Achieving Public Trust in Contentious Decisions: Understanding Deliberative Democracy in Practice
Description
In this 90min workshop, participants will learn about the problems that Citizens' Assemblies can solve, and why they are working to help governments take decisions that would be too hard for 'politics as usual'.
After a primer on the design principles underpinning an effective Citizens' Assembly, speakers from the Irish Government and European Commission will share case studies from their own experiences. The OECD will also speak about their research in this field.
Participants will be given time to work in small groups to discuss issues from their own countries and explore how whether the Citizens' Assembly method could be applicable as part of an interactive session with all speakers.
The session will conclude with some provocative ideas as to how to gain public confidence that democracy has stemmed its decline and can innovate to a resurgence.
Live stream
The live srteam of the event will be done through the newDemocracy account:
https://www.youtube.com/@newDemocracy
About the The 3rd Summit for Democracy
The third Summit will be held in Korea, from March 18 to 20, 2024, with a primary focus on fostering democracy for future generations. More information is available at:
Programme
Speakers:
- Art O'Leary, Chief Executive, Electoral Commission of Ireland
- Ossian Smyth TD, Minister of State, Ireland
- Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul, Deputy Head of Unit, Directorate-General for Communication, European Commission
- Gillian Dorner, Deputy Director of the OECD Directorate for Public Governance, OECD
- Graham Allen, Convenor of the Citizens’ Convention on UK Democracy
- Iain Walker, Executive Director, newDemocracy Foundation