Paris Citizens’ Assembly

A participatory democracy institution where 100 randomly selected residents act directly for municipal policy construction through proposals, wishes, and deliberations submitted to the Paris Council. The assembly operates through four phases: discovery, exploration, development, and co-creation where members collaborate with city leadership to draft legal documents. The second cohort achieved a historic milestone by drafting the first citizen deliberation in France—essentially municipal legislation on homelessness that underwent iterative revision before formal council adoption.