Citizens‘ Forum 2011Citizens‘ Forum 2011Hans Hagedorn, Anna Wohlfarth
Pep-Net Summit, Hamburg, 23rd September 2010
25 Regional Citizens‘ Forums
1 National Network
25 CITIZENS‘ FORUMSacross Germany
400 PARTICIPANTSper Citizens‘ Forum
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per Citizens‘ Forum
10.000 PARTICIPANTSnationwide
25 REGIONAL CITIZENS‘ AGENDAS
1 NATIONAL CITIZENS‘ AGENDA
What is special about the Citizens‘ Forum 2011
1. Random selection of participants – diverse socialbackgrounds
2. Participation on different levels (regional and national)
3. Combination of online and face-to-face elements3. 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)
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Workflow of the Citizens‘ Forum 2011March 12, 201125 regional kick-off meetings to identify challenges and proprosalsWorking Method: 6 committees, world caféOutput regional: 6 political challenges (one per committee), 4 x 6 proposalsOutput national: 150 challenges and 600 proposals
March, 16 – 30, 201125 Online-Discussions to select one proposal per challengeWorking Method: kind of wiki, edited by a “citizens‘ editor“, voting within committeeOutput regional: 6 proposals (one per committee)Output national: 150 proposals
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Output national: 150 proposals
March 30 – April 13, 201125 Online-Discussions to elaborate the proposalsWorking Method: kind of wiki, edited by a “citizens‘ editor“ within the committeeOutput regional: a Citizens‘ Agenda consisting of 6 detailed proposalsOutput national: 25 regional Citizens‘ Agendas
April 13 – April 20, 201125 Online-Votings to nominate proposals for the national Citizens‘ AgendaWorking Method: Ranking of the 6 proposals per regional Citizens‘ Agenda within plenaryOutput national: List of 12 nominated proposals per committee
April 20 – May 4, 2011One voting to select proposals for the national Citizens‘ AgendaWorking Method: Paired comparison of proposals within national committeesOutput national: The national Citizens‘ Agenda
May 14, 201125 Citizens‘ Forum DaysWorking Method: Plenary discussion with regional political actorsOutput regional: Promotion of the regional Citizens‘ AgendaOutput national: Launch of the national Online-Debate
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May 16, 2011National Online-Debate to deliberate about the 6 questions of a public authorityWorking Method: Intergation of the 10.000 participants, bilateral deliberation, individual votingOutput: 10.000 justified answers and quantitative/qualitative reporting of the Online-Deliberation
May 28, 2011National Closing EventWorking Method: Plenary discussion with a public authority, speakers‘ cornerOutput: Promotion of the national Citizens‘ Agenda
Open questions?
�Do we need a random selection to reach participants withdifferent social backgrounds?
�How to internationalize the Citizens‘ Forum?
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