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Inform wider-public

Ability to communicate the “deliberative journey” of a smaller group process to the broader population (especially critical when providing ways for a mass public to participate back with their feedback, perspectives, or direct power via referendums).

Maturity:
Medium
Importance:
High
Opportunity:
High
Neglectedness:
Medium
Transnational:
Low

How this is performed now...

  • Process organizers Process organizers communicate to the wider public through various media with a focus on conveying qualities that build trust in the process.
  • Citizens' assembly organizers Citizens’ assemblies organizers provide insights into the experience through interviews with participants, asking them to reflect on the process without anticipating outcomes. The goal is to build buy-in to the legitimacy of the process without outcome affiliation biasing reactions.

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Practice

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Research

“Co-construction” in deliberative democracy: lessons from the French Citizens’ Convention for Climate

French Citizens Convention on Climate, in which the general public were quite sceptical of the process, albeit this was because some thought that the government would just cherry pick what they wanted

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