Citizens' assemblies on state level

What is going on with sortition-based democracy in the German federal states? Take a look at our overview.

Citizens Jury "AI and Freedom"

Wolfram Scheible, Universität Tübingen

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

Citizens' Assembly "Climate Protection in Saarland"

A citizens' assembly is to make proposals for achieving climate protection targets in Saarland. The first meeting took place on 8 March 2025. More

First state-wide citizens' assembly in NRW

Bertelsmann Stiftung / Sebastian Pfütze

On 31 January 2025, the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia decided to hold the first state-wide citizens' assembly. The mini-public is scheduled to take place in 2026. More

Youth Forum "betterLÄND"

Jugendpresse Deutschland/Joscha F. Westerkamp

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. More

New Berliners Jury

TU Berlin

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

Citizens' Forum on pensions for Bremen MPs

Bremische Bürgerschaft

A randomly selected citizens' forum is to be convened in Bremen to develop ideas for a new pension system for members of parliament. This was decided by the Constitution and Rules Committee of the Bremen Parliament on 20 September 2024. More.

Citizens' Forum on non-smoker protection

fotoART by Thommy Weiss / pixelio.de

A Citizens' Forum on non-smoker protection is soon to take place in Baden-Württemberg. The Service Centre for Citizen Participation in Dialogue has been commissioned to organise the mini-public. More

Climate Citizens' Forum Schleswig-Holstein

Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau (CC BY 2.0 Deed)

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

Citizens' Forum on G8/G9

Staatsministerium Baden-Württemberg / Michael Wengler

On 11 December 2023, a Citizens' Forum in Baden-Württemberg presented a citizens' report with 48 recommendations to Barbara Bosch, State Councillor for Civil Society and Citizen Participation, on the duration of the general secondary school system. More

Citizens' dialogues "Space for tomorrow"

Torben Nuding / die Regionauten

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

Citizens Forum on "crisis-proof society"

Landtag Baden-Württemberg

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

Dialogue Forum Water and Soil

Ministerium für Umwelt, Klima und Energiewirtschaft Baden-Württemberg

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

Citizens' Forum "Development of the Black Forest National Park"

Luisa Gigler / Nationalpark Schwarzwald

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

Citizens' Forum Agriculture BW

Staatsministerium Baden-Württemberg

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

Climate assembly

Senatsverwaltung für Umwelt, Mobilität, Verbraucher- und Klimaschutz Berlin

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

Forum COVID-19

Initiative Offene Gesellschaft e.V.

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

Citizens' Forum COVID-19

Staatsministerium Baden-Württemberg

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

Thuringian Citizens' Forum COVID-19

Thüringer Ministerium für Migration, Justiz und Verbraucherschutz

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

Franco-German citizens' assembly on cross-border cooperation

Monika Zeindler-Efler

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

Citizens' Forum on the retirement pensions of state parliamentarians

Landtag Baden-Württemberg

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

Database

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.