Samenwerkingsverband PO Friesland

What Samenwerkingsverband PO Friesland does

Samenwerkingsverband PO Friesland is a public educational cooperative (stichting) established under Dutch law to coordinate passend onderwijs (inclusive/special needs education) for all primary school students in the province of Friesland, Netherlands. Headquartered in Leeuwarden, the organization serves as the statutory mandated body that issues toelaatbaarheidsverklaringen (TLV) — eligibility certificates for special primary education — and coordinates basisondersteuning (baseline support) standards across the region's primary schools, special primary schools (SO Clusters 3 and 4), and special basic education schools (SBO). Its members comprise all primary school boards (schoolbesturen) in Friesland, including entities such as Yn e Mande (YDM), PCBO Leeuwarden, Wiis, VCSO, PCBO Fiersicht, Noventa, and BMS Onderwijs.

The organization is governed by a Raad van Toezicht (Supervisory Board) chaired by Bram ten Kate, with daily leadership provided by directeur-bestuurder Ludo Abbink. Its core operational technology is Grippa, a secure digital platform used by schools to submit TLV applications and manage supporting documentation. Advisory services are delivered directly by a team of senior onderwijsadviseurs (education advisors) and policy staff, with complex cases reviewed by an independent Commissie van Advies (Advisory Committee) comprising a youth psychologist, orthopedagogue, and youth doctor.

The business model is non-commercial: the cooperative receives public funding (bekostiging) from the Dutch government (Rijksoverheid) for coordinating passend onderwijs, which it then distributes to affiliated school boards to fund extra student support. It does not sell products or services. Its service scope expanded under the new Ondersteuningsplan 2026-2030, and it now participates in the Ouder- en jeugdsteunpunt passend onderwijs Friesland (a four-cooperative parent and youth support point mandated from January 2025), collaborates with municipalities on thuiszitters (out-of-school students) and education-youth care integration, and partners with secondary education cooperative SWV Fultura on transition mentor programs for vulnerable students aged 10-14.

Name

Samenwerkingsverband PO Friesland

Legal name

Samenwerkingsverband PO Friesland

Website

https://swvfriesland.nl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Samenwerkingsverband PO Friesland is a publicly funded Dutch educational cooperative that coordinates inclusive (passend onderwijs) primary education across Friesland province, issuing TLV eligibility certificates and distributing government funding to all affiliated school boards.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Special Education Coordination Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Regional Education Service Agencies (ESAs/BOCES/Intermediate Units) (EDADABAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Special Education & Inclusion Standards Authorities (EDADAEAI)

Keywords

• Inclusive primary education
• Passend onderwijs coordination
• Special needs placement
• Educational advisory services
• Primary school support

Headquarters

HQ city

Leeuwarden

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Government funding allocation: The organization receives public funding from the Dutch government (Rijksoverheid) for coordinating passend onderwijs in the Friesland region. This funding is distributed to affiliated school boards (aangesloten schoolbesturen), which use it to provide extra student support within their schools. The cooperative does not sell commercial products or services — it is a publicly funded coordination body.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Samenwerkingsverband PO Friesland is a publicly funded cooperative (stichting) that coordinates "passend onderwijs" (inclusive/special needs education) for primary schools across the Friesland province in the Netherlands. It processes TLV (toelaatbaarheidsverklaring/eligibility certificate) applications for special primary education placements, distributes Dutch government funding to affiliated school boards, provides independent educational advisory through onderwijsadviseurs, and coordinates the transition from primary to secondary education.

Product overview

Samenwerkingsverband PO Friesland is a cooperative organization (samenwerkingsverband) for primary education in Friesland, Netherlands. It is not a product company but rather a governmental/educational consortium that coordinates 'passend onderwijs' (appropriate education) for students with additional support needs. The organization manages the toelaatbaarheidsverklaring (TLV) procedure for special education placements, supports schools and parents, and organizes advisory committees. Their services include: TLV (certificate of admissibility) administration, basisondersteuning (basic support) coordination, advisering (advisory services) for schools and parents, and organizing the transition from primary to secondary education. There are no commercial products, modules, or software offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• TLV (Toelaatbaarheidsverklaring) Procedure

Named customers16 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered member, core and key.

• Yn e Mande (YDM)memberOthersOne of the affiliated school boards (aangesloten schoolbesturen) that is a member of the cooperative and participates in the governance and funding structure of the samenwerkingsverband.
• PCBO LeeuwardenmemberOthersSchool board operating primary schools in Leeuwarden, participating in the cooperative's governance and funding allocation.
• WiismemberOthersAffiliated school board member of the cooperative.
• VCSOmemberOthersAffiliated school board member of the cooperative.
• Ouder- en jeugdsteunpunt Passend Onderwijs FrieslandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA joint initiative of all four samenwerkingsverbanden in Friesland, established per the Wet versterking positie ouders en leerlingen in passend onderwijs (effective January 2025). The cooperative participates in this parent and youth support point, which provides information and guidance to parents of children with additional educational needs across Friesland. See www.steunpuntfriesland.nl.
• SWV FulturacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSamenwerkingsverband voor het voortgezet onderwijs (secondary education cooperative) in the Súdwest-Fryslân region. The PO Friesland cooperative collaborates with Fultura on the overstapmentor (transition mentor) program supporting vulnerable students aged 10-14 during their transition from primary to secondary education in Súdwest-Fryslân and Fryske Marren, funded through VSV (voortijdig schoolverlaten) resources.
• Gemeenten (municipalities) in FrieslandkeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe cooperative actively collaborates with municipalities across Friesland on: (1) coordinating education and youth care (onderwijs en zorg); (2) supporting thuiszittende leerlingen (students not in school) by connecting them to educational and care pathways; and (3) supporting the transition from primary to secondary education.
• Jeugdhulp Friesland / BEC Jonge KindkeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerYouth care organization that can submit TLV applications on behalf of treatment groups (behandelgroepen) for young children. The BEC (Bureau Expertisecentrum Jonge Kind) collaborates with the cooperative on early identification and support.
• Special Primary Schools (SO) and Special Basic Education Schools (SBO) in FrieslandkeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerSO schools (Cluster 3: Piet Bakkerschool, Sinne, De Wingerd, Kleurryk, It Twaluk, School Lyndensteyn, Duisterhoutschool; Cluster 4: Renn4 De Caleidoscoop, Renn4 De Saffier) and SBO schools (Aquamarijn, Eigen Wijs SBO, Súdwester, Wetterwille, De Bolder, It Oerset, Sjalom, It Heechhôf, De Kampingerhof, De Triade, De Twine, OEC 't Ravelijn) collaborate with the cooperative on TLV placement, intake, and transition processes.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Jeugdhulp Friesland / BEC Jonge Kind: Regional youth care organization and its early-childhood expertise unit, BEC Jonge Kind, which can submit TLV applications on behalf of treatment groups and collaborates with the cooperative on early identification; an adjacent ecosystem participant rather than a direct competitor.
• Ouder- en jeugdsteunpunt Passend Onderwijs Friesland: Joint parent and youth support point established by all four samenwerkingsverbanden in Friesland (including PO Friesland) under the 2025 Wet versterking positie; comparable as an ecosystem participant that channels parent-facing services adjacent to the cooperative's core TLV and advisory workflows.
• Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs (DUO): Dutch government executive agency under the Ministry of Education that administers education funding, student registrations, and related data infrastructure; an enabling/administrative peer that touches the cooperative's funding flows and student data exchange.

Broad incumbents

• PO-Raad: Sector organization representing all primary education school boards in the Netherlands; not a direct operational peer but the broader umbrella body that advocates for the policy and funding framework within which every PO samenwerkingsverband, including PO Friesland, operates.
• VO-Raad: Sector organization for secondary education, analogous to PO-Raad at the VO level; relevant as a structural peer because SWV Fultura (PO Friesland's transition partner) operates under the VO framework it shapes.
• Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap: The Dutch Ministry of Education is the ultimate policy and funding authority for the passend onderwijs system; it sets the legal framework, allocates the cooperative's budget, and defines the cooperative's statutory role, making it the highest-level peer in the operating environment.

Direct peers

• Samenwerkingsverband PO Zuid-Kennemerland: Another Dutch regional PO samenwerkingsverband with the same statutory mandate for passend onderwijs coordination, TLV processing, and member-school funding flows, operating in a different geography (Zuid-Kennemerland) but in essentially the same functional role.
• Samenwerkingsverband PO Amsterdam-Diemen: Regional PO samenwerkingsverband for the Amsterdam-Diemen region, performing the identical statutory function — coordinating passend onderwijs, processing TLVs, and distributing government funding to member school boards — but in a denser urban catchment.
• Samenwerkingsverband PO Haaglanden: Regional PO samenwerkingsverband covering the Haaglanden region with the same mandate to coordinate passend onderwijs, advise schools and parents, and allocate public funding to school boards; one of the larger comparable SWVs in the Netherlands.
• SWV Fultura: Samenwerkingsverband VO Friesland is the directly partnered secondary-education counterpart coordinating passend onderwijs for Friesland VO; the two SWVs collaborate on the overstapmentor transition program for students aged 10–14, making them functional mirror images at the next education level in the same region.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles21 records

Funding overview

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