elparlante

Name

elparlante

Legal name

Associació Cultural elParlante

Website

https://elparlante.es

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Communication and Education Services

NAICS

Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Civic, Citizenship & Community Engagement Education (EDAAAEAI)

Keywords

• Media literacy education
• Participatory audiovisual projects
• Community cultural management
• Educommunication training
• Social transformation projects

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Project-based grants and funding: elParlante operates as a non-profit cultural association funded through grants, subsidies, and project-based funding from public administrations including Barcelona City Council, Catalan Government, Barcelona Provincial Council, and various European projects.
2. Training programs: Professional training in educommunication offered for a fee (150€ for the Training in Educomunicación program)
3. Training and consultancies: Training and consultancies aimed at professionals in educational, social, cultural and artistic sectors, as well as public administration technicians working on community or participatory projects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

elParlante (Associació Cultural elParlante) is a Barcelona-based cultural association founded in 2009 that designs, implements, and evaluates education and communication projects to foster active citizenship and social transformation. It delivers participatory audiovisual co-creation, critical media literacy, community cultural management, and training/consultancy programs for youth, elderly, migrants, educators, and public administrations across Catalonia, Spain, and Europe.

Product overview

elParlante (Associació Cultural elParlante) is a cultural association founded in Barcelona in 2009 that designs, implements, and evaluates educommunication strategies linking communication and education to promote active citizenship. The organization operates as a project-based service provider rather than a software platform. Its portfolio includes La GRAN pantalla (International Film Festival for the Elderly, since 2019), various audiovisual co-creation projects (Sincronitza't, ACTIVACCIÓ, Filminuts), media literacy initiatives (Desmuntamites, Desmuntatòpics, La Mirada Crítica), community cultural management programs (Barcelona Screen with 120+ annual screenings), digital communication spaces (#ParlaGran), and training programs (Formació en Educomunicació with Pompeu Fabra University). The organization works across formal education, non-formal education, community settings, and leisure environments, addressing topics including interculturality, ageism, gender, and social justice through participatory video, photography, radio, and theatre methodologies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 7 editions of La GRAN pantalla festival with 3,500+ attendees in latest edition
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 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

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AE-IC (Associació d'Educadors/es en Comunicació)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 May 2025Co-organizer of the III International Congress of Communication and Citizenship together with Universitat Pompeu Fabra. elParlante participates in academic events bringing together projects from academia and third sector.
• Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 May 2025Co-organizer of the III International Congress of Communication and Citizenship. UPF is a key academic partner providing campus facilities (Ciutadella) for training programs. Collaborative on research projects including EducoGEN and SOSCom. Alfredo Cohen serves as guest lecturer at UPF.
• RinovacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 May 2025Spanish coordinator of the European HUMAN project aimed at eradicating hate speech against diaspora communities. elParlante provides local implementation in Spain with youth from Institut Quatre Cantons.
• RICCAP (Xarxa de Recerca en Comunicació Comunitària, Alternativa i Participativa)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork for research in community, alternative and participatory communication. Co-organizer of the III International Congress of Communication and Citizenship.
• EducoGEN ProjectminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerI+D research project. elParlante participates in collaboration. On May 22, the Final Jornada will address topic 3: feminisms, audiovisual and new technologies.
• SOSCom ProjectminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerI+D research project in communication. elParlante participates as collaborator in this research initiative.
• Ajuntament de Barcelona (Barcelona City Council)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor funding source through multiple departments: Department for the Promotion of the Elderly, Institute of Culture (ICUB), Agency for Public Health (ASPB). Co-producer of La GRAN pantalla Festival and Barcelona Screen cycle (120+ screenings annually).
• Generalitat de CatalunyacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional government funding through ICEC (Catalan Institute of Cultural Enterprises). Major supporter of cultural and educational initiatives.
• Diputació de BarcelonacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvincial government funding for community and cultural projects. Funder of various elParlante initiatives including training programs.
• Pequeños Dibujos AnimadosminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnimation studio collaborating on ACTIVACCIÓ project with Institut Verdaguer, creating participatory animated short films.
• Camille Zonca (Audiovisual Producer)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAudiovisual production company co-producing GRANS series with elParlante and the Advisory Council of the Elderly.
• Advisory Council of the Elderly (Barcelona)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCity council body co-creating GRANS audiovisual series and participating in elderly-focused projects.
• University of Thessaly (Greece)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLead coordinator of SMOOTH project (Educational Common Spaces) - 3-year European initiative (2021-2024) involving 50 institutions.
• TeleducaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner entity in educational communication initiatives including seminars on educommunication for global justice.
• Casal dels InfantsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocial entity co-organizing BcnZoom short film festival and youth projects including Ciutat Esperança.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Casal dels Infants: Barcelona-based social entity working with vulnerable youth through education, training, and audiovisual co-creation (co-organizer of BcnZoom with elParlante). Comparable in youth-focused community media methodology and Barcelona geography.

Direct peers

• Teleduca: Catalan non-profit that delivers educational communication and educommunication projects globally, including seminars on educommunication for global justice. Named partner of elParlante and operates in the same intersectional media-literacy space.
• Rinova: Spanish/European education and innovation cooperative that coordinates EU projects including HUMAN alongside elParlante. Highly comparable as a project-based, EU-funded educommunication and social-innovation operator.
• AE-IC (Associació d'Educadors/es en Comunicació): Ibero-American association of educators in communication, focused on educommunication theory and practice. Co-organizes the III International Congress of Communication and Citizenship with elParlante; directly comparable thematic and methodological focus.

Broad incumbents

• Fundació Pere Tarrés: Large Catalan educational and social-action foundation offering leisure education, social intervention, and training programs. Comparable to elParlante in its educational-services mission and Catalonia footprint, but operates at significantly larger scale.
• Educo: International education-focused NGO active in Spain working on child rights, inclusion, and active citizenship through education. Comparable mission around active citizenship and education-driven social transformation, though at a much larger global scale.
• Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB): Barcelona's major cultural institution producing exhibitions, screenings, and educational programs around citizenship and social themes. Comparable in combining cultural programming with civic-education outcomes, though at much larger institutional scale.
• Fundació La Caixa: Major Spanish foundation funding cultural, educational, and social-inclusion programs across Spain. Comparable as a funder/partner in cultural community projects with elParlante, though operating at vastly greater scale.
• CEESC (Col·legi d'Educadores i Educadors Socials de Catalunya): Catalan professional college of social educators focused on community education, social intervention, and participatory methodologies. Comparable in targeting education and social-sector professionals with participatory methodologies.

Emerging players

• RICCAP (Xarxa de Recerca en Comunicació Comunitària, Alternativa i Participativa): Academic and practitioner research network on community, alternative, and participatory communication. Co-organizes the III International Congress of Communication and Citizenship with elParlante; directly comparable thematic focus.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/elParlanteBCN
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@elParlanteBarcelona
• Facebookfacebook.com/elParlante.es
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/elparlante
• Instagraminstagram.com/elparlantebcn

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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