
Citizens’ panel experiments at the national level in Finland
With Sitra’s funding, more citizens’ panels are now being organised in Finland than ever before.
Explore 7 projects in the Specific Instances Of Citizen Assemblies category of the Civic Tech Field Guide.

With Sitra’s funding, more citizens’ panels are now being organised in Finland than ever before.

Together, we will run a series of assemblies across Europe to understand our current digital infrastructure & governance, and reimagine, showcase & demand a Democratic Digital Commons.

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The permanent Citizens’ Dialogue (“Ostbelgien – Model”) is a participation project oft the Parliament of the German Speaking Community of Belgium. It counts 2 bodies: The Citizens’ Assemblies and the permanent Citizens’ Council.

To have each participant see the global warming issue as a personal concern and engage in discussions to share awareness of the issue, and to connect the outcomes of the meetings to the revision of the city's basic environment plan (global warming countermeasures action plan) and to concrete measures

Japan deployment of the Decidim participatory democracy platform; first adopted by Kakogawa, expanded to 30+ municipalities

In the Fall of 2024, thirty every-day residents of Deschutes County came together to help find solutions in the region’s first-ever Civic Assembly.