Parlons Démocratie

What Parlons Démocratie does

Parlons Démocratie is a French non-profit association (loi 1901) founded circa 2020 and headquartered in Paris, focused on civic education in schools. The organization deploys a network of 600+ volunteer professionals from French public institutions (magistrates, parliamentary officials, European and territorial civil servants) to deliver free, in-person civic education interventions to students. Its product surface spans eight intervention formats including dialogue-based exchanges, parliamentary and municipal simulations, institutional visits, encounters with public figures, participatory rewrites of school regulations, teacher training, elected official training, and a dedicated prison-based program run in partnership with the Direction de l'administration pénitentiaire.

The association complements its in-person model with the Repères Citoyens pedagogical video series and organizes major annual events such as the Journée d'études, Nuit du droit, Le Sénat des jeunes, and public conferences. There is no proprietary technology platform; delivery is human-mediated and content is delivered through direct outreach to schools. Distribution occurs via a request form on the website, with demand driven by word-of-mouth among teachers, school networks, and earned media coverage across major French outlets.

The business model is hybrid: interventions for students and teachers are free, while formation des élus (elected official training) is the sole paid module. Revenue is supplemented by individual donations via HelloAsso and membership fees. In 2025 the organization conducted 330+ interventions, reached 25,000 students, and trained over 1,000 teachers.

Name

Parlons Démocratie

Legal name

Parlons Démocratie

Website

https://parlons-democratie.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Parlons Démocratie is a French non-profit association that deploys 600+ volunteer public institution professionals to deliver free civic education interventions and training to K-12 students, teachers, elected officials, and prison inmates across France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civic Education Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (6117), Civic and Social Organizations (81341), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Civic, Citizenship & Community Engagement Education (EDAAAEAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Model UN & Parliamentary Procedure Programs (Oratory-Focused) (EDAMAOAG), Democracy, Voting Rights & Civic Participation Advocacy (BPAGAFAJ), Volunteerism, Service-Learning & Community Service (EDALAHAG)

Keywords

• Civic education programs
• Democratic engagement training
• Parliamentary simulation workshops
• Public institution outreach
• Teacher training services

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Membership fees: The association operates primarily through volunteer professionals from public institutions. Revenue appears to come from membership fees (devenir adhérent), donations, and fees for elected official training programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

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Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Parlons Démocratie is a French civic education non-profit association that organizes free educational interventions in schools by bringing active and former professionals from public institutions (magistrates, parliamentary officials, European and territorial civil servants) to engage directly with students through dialogue sessions, parliamentary simulations, institutional visits, and participatory exercises. The association also trains teachers and local elected officials, delivers programs in prisons, and produces the Repères Citoyens pedagogical video series. All school interventions are delivered free of charge, with fees applied only to elected official training.

Product overview

Parlons Démocratie is a civic education association that operates a multi-module program centered on democratic pedagogy. The core offering consists of eight intervention formats for students: Interventions dialoguées (dialogue-based exchanges), Simulations (parliamentary simulations), Visites d'institutions (institutional visits), Grands témoignages (testimonies from public figures), and Réécritures participatives (participatory rewriting of school regulations). These are supplemented by training modules for teachers and elected officials, and a dedicated program for prison inmates. The organization also produces Repères Citoyens, a pedagogical video series, and organizes major events including the Journée d'études, Nuit du droit, Le Sénat des jeunes, and public conferences. All interventions are delivered free of charge by professionals from public institutions (magistrates, parliamentary officials, European and territorial civil servants).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Interventions dialoguées Free dialogue-based exchanges between public institution professionals and students in a conversational format designed to help students better understand democracy. Delivered on-site at schools by magistrates, parliamentary officials, European and territorial civil servants.
• Simulations Free parliamentary and municipal simulations in which students embody actors of Parliament or a municipality to develop essential citizen skills for civic life.
• Visites d'institutions Free institutional visits where students, accompanied by institution practitioners, discover symbolic places of French democracy including the Sénat, Assemblée nationale, and Conseil d'État.
• Grands témoignages Free testimonial sessions where students encounter major personalities of public life to better understand the foundations of their civic engagement.
• Réécritures participatives Free participatory exercise in which students collaboratively rewrite the internal regulations of their school with the educational team, practicing real democratic deliberation.
• Formation des enseignants Free training program for teachers enabling them to transmit civic education knowledge to hundreds of students through the association's pedagogy.
• Formation des élus Paid training program for local elected officials to strengthen their civic competencies and secure the exercise of their mandates, delivered by public institution professionals. This is the association's only paid offering.
• Interventions en milieu pénitentiaire Civic education interventions for incarcerated individuals, delivered in partnership with the French Prison Administration (DAP) to address marginalization from democratic processes.
• Repères Citoyens Pedagogical video series providing educational content about citizenship and democratic institutions, available online as a standalone resource.
• Journée d'études Annual study day event organized as part of the Grandes projets (major projects) initiative.
• Nuit du droit Annual event dedicated to law and legal education, organized as part of the Grandes projets initiative.
• Le Sénat des jeunes Youth senate program enabling young people to experience parliamentary simulation at the national level.
• Conférences grand public Public conferences for general audiences on civic and democratic themes.

Quantifiable outcome

• 25000 students educated in 2025
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Direction de l'administration pénitentiaire (DAP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with the French Prison Administration to deliver civic education programs to incarcerated individuals, addressing their marginalization from democratic processes.
• French educational institutions and school networkscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOngoing partnerships with schools and educational institutions across France to deliver civic education programs to students.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Generation Citizen: International nonprofit bringing action civics and democratic participation programs into middle and high schools — directly analogous in targeting school-age civic engagement through experiential pedagogy.
• Mikva Challenge: US nonprofit that immerses young people in civic engagement, simulations, and direct encounters with public life, mirroring Parlons Démocratie's pedagogy-of-encounter and simulation pillars.
• iCivics: US-based nonprofit building civic education curricula and games for K-12 students; a structurally similar civic-education delivery organization at international scale.
• Unis-Cité: Large French nonprofit mobilizing cohorts of young volunteers for civic service missions, sharing the volunteer-coordinated, youth-oriented civic engagement model.
• Les Francas: French federation running civic, educational, and leisure activities for children and youth through school and out-of-school programs; comparable mission of civic skill-building for young people in France.
• Ligue de l'Enseignement: Major French association federation for civic, secular, and popular education, delivering school-based civic and citizenship interventions at national scale across France — the closest direct organizational analogue to Parlons Démocratie.
• Fédération des Œuvres Laïques (FOL): Federation of laïque associations promoting secularism, civic education, and youth engagement through schools across France, operating in the same civic-education-in-schools segment.

Regional players

• Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (BpB): German federal agency for political education providing civic curricula, materials, and events to schools and citizens — analogous civic-education provider operating in a different (DACH) market rather than France.

Broad incumbents

• Ashoka France: Global social-entrepreneurship network with an established French affiliate supporting citizen-led innovation; broader scope than Parlons Démocratie but shares the civic-empowerment orientation and nonprofit structure.
• CIVICUS: Global civil-society alliance advancing civic space and citizen participation; comparable mission of strengthening democratic participation from a broader, advocacy-oriented platform.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/parlons-democratie

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Investors

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