Recently a citizens assembly met in Kadrina, Estonia to discuss "What makes a good life?".
The sign on the community building directly translates to "House of the people", so fits well.
+Pics from wintery #Estonia.
rahvakogu.info/en/goodlife/
#DeliberativeDemocracy #minipublic #citizensassembly
#minipublic explainer 👉 Transnational setup
Democratic deliberation across languages demands more than translation. It means preserving neutrality, conveying complex concepts, and avoiding subtle distortions that influence debate.
Watch the documentary: regroup-horizon.eu/transnationa...
#minipublic explainer 👉 Scientific communication!
This refers to how scientific knowledge is shared with the public. At the transnational mini-public, a discussion arose how to present information at times when knowledge is scarce and rapidly changing.
See here: regroup-horizon.eu/transnationa...
#minipublic explainer 👉 Non-elected experts!
The term refers to influential actors in decision-making who lack voter accountability, which raised questions among the mini-public participants about their legitimacy in pandemic governance.
See the documentary here: regroup-horizon.eu/transnationa...
So, what are the key take-aways after 12 days of deliberation with 100 citizens? 👉 @benleruth.bsky.social sums it up for you!
Read our new research paper for more #minipublic results: regroup-horizon.eu/publications...
Watch the full documentary here: regroup-horizon.eu/transnationa...
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What have participants learned from the transnational #minipublic? 🇪🇺
"We don't know about [the many initiatives from the #europeanunion], because there's a problem with disseminating information to ordinary citizens."
Watch the full video for more lessons! regroup-horizon.eu/transnationa...
How to deal with 5 different languages in 1 room, when organising a transnational #minipublic?
👉 Take care of simultaneous translation, of course!
Watch the video and see how the participants experienced this international setting.
📹 Find the full documentary: regroup-horizon.eu/transnationa...
Last week we published three new articles on our website's blog section. A lot to catch up on! 🖊️📚
Read about the Polish and transnational #minipublic and watch the recording of our latest public event on resilience during permacrisis. 🇪🇺
Read the articles here: regroup-horizon.eu/blog/
🖊️ New blog article!
Do you want to know everything about the outcomes of our transnational #minipublic, held last year by the European Policy Centre, and the experiences and perspectives of the participants?
Read our latest blog written by Katherine Arena: regroup-horizon.eu/brussels-min...
🖊️ New blog article on the Polish #minipublic!
Rita Hornok, Natasza Styczynska & Marcin Zubek present the #regroup mini-public model and the findings and recommendations of the Polish citizens' jury, hosted by the Jagiellonian University.
Read all about it here: regroup-horizon.eu/polish-mini-...
"I thought it was super special and interesting to participate in a citizens' jury and quite empowering to think along". 🙏
Watch the short clip of our #minipublic documentary to see how our participants experienced the event!
Find the full video here: regroup-horizon.eu/transnationa...
What's it like to participate in REGROUP's transnational #minipublic with fellow engaged European citizens? 🙌
Listen to the opinions and experiences from the participants in this short clip! 👇
Watch the full documentary, with more observations, here: regroup-horizon.eu/transnationa...
What is unique about the #regroup #minipublic model, is its multilevel component. Besides the 5 national mini-publics, we also gathered a selection of participants to discuss measures and impacts of #covid19 on European level! 🇪🇺
Watch the full documentary here: regroup-horizon.eu/transnationa...
"Not in all countries we had all the information"
Another takeaway from the #transnational #minipublic held last month at the European Policy Centre refers to the scarce accessibility to the same information across the #EU. An important element to be tackled with the #policy #recommendations!
The #transnational #minipublic in Brussels is approaching!
The Dutch participants constructed 7 policy recommendations. How would they advise the EU on disinformation and political trust?
Explore the infographic below for how they would tackle future #pandemics.
Read the full report: rb.gy/olfd6a
The #transnational #minipublic in Brussels is approaching! From fact-checking to popularising research... Explore the infographic below for a snapshot of how the French participants would tackle future #pandemics!
👉 Read the full report: regroup-horizon.eu/publications...
The #transational #minipublic in Brussels is approaching! Here are 8 concrete #policyrecommendations by the Polish participants!
Here is a snapshot of how the participants in Krakow would tackle future #pandemics.
👉 Read the full report here: rb.gy/bjp9nh
The #transational #minipublic in Brussels is approaching! Here is a spotlight on the policy recommendations formulated by citizens of the #national #minipublic in Italy.
Explore the infographic below for how they would tackle future pandemics.
👉 Read the full report here: rb.gy/44qj4c
Get ready for our #minipublic #policyweek!
In the run-up to the transnational mini-public next weekend, we feature one national mini-public report daily, presenting the #policy recommendations crafted by our participants.
How do they envision a more efficient way of tackling pandemics? 🇪🇺🔍
Last but definitely not least... The report on Poland's #minipublic is out, by the Jagiellonian University!
The citizens envisioned ideal scenarios on how to tackle #disinformation and safeguard #politicaltrust during future pandemics.
Read the full report here: regroup-horizon.eu/publications...
🇮🇹 The Italian #minipublic report is live!
How did our participants from Italy experience the #pandemic? By delving into the relationship between #knowledge & #politicaltrust, the group formulated diverse policy recommendations. ✅
Read the report by #EUI here:
regroup-horizon.eu/publications...
New blog post! 🖋️
Closing our "Participants Insights Series", this blog brings together the #minipublic feedback and reflects on this unique deliberative experience. 💬
Immerse yourself with first-hand accounts from participants: regroup-horizon.eu/blog-minipub...
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📸 Jannis Beckermann
Our list of #regroup publications is growing and growing! Explore all our published papers so far:
📚 7 research papers
📚 4 #minipublic papers
📚 2 external papers
regroup-horizon.eu/publications/
Stay tuned, because more mini-public reports and research papers will be published next week!
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🇫🇷 Week 7 of our Participant Insight Series!
A #minipublic participant from France shares how their curiosity in this new form of democratic #deliberation sparked their interest to participate.
Explore more in our report: regroup-horizon.eu/publications...
@andreaseisl.bsky.social
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🇳🇱 Week 6 of our Participant Insight Series! 💬
This week, we have a participant from the Dutch #minipublic who highlights group work and freedom of speech as a motivation to participate. 🙌
👉 Read more details in the report: tinyurl.com/y9bwtj3n
@benleruth.bsky.social @larsbrummel.bsky.social
Find the policy recommendations developed by #citizens in the Dutch #minipublic report!
They're constructed based on fruitful and engaging discussions: Some participants even wished for an additional day to refine the results!
Read the full report: regroup-horizon.eu/publications...
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🇫🇷 Inspiring feedback in Week 5 of our Participant Insights Series!
Highlighting this week a participant from the French #minipublic, who is new to the concept of #citizendeliberation and shares their experiences. See more below!👇
Discover more in the report: regroup-horizon.eu/publications...
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🇫🇷 The French #minipublic report reveals sustained #citizenengagement. 👉
Over half of the participants are eager for the transnational #citizensjury in 2024 to share their experiences with other citizens, #regroup and EU policymakers! 🇪🇺🌐
Explore more details here: regroup-horizon.eu/publications...
🇩🇪 Explore the details of the recently published German #minipublic report!
Uplifting participant feedback reaffirms the project's impact: More than a dialogue space, it is empowering citizens to actively shape important issues.
Read the full report here: regroup-horizon.eu/publications...
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🇮🇹🇪🇺 This week, we spotlight #Italy in our weekly Participant Insights Series.
Read how one of our participants reflects on the #regroup #minipublic and wishes to share citizens' opinions with political institutions. 👇 Join us in amplifying their perspectives! 📢
regroup-horizon.eu/publications...
