Citizens' Forum, Anna Wohlfarth
- 1. Citizens¡® Forum 2011 Hans Hagedorn, Anna Wohlfarth Pep-Net Summit, Hamburg, 23rd September 2010
- 2. Citizens¡® Forum 2011 25 Regional Citizens¡® Forums 1 National 25 CITIZENS¡® FORUMS Network across Germany 400 PARTICIPANTS per Citizens¡® Forum 10.000 PARTICIPANTS nationwide 25 REGIONAL CITIZENS¡® AGENDAS 1 NATIONAL CITIZENS¡® AGENDA 23rd September 2010 Page 2
- 3. What is special about the Citizens¡® Forum 2011 1. Random selection of participants ¨C diverse social backgrounds 2. Participation on different levels (regional and national) 3. Combination of online and face-to-face elements 4. Specific online-workflows leading to a common output (one normative, political text per Forum) 5. Participants as editors 6. Peer-to-peer online moderation (trained former participants) 23rd September 2010 Page 3
- 4. Workflow of the Citizens¡® Forum 2011 March 12, 2011 25 regional kick-off meetings to identify challenges and proprosals Working Method: 6 committees, world caf¨¦ Output regional: 6 political challenges (one per committee), 4 x 6 proposals Output national: 150 challenges and 600 proposals March, 16 ¨C 30, 2011 25 Online-Discussions to select one proposal per challenge Working Method: kind of wiki, edited by a ¡°citizens¡® editor¡°, voting within committee Output regional: 6 proposals (one per committee) Output national: 150 proposals March 30 ¨C April 13, 2011 25 Online-Discussions to elaborate the proposals Working Method: kind of wiki, edited by a ¡°citizens¡® editor¡° within the committee Output regional: a Citizens¡® Agenda consisting of 6 detailed proposals Output national: 25 regional Citizens¡® Agendas April 13 ¨C April 20, 2011 25 Online-Votings to nominate proposals for the national Citizens¡® Agenda Working Method: Ranking of the 6 proposals per regional Citizens¡® Agenda within plenary Output national: List of 12 nominated proposals per committee 23rd September 2010 Page 4
- 5. April 20 ¨C May 4, 2011 One voting to select proposals for the national Citizens¡® Agenda Working Method: Paired comparison of proposals within national committees Output national: The national Citizens¡® Agenda May 14, 2011 25 Citizens¡® Forum Days Working Method: Plenary discussion with regional political actors Output regional: Promotion of the regional Citizens¡® Agenda Output national: Launch of the national Online-Debate May 16, 2011 National Online-Debate to deliberate about the 6 questions of a public authority Working Method: Intergation of the 10.000 participants, bilateral deliberation, individual voting Output: 10.000 justified answers and quantitative/qualitative reporting of the Online-Deliberation May 28, 2011 National Closing Event Working Method: Plenary discussion with a public authority, speakers¡® corner Output: Promotion of the national Citizens¡® Agenda 23rd September 2010 Page 5
- 6. Open questions? Do we need a random selection to reach participants with different social backgrounds? How to internationalize the Citizens¡® Forum? 23rd September 2010 Page 6