Gipuzkoa – Citizens’ Assembly on Rural Areas and Climate
January 2022 – March 2023
Commissioning institution: Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa
Initiated by: Arantzazulab, TMelab
Facilitated by: Aztiker and Artaziak
Advice on the design and implementation of a Citizens’ Assembly composed of 32 citizens of Gipuzkoa to answer the following question: How can we guarantee the agricultural activity of Gipuzkoa to face the climate emergency?
The Assembly was held between November 2022 and January 2023 and produced 9 recommendations, in Spanish and Basque.
Follow-up of recommendations:
- March 2023: response from the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa to each of the recommendations, in Spanish and Basque.
- November 2023: degree of compliance with the commitments acquired, in Spanish and Basque.
- October 2024: third return session.
- May 2025: fourth and last session of devolution and degree of compliance with the commitments acquired, in Spanish and Basque.
Public policy related to the first recommendation: a new funding scheme aimed at recognising and compensating the ecosystem services provided by agricultural, livestock and forestry holdings (July 2026).
Evaluation of Part Hartuz (University of the Basque Country – UPV-EHU):
- quantitative evaluation (spanish)
- qualitative evaluation (Basque)
Video summary (in Basque and Spanish, 2023).
Image 1: last session of the Gipuzkoa Citizens’ Assembly held at the General Assembly of Gipuzkoa (regional parliament)
Image 2: third session of the Gipuzkoa Citizens’ Assembly held at the Olaso Tower, TMeLab’s headquarters in Bergara (Gipuzkoa).
