Observatoire des débats publics. How to Do a Citizens’ Assembly. Over the past few weeks, Melbourne, Australia-based Ron Lubensky has written an series of posts explaining the concept of a Citizens’ Assembly and defending it against unfounded criticism: July 23, 2010: Open letter to Julia Gillard, Prime Minister July 26, 2010: Assembled citizens make sense July 26, 2010: Another good op-ed supporting Citizens’ Assembly about climate policy July 26, 2010: What I think the Citizens’ Assembly should do… July 27, 2010: On collaborative learning and online deliberation… August 14, 2010: Labor MPs avoiding Citizens’ Assembly pitch August 27, 2010: The public appetite for public engagement There’s a lot of advice in there!
For anyone interested in learning more, has an in-depth case study available about the 2004 British Columbia Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform as well as one on the 2009 Australian Citizens’ Parliament , which Ron worked on at the time. No related posts. Tagged as: australia , Deliberation. MoDem. Dailymodem. MODEM Vincennes.
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