Eumans is excited to invite you to participate in a groundbreaking event: a Citizens’ Assembly on democratic innovation and how it can be used by social movements to push for rights affirmation.
If you’re interested in being part of this transformative experience, please fill in the form . Participants will be selected by sortition and notified with further details. This will be the CITIDEM Project’s Transnational Citizens’ Assembly on European Democracy Reform. This unique gathering will take place on March 7-8, 2025, at the Université Libre de Bruxelles.
Why Your Participation Matters
As a citizen of Europe, your voice is crucial in shaping the future of our democratic processes. This assembly aims to explore how we can effectively advocate for citizens’ rights through democratic innovation, using the case of abortion rights and its as a starting point for broader discussions.
What to Expect
–> Day 1 (March 7): An informative session for all 100 participants, featuring:
– Expert presentations on direct action rights and deliberative democracy tools
– Insights from committees and associations on current proposals
– A unique opportunity to co-design a democratic innovation process
–> Day 2 (March 8): A deliberative session for 50 randomly selected participants, focusing on:
– Developing concrete recommendations for European democracy reform
– Exploring innovative tools for citizen participation
– Crafting a blueprint for deliberative advocacy actions
17 February 2025: Webinar (Università di Bologna)
The first CitiDem event will be a webinar on How to make citizens’ assemblies resonate?, held on Monday 17 February, 16.00-18.00 CET, and organised by the University of Bologna. The webinar wants to discuss the question of how effective citizens’ assemblies are in actively involving citizens. In times of increased distrust towards democratic politics, may assemblies help to bring citizens closer to democratic politics? If so, what kind of citizens tend to participate more? And what kind of methodologies work best in engaging citizens? And which types of assemblies work best? The webinar will further engage with the question of whether assemblies should be linked to other forms of engagement, and if and when participation in assemblies tends to lead to more durable forms of citizens’ engagement and activism. We have invited three scholars with great expertise on citizens’ assemblies – Melisa Ross (University of Bremen), Andrea Felicetti (University of Padova), and Yves Sintomer (University of Paris 8) – to discuss how we can make sure that assemblies engage citizens in a meaningful and empowering way.
If you want to participate, please register here (Zoom).