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Improving deliberative methodologies

Por yago

Each deliberative mini-public is an opportunity for Deliberativa and for the vast majority of practitioners in the field to improve the methodologies associated with civic lottery and deliberation, and therefore to improve the process and its results. The Horizon CLIMAS project in which we have participated has also been a great opportunity to think about […]

Ending participatory democracy

Por yago

Pour en finir avec la démocratie participative,Manon Loisel and Nicolas Rio, Éditions Textuel, 2024 Ending Participatory Democracy is a provocative title, but its content is a breath of fresh air that has excited us. The book, which has not yet been translated into other languages, was written by two advisers to local institutions in France […]

From Advisory Councils to deliberative mini-publics

Por yago

Ernesto Ganuza (IPP/CSIC) For more than fifty years, citizen participation has been a regular feature of public administration, with participatory processes of varying types and levels of ambition taking place at every territorial level. It has become something of an emblem of our time, filling democratic imaginaries with aspirations. More participation is assumed to produce […]

An intense period of deliberative activity in the Basque Country

Por yago

We have been working on deliberative processes in the Basque Country for several years. Some are coming to an end, while others are being designed or launched. The local post-conflict context; the vision of political and technical leaders from different public authorities; the role of democratic innovation laboratories Arantzazulab and TMeLab in promoting many of […]

Multiple use of sortition

Por arantxa

At Deliberativa, we mainly work on deliberative processes initiated by governments or parliaments, but civic —or democratic— sortition and deliberation can be applied in almost any field. Som Energia, an energy consumer cooperative, has been a pioneer in the Iberian Peninsula, running a deliberative process among its members between 2023 and 2024 to define the […]

Names and surnames

Por arantxa

Deliberative practices go by many names: citizens’ assemblies —a term widely used in the English-speaking world since the 2000s, when they began to be organised at national level, and now used in most countries—; citizens’ conventions —used mainly in France, but also for the Citizens’ Convention of the Valencian Community on mental health—; mini-publics —the […]

A five-year journey

Por arantxa

When we founded Deliberativa in 2020, we knew that the deliberative wave was already under way and would reach Spain. Over these five years, around a dozen citizens’ assemblies and conventions have been held, with or without our advice, across autonomous communities, cities and at national level. Several more are under way or being prepared. […]

Oficina C and Oficina D

Por yago

On 26 February 2024, we attended the presentation at the Spanish Congress of Deputies of Oficina C’s latest reports and a programme pairing members of parliament with scientists. What parallels can we find between the work of Oficina C and Deliberativa? In today’s context, informed decision-making is essential for addressing the complex challenges facing our […]