment course schedule featuring virtual and in-person courses on cooperation committee work, including SU-kursus and English-language basic courses. Target users: SU members at Danish state workplaces who can self-enroll in scheduled sessions.
• Videofaciliteret værktøj til grøn omstilling Video-facilitated dialogue tool for cooperation committees to work with green transition on state workplaces, developed collaboratively with participating SU committees. Target users: cooperation committees at Danish state workplaces addressing green transition.
• Evaluering af Samarbejdsudvalgets arbejde (Evaluation of Cooperation Committee Work) Facilitated evaluation workshops for cooperation committees to strengthen collaboration and increase the value of their work, typically lasting 3-4 hours. Target users: cooperation committees at Danish state workplaces.
• Konfliktvejledning (Conflict Counseling) Conflict counseling services for cooperation committees experiencing collaboration challenges. Target users: cooperation committees at Danish state workplaces facing conflict.
• Vejledning om samarbejdsaftalen (Guidance on the Cooperation Agreement) Guidance documents and templates for cooperation agreements, including guidance on section 8 regarding merger of cooperation and work environment committees. Target users: SU members and HR at Danish state workplaces.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Beskæftigelsesministeriet: The Danish Ministry of Employment, which sets the broader labor-market policy and collective-bargaining context within which Samarbejdssekretariatet operates. It is comparable as a larger institutional actor with overlapping concerns around labor relations and workplace cooperation policy.
• Dansk Arbejdsgiverforening (DA): The main Danish private-sector employer association that negotiates collective agreements with unions. DA is the broader incumbent counterpart to the state-side employer functions represented in Samarbejdssekretariatet, and is comparable in providing bipartite labor-market advisory and negotiation infrastructure for employers.
• Dansk Erhverv: A Danish business and employer association covering service, trade, and IT sectors. Comparable as a broader employer-side advisory body engaged in collective-bargaining and workplace cooperation, though serving a different member base than the state sector.
• Dansk Industri (DI): Denmark's largest industry and employer association. Comparable as a bipartite-labor adjacent advisory organization serving employer-side needs on workplace cooperation, though oriented to private industry rather than the state sector.
• Fagbevægelsens Hovedorganisation (FH): Denmark's main trade union confederation representing the union side of collective bargaining. FH is the broad-incumbent counterpart to the union functions represented by CFU inside Samarbejdssekretariatet, and is comparable as a labor-side advisory and representation body.

Direct peers

• Centralorganisationernes Fællesudvalg (CFU): The joint committee of state-sector employee unions that is the union-side counterpart governing Samarbejdssekretariatet. CFU is directly comparable as the labor-side party to the bipartite advisory arrangement and is the institutional parent of the second coordinating consultant.
• Medarbejder- og Kompetencestyrelsen: The Danish state employer agency that jointly staffs and governs Samarbejdssekretariatet alongside the unions. It is directly comparable as the state-side party to the bipartite advisory arrangement and is the institutional parent of one of the two coordinating consultants.

Regional players

• Akademikerne: The Danish confederation of academic and professional unions, active in the state sector alongside CFU member unions. Comparable as a labor-side organization engaged in cooperation-committee policy advocacy and member advisory for the same state-employer constituency.
• Styrelsen for Arbejdsmarked og Rekruttering (STAR): The Danish Agency for Labour Market and Recruitment, which administers labor-market regulations and policies intersecting with cooperation-committee work. Comparable as a public-administration actor in the labor-relations domain adjacent to Samarbejdssekretariatet's mandate.
• Arbejdstilsynet: The Danish Working Environment Authority, which oversees work-environment compliance overlapping with the SU/AMO agenda that Samarbejdssekretariatet advises on. Comparable as a public-sector institution touching the same workplace cooperation and work-environment committees at Danish workplaces.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/samarbejdssekretariatet

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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