{"id":80236,"date":"2026-03-17T17:41:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T16:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fhi.nl\/?post_type=news&#038;p=80236"},"modified":"2026-03-17T17:55:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T16:55:37","slug":"70-jaar-fhi-samenwerken-is-geen-optie-maar-een-noodzaak","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/fhi.nl\/en\/news\/70-jaar-fhi-samenwerken-is-geen-optie-maar-een-noodzaak\/","title":{"rendered":"70 years of FHI: collaboration is not an option, but a necessity"},"content":{"rendered":"<header id=\"header\" class=\"header header--low\">\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"header__background header__background--graphic\"><\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"header__content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"header__first header__first--alone\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"header__subtitle\">Column: Dirk Stans<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"header__title\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t70 years of FHI: collaboration is not an option, but a necessity\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header__dots-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg width=\"431\" height=\"9\" viewbox=\"0 0 431 9\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M430.799 4.192a1.136 1.136 0 1 1-2.272-.001 1.136 1.136 0 0 1 2.272 0Zm-27.272 0a1.135 1.135 0 1 1-2.27 0 1.135 1.135 0 0 1 2.27 0Zm-27.27 0a1.136 1.136 0 1 1-2.272-.001 1.136 1.136 0 0 1 2.272 0Zm-27.272 0a1.39 1.39 0 1 1-2.78 0 1.39 1.39 0 0 1 2.78 0Zm-27.78 0a1.645 1.645 0 1 1-3.29 0 1.645 1.645 0 0 1 3.29 0Zm-28.29 0a1.9 1.9 0 1 1-3.799 0 1.9 1.9 0 0 1 3.799 0Zm-28.799 0a2.154 2.154 0 1 1-4.308 0 2.154 2.154 0 0 1 4.308 0Zm-29.308 0a2.41 2.41 0 1 1-4.819 0 2.41 2.41 0 0 1 4.819 0Zm-29.819 0a2.663 2.663 0 1 1-5.326.001 2.663 2.663 0 0 1 5.326-.001Zm-30.327 0a2.919 2.919 0 1 1-5.837 0 2.919 2.919 0 0 1 5.837 0Zm-30.837 0a3.173 3.173 0 1 1-6.345.001 3.173 3.173 0 0 1 6.345 0Zm-31.346 0a3.428 3.428 0 1 1-6.856 0 3.428 3.428 0 0 1 6.856 0Zm-31.856 0a3.683 3.683 0 1 1-7.365 0 3.683 3.683 0 0 1 7.365 0Zm-32.365 0a3.937 3.937 0 1 1-7.875 0 3.937 3.937 0 0 1 7.875 0Zm-32.874 0a4.192 4.192 0 1 1-8.384 0 4.192 4.192 0 0 1 8.384 0Z\" fill=\"#FFF960\"\/><\/svg>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n\t<div class=\"header__meta\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"header__meta__category\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header__meta__detail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>Subject<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fhi.nl\/en\/kennishub\/?_onderwerp_kennishub=federatief\" class=\"header__meta__detail--categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFederated\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"image-text bg--offwhite\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-text__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"418\" height=\"283\" src=\"https:\/\/fhi.nl\/app\/uploads\/news\/2dd06e15034b59d668538805137e8033-dirk-stans-e1751380923552-418x283.jpg\" class=\"attachment-image_text_block size-image_text_block\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fhi.nl\/app\/uploads\/news\/2dd06e15034b59d668538805137e8033-dirk-stans-e1751380923552-418x283.jpg 418w, https:\/\/fhi.nl\/app\/uploads\/news\/2dd06e15034b59d668538805137e8033-dirk-stans-e1751380923552-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fhi.nl\/app\/uploads\/news\/2dd06e15034b59d668538805137e8033-dirk-stans-e1751380923552-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fhi.nl\/app\/uploads\/news\/2dd06e15034b59d668538805137e8033-dirk-stans-e1751380923552-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/fhi.nl\/app\/uploads\/news\/2dd06e15034b59d668538805137e8033-dirk-stans-e1751380923552-576x390.jpg 576w, https:\/\/fhi.nl\/app\/uploads\/news\/2dd06e15034b59d668538805137e8033-dirk-stans-e1751380923552-946x640.jpg 946w, https:\/\/fhi.nl\/app\/uploads\/news\/2dd06e15034b59d668538805137e8033-dirk-stans-e1751380923552-200x135.jpg 200w, https:\/\/fhi.nl\/app\/uploads\/news\/2dd06e15034b59d668538805137e8033-dirk-stans-e1751380923552.jpg 958w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" \/>\t\t\t\t  <label><\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text-content__text\"><p>Seventy years of FHI. That deserves congratulations. But even more than that: it calls for honesty.<\/p>\n<p>Let us be clear. In a world where technology is becoming increasingly complex and value chains extend across continents, collaboration is no longer an optional choice.<br \/>\nIt is an absolute necessity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"text bg--offwhite\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text__content text__content--1-col\">\n\t\t\t<p>When FHI started in 1956, the idea was simple: bring companies together and business will emerge. Today, that mechanism holds true, but the context has changed fundamentally. The individual player can no longer survive alone. Anyone who thinks they can still serve their market on their own is playing catch-up.<\/p>\n<p>The strength of FHI lies precisely where friction sometimes occurs: in the collective. Competitors find each other. Knowledge circulates. Companies strengthen one another because they realize that progress is faster together than alone.<\/p>\n<p>That requires maturity. And frankly: that is not a given.<\/p>\n<p>Too often I see companies that benefit from the network but hesitate to contribute themselves. They are present, but do not take initiative. They consume, but do not invest in the whole.<\/p>\n<p>That is precisely where the core lies. FHI does not provide traditional services. FHI offers a platform that only creates value when members themselves are the driving force. Content, knowledge, and engagement do not come from \u201cthe organization.\u201d They come from us.<\/p>\n<p>From you. From me.<\/p>\n<p>From a Flemish perspective, I recognize that tension all too well. We often opt for a pragmatic, sometimes cautious approach. But in technology, caution rarely brings progress. Building together does.<\/p>\n<p>Seventy years of FHI shows that the model works. But the next seventy years depend on one simple question:<\/p>\n<p>Do we choose not only to participate, but also to contribute?<\/p>\n<p>Without that choice, a federation remains an empty shell. With that choice, it grows into what FHI has been and strived for for seventy years: an engine of progress.<\/p>\n<p><em>Dirk Stans, Chairman FHI <\/em><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":32765,"template":"","branches":[],"events":[],"secretariat":[],"categories":[340],"themes_tax":[],"content_types":[502],"class_list":["post-80236","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>70 jaar FHI: samenwerken is geen optie, maar een noodzaak - FHI, federatie van technologiebranches<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fhi.nl\/en\/nieuws\/70-jaar-fhi-samenwerken-is-geen-optie-maar-een-noodzaak\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"70 jaar FHI: samenwerken is geen optie, maar een noodzaak - 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