CartoDEBAT

Argument and transparency in public debate

Active

Since 2017 (but the first debate was facilitated in 2012)

Saint-Etienne, France

Open source: No (N/A)

We offer a web-based format of structured debate on topics such as land development, public policy or issues of science and society. Our debate platform is structured around a thematic graph.

Funding details

Funded by	Date	Amount
French national development fund Caisse des Dépôts	—	—

Evidence of this project's impact

CartoDEBAT has been involved in several significant projects, including NHNAI: New Humanism in the Time of Neurosciences and Artificial Intelligence (2022-2025): A digital debate initiative following capacity-building workshops organized by members of the NHNAI network at the Catholic University of Lyon. (Source) — 2025-01

Resources

Founder(s)

Louis Ollagnon

Org. type: For-profit business / social enterprise / B Corp
Project type: Tool or platform
Country: France 🇫🇷
Founded: 2017 (but the first debate was facilitated in 2012)
Language(s): French, Spanish
Employees: 4
Pricing: Not public
Used by: City hall, local governance, universities, companies (renewable energies) and associations.
Tech stack: BuiltWith report →
Categories: Debate, Digital participation platforms, Engagement tech, Natural Language Processing, Participatory democracy, Speech recognition
Tags: Sustainable cities and communities, Quality education
Added: 2024-11-19
Last modified: 2026-07-12T16:45:52.000Z

Additional details

Tech stack: Cart Functionality, Quill, YouTube, Matomo Tag Manager, Matomo Analytics, core-js, Open Graph, Vue.js, Webpack, Babel
Institutions using the platform: 20, including city halls, local governance, universities, companies (renewable energy) and associations.
How AI is used: We use Kaldi to transcribe our field surveys.
Content moderation policy: "Contributions are directly published online. The moderation is made a posteriori. Any statements constituting “advocacy of crimes against humanity, instigation to the commission of acts of terrorism or their advocacy, incitement to racial hatred, hatred toward any persons by reason of their sex, their sexual orientation, gender identity or disability, as well as child pornography, incitement to violence, including incitement to sexual and gender-based violence, as well as violations of human dignity” ( article 6-1-7 of the CENA) or any other statements of a manifestly unlawful nature are withdrawn from the forum by the moderators, placed in a "trash" section and made inaccessible to Search. Moderators do not exercise any other form of censorship nor make changes to published messages."
Number of end users: 2,230
Number of integrations: 2
Metrics of success: CartoDEBAT has been involved in several significant projects, including NHNAI: New Humanism in the Time of Neurosciences and Artificial Intelligence (2022-2025): A digital debate initiative following capacity-building workshops organized by members of the NHNAI network at the Catholic University of Lyon.
Sustainable Development Goals: 4. Quality education, 11. Sustainable cities and communities
Geographic focus: France 🇫🇷
Geographic focus — country: France 🇫🇷
Pricing: Not public
Pricing — license model: Subscription based license.
Demo: https://cartodebat.org/nhnai/
Documentation & learning: https://cartodebat.com/contribuniv/contribuniv-miniguide.pdf
Support resources: https://cartodebat.org/nhnai/page/tutorials
Privacy policy: https://cartodebat.com/en/legal.html

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