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"
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
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"
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
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
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
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
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
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"
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"
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
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"
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.