Turn your skills, ideas, and aspirations into concrete projects

Girafe is a matchmaking platform that allows connecting people, ideas and initiatives at the scale of a territory.

It is at the same time :

• a space to express skills, intentions and needs ;
• a way to find partners outside of one’s usual networks ;
• a tool to make projects emerge and move them forward.

Girafe works like a forum of the city, where everyone can contribute — at their level — to local dynamics.

Girafe is intended for all those who wish to act, collaborate or better understand their territory.

The platform notably allows :

• students and researchers to connect their work to concrete situations ;
• associations and institutions to make their initiatives more visible and open ;
• companies and independent professionals to contribute to local projects and identify relevant opportunities.

More broadly, Girafe aims to reduce silos and make complementarities between actors within the same territory more visible.

Girafe is based on a simple logic : you create a profile (via the Matchbot) and the platform helps you identify the role you wish to play — contribute, collaborate, advise or initiate.

You can then :

• join or support existing projects ;
• propose your own project to the community ;
• bring initiatives to life from intentions or needs.

Girafe offers :

• targeted connections ;
• flexible roles depending on your level of engagement ;
• a living map of actors and dynamics (Girafe Planet).

AI plays a supporting role here : it helps to formulate, connect and make information visible, without replacing human decisions.

Girafe can be used by local authorities, institutions or organizations as a territorial animation tool.

The platform notably allows :

• to identify existing actors, skills and initiatives ;
• to make projects emerge from local needs ;
• to facilitate coordination between actors who do not usually meet ;
• to strengthen the readability of territorial dynamics.

Girafe is based on a hybrid approach, also legally, to reconcile the public interest and the development of the tool. The question of data, its use and its protection, is central.