When #deliberativedemocracy meets #philanthropy and #finance Proud that Marlene Englehorne read my book & thrilled to collaborate with economists Luigi Zingales and Oliver Hart on the democratization of corporate governance through investors' assemblies bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

ICYMI: KNOCA - Knowledge Network on Climate Assemblies's presentation on emerging trends in climate assemblies is now available on their website ▶️ Featuring Graham Smith, Claudia Chwalisz of DemocracyNext and Erica Hope of the European Climate Foundation knoca.eu/events/climate…

✏️ Hace unos días anunciamos que la guía de DemocracyNext ya está adaptada al castellano: assemblyguide.demnext.org/es/ ⚙️ Es una herramienta para organizar Asambleas Ciudadanas en las que las deliberaciones resulten en decisiones colectivas e impacten en las políticas públicas.

🚀 Our Cities Programme is beginning to take off, with new Citizens' Assemblies under development in Vilnius and Esch-sur-Alzette! Details in our latest newsletter ⤵️ demnext.substack.com/p/new-cities-p…

✏️“Guía de diseño e implementación de una Asamblea” deliberativa ha adaptado esta herramienta de DemocracyNext para Asambleas Ciudadanas en las que las deliberaciones resulten en decisiones colectivas e impacten en las políticas públicas. 📰Lee + poliedrica.cat/es/guia-de-dis…

🗣️ "New models of dialogue are desperately needed and desired." More news coverage of the Central Oregon Civic Action Project as we kick things off... thanks for featuring us, Bend Magazine! Read the rest here: issuu.com/oregonmedia/do…

How a permanent Citizens' Assembly in Paris passed a bill into law: demnext.substack.com/p/how-a-perman… 👉 Share this story as an example of function (not disfunction) in politics, and of ordinary people working together!

How a permanent Citizens' Assembly in Paris passed a bill into law 🏛️ Read more about this historic moment of the world's first Citizen Bill in my interview with Elian Belon, the General Secretary of the Assembly in DemocracyNext's newsletter ➡️ demnext.substack.com/p/how-a-perman…

A #Paris 🇫🇷, il n'y a pas que les #JOParis2024, il existe aussi une assemblée citoyenne permanente qui révolutionne le rapport du citoyen à la décision politique. Un petit aperçu grâce à DemocracyNext 🙏demnext.substack.com/p/how-a-perman…

Amazing accomplishment!

People powered democracy in Paris - On July 10, for the first time, the Paris City Council took up major legislation written by a permanent Citizens’ Assembly, composed of 100 regular people, and passed it directly into law.

Ground-breaking news coming out of Paris, where for the first time ever a citizens' assembly's recommendations have been written as a bill that has gone directly to a vote by a city council and passed into law. Everywhere could benefit from permanent and powerful citizens'

Check out the Civic Assembly on Youth Homelessness in Central Oregon! This initiative, led by DemocracyNext and Healthy Democracy, seeks to foster inclusive, effective public decision-making. Read more: ncdd.org/news/first-of-… #NCDD #DemoPart #ListenFirst #DisagreeBetter

You’ve got mail! This week, thousands of Brummies will receive an invitation to join Birmingham Museums’ Citizens Jury and be part of history. 30 citizens will come together this autumn to shape the future of the city’s museums. Read more here: birminghammuseums.org.uk/stories/bmt-la…

For the first time in history, the Paris City Council took up major legislation written by a permanent Citizens’ Assembly. A French civil servant who facilitated the historic process explains what happened, from start to finish. DemocracyNext 🔗 demnext.substack.com/p/how-a-perman…

'The social contract for AI is more fragile than it appears. It can and should be underpinned by a new program of democratic deliberation.' Jack Stilgoe on citizens' assemblies & #AI science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

The people have spoken. 🗳️ What’s next? Let’s speak about democratic innovation in Belgium. What already exists, what more can be done ? Join the discussion this Friday at noon. 📅 30 August 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 📍 Impact House, Joseph II St 20, Brussels👇

👀 New study by Andrej Zaslove and Maurits Meijers: "We find that citizens with higher populist attitudes are not less supportive of key institutions of liberal democracy, but reject mediated representation through political parties." journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

#Democracy in the Age of #AI Looking forward to speaking at this event on 24 September with Deb Roy, ⿻ Audrey Tang 唐鳳 and Michael John Gorman at the MIT Museum as part of the Cambridge Science Festival. mitmuseum.mit.edu/programs/democ…

Amazing news if it happens.Thierry Beaudet, president of CESE, and as such organizer and advocate of #citizensassemblies, might be appointed by President Emmanuel Macron as the new Prime Minister. lemonde.fr/politique/arti…