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Every country is a developing country when it comes to mental health Anil Thapliyal Founder of eMHIC
Annemiek van Rheenen Founder MindPowrr
M ental health remains the great equalizer among nations. Whether in New Zealand or the Netherlands, Singapore, Philippines or Canada, no system has yet mastered the balance between access, quality, efficiency, and sustainable impact. Across the world, systems struggle not for lack of expertise but for coherence, and the Dutch, long known for engineering the impossible, may now be designing a framework that helps nations build equity from the inside out. The paradox of plenty Fennie Wiepkema speaks not only as a psychologist and innovator but as someone who has lived within the system, witnessing both its brilliance and its breaking points. “In the Netherlands we have a strong mental-health system,” she says. “We have universal insurance coverage, highly trained professionals, and a strong tradition of evidence-based care. Through
national programmes like the Integrated Care Agreement and a digital transformation agenda, we’re moving toward more collaboration, prevention, and digitally enabled treatments.” She pauses. “And yet people still wait and they fall through the cracks. The system has everything except coherence.” That paradox became the seed of MindPowrr, a framework, a movement, and an enabling technology. “The system isn’t broken,” Wiepkema says. “It’s incomplete. Our task is to connect what already works — people, data, and design — into a framework that truly heals.” Completing the system The mission is bold yet simple: make mental-health equity measurable, investable, and universal. Every euro and every minute should generate real, lasting impact across quality, efficiency, and sustainable health gains. “We
Erik Bosgoed Founder MindPowrr
Ross O’Brien Founder MindPowrr
Fennie Wiepkema Founder MindPowrr
fenniewiepkema info@mindpowrr.nl
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