Citizens' assemblies on state level

In May 2026, the ‘Rheinisches Revier’ citizens' assembly will be launched in North Rhine-Westphalia, where residents can actively participate in shaping their region and provide suggestions for structural change. More

What should the media landscape of the future look like? A citizens' forum in Baden-Württemberg discussed this question. On 17 January 2026, the final report was presented to State Parliament President Muhterem Aras and media professionals. More

In Thuringia, a state-wide citizens' assembly will address the topic of ‘peace and democracy’ starting in March 2026. More

‘Cross-generational public services’ is the theme of the first state-wide citizens' assembly in North Rhine-Westphalia. On 18 December 2025, the state parliament passed a resolution to this effect. More

In Saarland, a citizens' assembly has developed proposals for achieving climate protection targets. The results have since been discussed several times in the state parliament. More

On 25 November 2025, the state government of Baden-Württemberg introduced an amendment to the law on the protection of non-smokers. This amendment takes into account recommendations made by a citizens' forum. More

At the ‘betterLÄND’ youth forum, randomly selected young people from Baden-Württemberg developed ideas and suggestions on how the Ministry of the Environment can better involve and represent young people. The final report was published on 7 May 2025. More

The Citizens' Jury “AI and Freedom” in Baden-Württemberg makes nine recommendations on how citizens can be involved in the publicly funded research and development of artificial intelligence (AI). More

The use of Tempelhof Field in Berlin has long been controversial. From 3 July 2024 to 13 July 2025, a randomised public participation process was held on the future of the site. More

For the first time, a Citizens' Jury has been held in Berlin exclusively with new Berliners. Participants included people who had moved to Berlin from Syria, Morocco, Iran, Afghanistan and Ukraine and who had been selected at random. The topic: climate action. More

Following a randomly selected citizens' forum, the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg approved a major education reform on 29 January 2025, introducing numerous changes to the school system. More

The members of a randomly selected Climate Citizens' Forum in Schleswig-Holstein presented their recommendations to Minister President Daniel Günther and Energy Minister Tobias Goldschmidt on 3 July 2024. More

In 2023, the Baden-Württemberg Ministry for Regional Development and Housing invited randomly selected citizens from over 120 municipalities to participate in the creation of the new regional development plan. More

In Baden-Württemberg, representatives of the citizens' forum "Crisis-proof Society" and the children's and youth participation formats on the topic presented their results on 26 May 2023. More

On 25 March 2023, a randomly selected dialogue forum in Baden-Württemberg presented its key messages to Environment Minister Thekla Walker and other members of the state parliament's Environment Committee. More

In a citizens' forum, randomly selected citizens from Baden-Württemberg developed ideas for the future of the Black Forest National Park. More

On 16 January 2023, the Citizens' Forum on the Strategy Dialogue on Agriculture in Baden-Württemberg handed over its final report with concrete recommendations to the state government. More

After about eight weeks of intensive deliberations, the first climate assembly in Berlin presented almost 50 recommendations to policymakers on 30 June 2022. More

In 2022, the Forum COVID-19 in Saxony recommended more citizen dialogue on the part of politicians in crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic. This suggestion, among many others, can be found in the Citizens' Report of the citizens' assembly. More

On 27 January 2022, the "Citizens' Forum COVID-19" in Baden-Württemberg voted by a majority in favour of general compulsory vaccination and against 2G regulations. The final report contains eleven recommendations. More

The COVID-19 citizens' forum set up in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic in Thuringia has proposed far-reaching changes in the way the pandemic is dealt with in 2021. More

Between December 2020 and April 2021, 24 randomly selected citizens from Baden-Württemberg and the French region of Grand Est debated how cross-border cooperation can be strengthened again after the COVID-19 pandemic. More

In Baden-Württemberg, a citizens' forum was set up for the first time in Germany in 2017 to address a controversial political issue at the state level: the adequacy of pensions for members of the state parliament. More

In Germany, randomly selected have been convened since the 1980s to answer questions of state policy. You can find information on all mini-publics held at state level in the Citizens' Assembly database.