About Brainport for Each Other
Brainport for Each Other is an association of employers from industry, the social field, education and government. They work together to find solutions to social issues in the Brainport region. Based on a sense of responsibility, equality and curiosity about the other. And about how things can be more social. Because we can only remain economically successful if we are also socially strong.
Together We Achieve More
The members of Brainport for Each Other act together as a catalyst or auxiliary engine for what does not happen automatically, helping to scale up successful social projects, ensuring social innovation, and connecting different spheres. By working together in an association, we increase our capacity for realization, and every small effort makes a big difference. Brainport for Each Other serves as a single point of contact, reaching 400,000 employees. And behind them, students, pupils, tenants, people seeking help, residents, and citizens. This way, we make a difference for everyone in the Brainport region.
Join us!
Do you want to work with us towards an even more social region? Then become a member of Brainport for Each Other and join forces with other socially responsible employers.
Read more about membership and our membersOur organization
Brainport for Each Other is an association, with a general board and a daily board.Our board is multi-helix in structure. This means that companies, civil society organisations, educational institutions and governments are represented.
Executive board
Our executive board consists of:
Marc Cootjans, director Rabobank Region Eindhoven
Marc is intended chairman and takes a seat on the board on behalf of the business community. Indeed, Marc believes that being a social employer is more important than ever.
Read more hereYvonne van Mierlo, director regional development company Ergon
Yvonne knows the social field both in Helmond and Eindhoven particularly well and is therefore happy to connect and represent the social sector on the board.
Read more hereIngeborg Janssen Reinen, chairman of the Executive Board Ter AA
As MBO director from Helmond & de Peel, she is happy to put knowledge about her region and education to use for the Social Brainport agenda.
Read more hereJanneke van Kessel, city envoy Municipality of Eindhoven
Janneke is administratively responsible for the creation of Brainport for Each Other and realisation of the Social Brainport agenda. Her ambition is to join forces of all municipalities to make even more impact.
Read more hereGeneral administration
Our general board consists of the following people:
Chairman Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Municipality of Eindhoven | |
Companies | Civil society organisations |
Marc Cootjans, Rabobank | Yvonne van Mierlo, Ergon |
Jennifer van der Leegte, VDL | Jolanda Teeuwen, LEV-group |
Jeroen Driessen, Driessen group | Marinus Biemans, woCom |
Educational institutions | Governments |
Ingeborg Janssen Reinen, Ter AA | Janneke van Kessel, Municipality of Eindhoven |
Joep Houterman, Fontys | Bram Bots, Municipality of Valkenswaard |
Hilbert de Vries, SSOE |
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'Then we will work for each other'
Listen to our club song!
50 years ago, Eindhovense band BOTS released the song '7 days long. The lyrics of the song are about the mentality of the people here and are part of the identity of this region. For Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Mayor of Eindhoven and chairman of the general board of Brainport voor Elkaar, the occasion to perform the famous song at the New Year reception last January.
'Then we will work, for each other'.
