Involve: Knowledge Base resources
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The knowledge base provides definitions, guides, research findings, videos, and other resources about a range of participatory and deliberative processes.
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Citizens' assemblies for referendums and constitutional reforms
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An academic article on the institutionalization of citizens' assemblies in Ireland, considering whether the “Irish model” can be successfully replicated in other countries.
Read MoreNationwide citizens' assembly on energy costs (Poland)
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A video and report on the process and proposals from Poland's citizens' assembly on energy costs, organized by the Shipyard Foundation, which took place between September and December 2022.
Read MoreBrazilian democracy can count on the strength of citizen deliberation
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A report on a series of deliberative minipublics run by the Decidania program in Brazil.
Read MoreUnconscious cognitive biases in groups working together
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An overview of 6 major types of cognitive biases that tend to arise when groups of people work together.
Read MoreCitizens’ assembly websites: Practical guidance
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A short handbook on designing websites for citizens' assemblies.
Read MoreEnabling national initiatives to take democracy beyond elections
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A handbook on planning and designing a citizens' assembly or jury.
Read MoreI took part in a citizens' assembly
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An article written by a member of the Irish citizens' assembly, discussing her experience when deliberating on abortion legislation.
Read MoreUnderstanding public deliberation in climate assemblies
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A report looking at public deliberation in citizens' climate assemblies, with a focus on the Climate Assembly UK, which was the first United Kingdom-wide citizens' assembly on climate change.
Read MoreFraming the remit: Research note
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This guide goes into detail on how the question in a deliberative process, such as a citizens' assembly or jury, should be framed.
Read MoreKlimaneustart Berlin: Public initiative
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In 2021, the public initiative Klimaneustart Berlin collected over 30,000 signatures for a petition to the Berlin House of Representatives calling for a citizens’ assembly on climate, which resulted in the creation of the Berlin Climate Citizens' Council.
Read MoreHow to run a citizens’ assembly
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This guide covers each stage of organizing a citizens' assembly, drawing on case studies from the Innovation in Democracy Programme, which supported three local governments in the United Kingdom to run assemblies in their local area.
Read MoreStratified random selection tool
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This tool makes it easier to perform stratified random selection.
Read MoreClimate assembly: Guidance for policy officials
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This practical guidance is for policy officials who are thinking about organising a climate assembly.
Read MoreGlobal assembly on the climate crisis
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The Global Assembly, which is made up of 150 organisations from over 50 countries around the world, aims to create a permanent global citizens’ assembly on the climate crisis and has been co-designed with institutions, scientists, citizens and social movements.
Read MoreSouth Australia’s citizens’ jury on nuclear waste
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The final report of the Citizens' Jury on Nuclear Waste in South Australia, an ambitious public deliberation under the imprimatur of the Premier of South Australia, Jay Weatherill.
Read MoreWarsaw climate panel: implementation report
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A report on the Warsaw Climate Panel, a citizens' panel devoted to increasing energy efficiency and the share of renewable energy sources in the city.
Read MoreReport: French citizens' convention on climate
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The final report of the French Citizens' Convention on Climate held in 2019 and 2020, in which a representative panel of citizens was asked to deliberate on the question “How can France reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40 percent (from the 1990s level) by 2030, in the spirit of social justice?”
Read MoreVorm 3010: Kessel-Lo, Belgium
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This is a website with information on the participatory process in Kessel-Lo, Belgium, that allowed residents to determine what their green public spaces should look like.
Read MoreImplementing a democratic innovation
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A report on the online deliberation of a civic panel chosen through random selection on the future transport system in Turku, Finland.
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