Tenemos que Hablar de Chile

What Tenemos que Hablar de Chile does

Tenemos que Hablar de Chile is a Chilean civil society organization founded in 2020 that operates a collaborative platform for citizen participation and democratic dialogue. It convenes citizens across all 16 regions and 346 communes of Chile through both digital mechanisms (video-call dialogues, automoderated online conversations, digital consultations, podcasts distributed via Spotify and radio partners) and in-person events (notably 'Encuentro por Chile,' held at Estación Mapocho in Santiago). Its portfolio includes flagship programs such as Chile a Escala (2020 pandemic-era dialogues engaging 8,815 citizens via video call), Tenemos que Hablar de la Nueva Constitución (2021–2022 constitutional dialogue), the Secretaría de Participación Ciudadana (2023 constitutional process reaching 269,864 citizens), Encuentro por Chile (November 2024, 400,000+ live-stream viewers), Propuestas Ciudadanas (2025 — 39 citizen proposals delivered to presidential candidates), and Diálogos Hacia una Mayor Protección (2025 SENAME-commissioned regional dialogues on child protection, 1,612 participants).

The platform's underlying technology consists of digital civic participation tooling that supports structured citizen dialogues at scale, podcast content production, and online consultation systems that aggregate citizen priorities into policy proposals. The organization is led by Executive Director Hernán Hochschild and Subdirector Valentina Rosas, with institutional backing from Universidad de Chile and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (whose rectors met in August 2025 to extend the alliance) and a wider Chilean Accreditation Universities Network that supports implementation reach.

The organization has no commercial revenue model: all civic participation services are free to citizens. Operations are funded through institutional partnerships with the two co-leading universities, project-specific government contracts (such as the 2023 Secretaría de Participación Ciudadana and the 2025 SENAME commission), and likely grant funding from international democracy support sources. No public financial disclosure exists. Headcount is 11–50 employees and cumulative citizen engagement exceeds 300,000 participants since founding.

Name

Tenemos que Hablar de Chile

Legal name

Tenemos que Hablar de Chile

Website

https://tenemosquehablardechile.cl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Tenemos que Hablar de Chile is a Chilean civil society organization founded in 2020 that operates a digital and in-person civic participation platform, convening citizens across all 16 regions to produce dialogue-based policy proposals delivered to government and presidential candidates.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civic Participation and Democratic Dialogue Services

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Other Similar Organizations (except Business, Professional, Labor, and Political Organizations) (81399), Civic and Social Organizations (81341)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Social Media & Community Management (PR-led) (BPAFADAM)

Keywords

• Citizen participation
• Civic dialogue
• Democratic engagement
• Public consultation
• Citizen proposals

Headquarters

HQ city

Todo el país

HQ country

Chile

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Institutional Funding and Grants: Operates as a civil society organization funded through institutional partnerships with major Chilean universities (Universidad de Chile and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), government contracts for specific participation initiatives (such as the Secretaría de Participación Ciudadana constitutional process), and potentially international development/democracy support grants. No commercial revenue model as the platform provides free civic participation services.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Tenemos que Hablar de Chile is a non-profit collaborative civic participation platform that convenes Chilean citizens in large-scale national and regional dialogues through in-person events, video-call conversations, and online consultations, then aggregates citizen voices into structured policy proposals delivered to political decision-makers. The organization provides free civic participation services funded by institutional partnerships with Universidad de Chile and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and government contracts, and has engaged more than 300,000 people across all 16 regions and 346 communes of Chile since 2020.

Product overview

Tenemos que Hablar de Chile is a collaborative citizen participation and dialogue platform. Its portfolio includes the core dialogue programs Chile a Escala and Encuentro por Chile, which facilitate large-scale national conversations; Propuestas Ciudadanas, which generates citizen policy proposals for government; and various podcast content series including Tenemos que Hablar Podcast, Políticas en Público, and Conversaciones #PorElDiálogo. The platform also manages specialized initiatives like the Diálogos Hacia una Mayor Protección (regional dialogues on child protection) and contributed to the Secretaría de Participación Ciudadana for Chile's constitutional process. All offerings center on citizen engagement, dialogue facilitation, and translating citizen voices into actionable proposals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Chile a Escala Large-scale participatory dialogue process convened in 2020 that brought together 8,815 citizens from all 346 communes of Chile through more than 1,700 video-call conversations to discuss the country's future during the pandemic period.
• Propuestas Ciudadanas Citizen proposals program that gathered 39 specific policy proposals through a year-long participatory process involving thousands of Chileans, then delivered the proposals to inform 2025 presidential candidates' government programs.
• Encuentro por Chile National in-person dialogue event held in November 2024 at Estación Mapocho in Santiago, convening 715 dialogue participants on site and reaching more than 400,000 viewers via live broadcast on national television.
• Diálogos Hacia una Mayor Protección Specialized regional dialogue initiative commissioned by Servicio Nacional de Menores (SENAME) to design, implement, facilitate, and systematize dialogues about strengthening protection systems for children and adolescents, engaging 1,612 participants across all 16 regions of Chile.
• Secretaría de Participación Ciudadana Collaborative body between Universidad de Chile and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile that executed four citizen participation mechanisms of Chile's 2023 Constitutional Process, mobilizing 269,864 citizens from 346 communes plus 1,640 Chileans living abroad.
• Mesas de Diálogo Thematic dialogue tables organized around four axes (State, Politics, Territory, Economy) involving social leaders, politicians, academics, and civil society in five sessions during 2021.
• Tenemos que Hablar de la Nueva Constitución Information and dialogue platform about Chile's constitutional process featuring self-moderated digital conversations and cabildos constituyentes on topics including decentralization, plurinationality, and environmental protection, engaging more than 10,000 people between July 2021 and August 2022.
• Tenemos que Hablar Podcast Multi-season podcast series covering constitutional debates, political analysis, and citizen dialogue topics, including the Políticas en Público podcast co-produced with Centro de Políticas Públicas UC and the Conversaciones #PorElDiálogo series, distributed via Spotify and radio partners.

Quantifiable outcome

• 300,000+ citizens engaged in participation processes
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, major, regional and supporting.

• Universidad de ChilecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of two co-leading academic institutions providing institutional support and credibility to the platform. Universidad de Chile, represented by rector Rosa Devés, participates in strategic decision-making and provides academic rigor to participation methodologies. The collaboration was formalized during the constitutional process and continues for ongoing civic engagement initiatives.
• Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-leading academic institution alongside Universidad de Chile, represented by rector Ignacio Sánchez. UC's Centro de Políticas Públicas collaborates on the 'Políticas en Público' podcast and provides academic infrastructure for research and analysis. The rectors of both universities met in August 2025 to strengthen the alliance and project future milestones.
• TVN and Canal 24 HorasmajorGTM or Marketing PartnerNational public television broadcaster providing live coverage of flagship events. Canal 24 Horas conducted live broadcasts of 'Encuentro por Chile' dialogue sessions. Coverage included panels on the role of universities in generating transversal dialogue spaces and main themes from the Citizen Consultation.
• ADN RadiomajorGTM or Marketing PartnerNational radio station that conducted live morning show broadcasts from 'Encuentro por Chile' venue (Estación Mapocho). Programs 'País ADN' and 'Ciudadano ADN' addressed main themes from the Citizen Consultation and importance of dialogue for public policy creation.
• Radio PautamajorGTM or Marketing PartnerSantiago-based radio station that served as production partner for the 'Tenemos que Hablar' constitutional podcast (Season 2, 15 chapters). Studio production and broadcast partnership for coverage of the second constitutional process and main national political themes.
• Centro de Políticas Públicas UCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUC's public policy research center that co-produces the 'Políticas en Público' podcast analyzing public policy decisions. The podcast serves as a key analytical product informing citizens about policy developments with academic rigor.
• Radio Universidad de ConcepciónregionalGTM or Marketing PartnerRegional radio partner producing 'Panorama Constitucional' podcast with 14+ episodes covering constitutional process developments for southern Chile audiences.
• Chilean Accreditation Universities NetworksupportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAccredited universities across Chile collaborated with Universidad de Chile and UC to design, coordinate, implement, and systematize citizen participation mechanisms for the constitutional process (Secretaría de Participación Ciudadana), extending reach to 346 communes.
• Servicio Nacional de Menores (SENAME)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational child protection service that commissioned Tenemos que Hablar de Chile to design, implement, facilitate, and systematize the 'Diálogos Hacia una Mayor Protección' (1,612 participants across 16 regions) for strengthening specialized protection for children and adolescents.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• vTaiwan: Taiwanese civic-tech platform using digital tools (Pol.is) to run mass deliberation on regulatory issues. Comparable in demonstrating technology-enabled mass citizen dialogue methodology, though at a smaller scale.

Direct peers

• Decidim: Open-source participatory democracy platform used by cities and organizations worldwide for citizen assemblies, consultations, and proposals. Closely comparable to Tenemos que Hablar's digital deliberation infrastructure and methodology.
• Consul (Madrid): Open-source citizen participation platform originally developed by the Madrid city government; used globally for civic consultations, debates, and proposals. Comparable in offering a free, replicable digital infrastructure for citizen voice aggregation.
• Make.org: Large-scale civic engagement platform operating in France and internationally to run mass citizen consultations and aggregate policy proposals. Directly comparable methodology of converting broad citizen input into actionable proposals.
• Centro de Estudios MINERVA: Chilean civic engagement organization focused on dialogue, deliberation, and democratic strengthening. Operates in the same civic-participation space with similar non-partisan positioning.
• Espacio Público (Chile): Chilean independent think tank focused on public policy research and citizen-centered analysis. Comparable as a non-partisan civil society organization producing policy recommendations informed by citizen input.
• Fundación Democracia y Desarrollo: Chilean foundation focused on democratic strengthening, public policy debate, and citizen engagement. Comparable in operating as an independent civil society platform driving civic dialogue and policy proposals in Chile.

Broad incumbents

• International IDEA: Intergovernmental organization supporting democratic processes and citizen participation globally. Comparable mission around democratic participation but with a wider international portfolio and institutional scale.
• Corporación Latinobarómetro: Regional public opinion research organization producing annual surveys on democratic attitudes across Latin America. Comparable in generating citizen-perspective data to inform policy debate, though via polling rather than dialogue.

Others

• Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation: Harvard Kennedy School research center studying democratic participation and innovation. Comparable as an academic institution producing research-backed civic engagement frameworks, though not a direct operational peer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCxvIuIqRzmdDBpyp0wsBya4SPiB_L4EIs
• Instagraminstagram.com/tenemosquehablardechile
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tenemos-que-hablar-de-chile

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Tenemos que Hablar de Chile