Citizens' Assemblies - an international comparison

Author: Maximilian Schmidt and Courtney Aitken

PDF Published: Tuesday 01 Feb 2022 (SB 22-07)

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- Executive Summary
- What is participatory and deliberative democracy?
- What are citizens' assemblies?
  - The OECD Report on Deliberative Processes
- Citizens Assembly of Scotland 2019-2021
  - Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly of Scotland
  - Scottish Government Response
    
    Commitment to Future Citizens Assemblies
  - Research Report on the Citizens' Assembly of Scotland
- International Examples of Citizens' Assemblies
  - Ontario Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform, Canada (2006)
    
    Purpose of the Citizens' Assembly
    
    Composition and meetings of the Assembly
    
    Recommendations and outcomes
  - Citizens' Assembly of Ireland (2016-2018)
    
    Background: The Convention on the Constitution of 2012-14
    
    Purpose of the Citizens' Assembly of Ireland
    
    Composition and meetings of the Assembly
    
    Recommendations and outcomes
    
    The Eighth Amendment of the Constitution
    
    Tackling Climate Change
    
    Public Reception of the Assembly's Recommendations
  - Institutionalising Citizen Participation - Ostbelgien, Belgium (2019)
    
    Background to the Citizens' Council
    
    The Ostbelgien Model
  - Climate Assemblies
    
    Scotland's Climate Assembly
    
    Climate Assembly UK
    
    COP26: The Global Assembly
    
    Citizens' Convention on Climate - France
    
    Membership and meetings of the Citizens' Convention
    
    Proposals and Public Reception
- Annex 1: Citizens' Assembly of Scotland Recommendations and Outcomes
- Annex 2: Irish Constitutional Convention of 2012-14 Topics, Recommendations and Outcomes.
- Annex 3: Further Research on Citizens' Assemblies
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Diagram depicting the process for selection to the Citizens' Council, the establishment of Citizens' Assemblies and the interaction of the Citizens' Council and associated assemblies or panels with the legislature in Ostbelgien, Belgium.

Image: Diagram depicting the process for selection to the Citizens' Council, the establishment of Citizens' Panels and the interaction with the legislature in Ostbelgien, Belgium.

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Image: Diagram depicting the process for selection to the Citizens' Council, the establishment of Citizens' Panels and the interaction with the legislature in Ostbelgien, Belgium.

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