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Ending participatory democracy

Por yago

Pour en finir avec la démocratie participative, Manon Loisel et Nicolas Rio, Ed. Textuel, 2024. Ending Participatory Democracy is a provocative title, but its content is a breath of fresh air that has excited us. The book, not yet translated into other languages, is written by two people who advise local institutions in France (also […]

De los Consejos Consultivos a los Mini-públicos deliberativos

Por yago

Ernesto Ganuza (IPP/CSIC) Desde hace más de cincuenta años la participación ciudadana es un elemento habitual para las administraciones, que ponen en marcha procesos participativos, de distinta naturaleza y ambición, en todos los niveles territoriales. Es una especie de emblema de época, que permite llenar de aspiraciones los imaginarios democráticos. Cuanta más participación, se supone […]

Una actualidad deliberativa intensa en Euskadi

Por yago

Llevamos varios años trabajando en procesos deliberativos en Euskadi. Algunos procesos están llegando a su fin, otros se están diseñando o iniciando. El contexto local (post-conflicto), la visión de responsables políticos y técnicos de diferentes administraciones, el papel de Arantzazulab y TMeLab, laboratorios de innovación democrática, como impulsores de muchos de esos proyectos, la existencia […]

Multiple use of sortition

Por arantxa

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 […]

Names and surnames

Por arantxa

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 […]

A 5-year journey

Por arantxa

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 […]

Oficina C and Oficina D

Por yago

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 […]