We have been invited to take part in the Comité of the Green Party of the canton de Vaud to share our experiences and expertises on citizens assemblies. The round table is going to take place in Lausanne on Thursday, 19.01.2023 https://vert-e-s-vd.ch/event/comite-3
Is democracy important to you? https://gofund.me/7e3d9134 Dear family, dear friends, dear people, Citizens’ Democracy is a network organisation for deliberative democracy in Switzerland. Together we create a new understanding of politics and democracy by promoting and evaluating citizens’ assemblies. We are a dynamic and diverse group of people from all over Switzerland. We are committed … Read more
The Brussels-Capital Region has announced that it will launch a permanent Citizens’ Assembly on Climate in 2023. Each year, the assembly will bring together 100 citizens to select topics, deliberate and come to recommendations. The citizens will also have a role in following up what the Brussels government does with the recommendations. The government for … Read more
Citizens’ Democracy press release on the first national Citizens Assembly – 7.11.22 Fresh impetus for food policy through more dialogue and democracy The first Citizens’ Council is an important pilot project that demonstrates the potential of Citizens’ Councils to speed up the democratic search for solutions. Citizens’ Democracy was involved in the accompanying research and … Read more
The Global Forum, the world’s largest gathering devoted to participatory and direct democracy, will be held from September 21 to 25, 2022, in the beautiful lakeside city of Lucerne, Switzerland. After 14 years, the Global Forum returns to the country where it all began in 2008 with the Aarau Forum. Coming out of a devastating … Read more
Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research: “Citizens Assemblies in times of crisis” Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research invites researchers to submit their papers for the special issue Citizens Assemblies in times of crisis. Citizens’ assemblies and other sortition-based participation methods are trending around the world. As a means to involve … Read more
This is a report on the Warsaw Climate Panel, a citizens’ jury devoted to increasing energy efficiency and the share of renewable energy sources in the city. Panel meetings were attended by 90 randomly selected people — different in terms of gender, age, place of residence and education. They were accompanied by city officials, experts … Read more
A citizens’ assembly will take up Swiss food policy and make concrete recommendations to parliament by November 2022. The “Avenir Alimentaire Suisse” project, presented on Tuesday 17 May, is a first at the national level. It is part of the Sustainable Development Strategy 2030 and provides for exchanges between the Federal Council and a representative … Read more
Attached to citizen participation and to the link it maintains with the inhabitants, the Haute-Garonne Departmental Council has decided to set up new democratic tools, including the Citizens’ Assembly.
Citizens’ Democracy is a networking organization for deliberative democracy in Switzerland. Together we are creating a new understanding of politics and democracy by promoting and evaluating citizens’ assemblies. Get involved The aim of Citizens’ Democracy ? As a networking organization, we aim to promote and evaluate citizens’ assemblies in Switzerland, from local to national level. … Read more