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Building a democratic future through citizen deliberation.

Deliberate: Derived from librare ("to weigh") and libra ("balance"), meaning to carefully consider or debate all factors relevant to a decision.

We aim to strengthen the democratic system by promoting deliberative democracy and its institutionalization.

We design, support, and evaluate deliberative processes, placing citizens at the center through the civic lottery.

We counter polarization and misinformation by creating spaces for learning, reflection, and dialogue that foster political agreement.

We ensure all interested and affected voices are included in a balanced way, along with the expert knowledge needed to make informed decisions.

Projects

Citizens’ Convention on Housing – Campaign

From April 2024

European Guide for Climate Assemblies

2023 - 2025

Euskadi Citizens’ Assembly – Design

May 2023 - April 2024

World Citizens’ Assembly Lab – Innovation

From January 2024

Agenda

Climas Horizon Europe final Consortium Meeting

Climas final Consortium Meeting will take place in Brussels [open to consortium members].

Democracy R&D Annual Encounter

Democracy R&D Network's Annual Encounter will take place in Brussels (open to members of the network).

Democracy as if the future mattered: Can democratic innovation change the world?

Celebration of Oliver Escobar's professorship Spring inaugural lecture in Edinburgh. Registration.

Deliberative Integrity: Risks and Responses in Mini-Public Governance

Online - open registration. Organised by the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance, University of Canberra.

Blog
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A 5-year journey

When we created Deliberativa in 2020, we knew that the deliberative wave was already underway and that it was coming to Spain. In those five years, a dozen Citizen Assemblies and Conventions have been held, with or without our advice, in several autonomous communities, in cities and at the state level. Several others are underway […]
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Oficina C and Oficina D

On February 26, 2024, we witnessed at the Spanish Congress of Deputies the presentation by Oficina C of the latest reports it has produced, as well as a program to match deputies with scientists. What parallels can we find between the work of Office C and Deliberativa? In the current context, informed decision making has […]
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Multiple use of sortition

At Deliberativa we work mainly in deliberative processes activated by governments or parliaments, but the civic (or democratic) lottery and deliberation can be applied to almost all areas. In this sense, the energy consumption cooperative Som Energia has been a pioneer in the Iberian Peninsula with a deliberative process carried out among its members between […]
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Names and surnames

Deliberative practices have many names and surnames: Citizens’ Assemblies (a name widely used in the Anglo-Saxon world since the 2000s when they began to be organized at the country level, and also used in most countries of the world), Citizens’ Conventions (used mainly in France, but also in the Citizens’ Convention of the Valencian Community […]