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' 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 18 April 2024. More.
Climate Citizens' Forum Schleswig-Holstein
The Ministry of Energy Transition, Climate Protection, Environment and Nature of the state of Schleswig-Holstein wants a randomly selected citizens' forum to help with climate protection. The 50 participants will come together for the first time in May 2024. More
Citizens' Assembly "Climate Protection in Saarland"
A citizens' assembly is to make proposals for achieving climate protection targets in Saarland. On 15 November 2023, the Saarland state parliament decided to set up the mini-public. 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 in 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 in Saxony
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 in 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
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
Citizens' assemblies worldwide
You can find examples of citizens' assemblies and juries in countries and regions of other states in our international overview. More