Assembling an Assembly Guide
  • Introduction
    • Why run a Citizens’ Assembly?
    • Why do Citizens’ Assemblies work?
    • Examples of Citizens’ Assemblies
    • Hear from Assembly Members
  • 1. Before the Assembly
    • 1.1 Conditions for success
    • 1.2 Governance: Setting up the team
    • 1.3 Preparing the evaluation
    • 1.4 Designing the Assembly
    • 1.5 The sortition process: Selection by lottery and stratification
    • 1.6 Preparing learning and evidence
  • 2. During the Assembly
    • 2.1 Onboarding Assembly Members
    • 2.2 Facilitating learning and deliberation
    • 2.3 Drafting recommendations and voting
    • 2.4 Delivering recommendations
  • 3. After the Assembly
    • 3.1 Follow-up
    • 3.2 Member aftercare
    • 3.3 Next steps and institutionalisation
  • Resources
  • Glossary
  • Your feedback
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General resources

OECD Deliberative Democracy Toolbox Open external link
OECD Database of Citizens' Assemblies Open external link

Before the Assembly

1.1 Conditions for success

OECD Good Practice Principles for Citizens' Assemblies Open external link
Assembly Budget Template Download XLSX

1.2 Governance: Setting up the team

KNOCA: Governance Structures and Practices of Climate Assemblies Open external link
DemNext Assembly Governance Template Download PDF

1.3 Preparing the evaluation

OECD Evaluation Guidelines for Citizens' Assemblies Open external link
Sample Assembly organiser questionnaire for Evaluation (Extracted from OECD Guidelines) Download DOCX
Sample Assembly Member questionnaire for Evaluation (Extracted from OECD Guidelines) Download DOCX

1.4 Designing the Assembly

KNOCA: Guiding Principles for Setting the Remit Open external link
Checklist for choosing and wording the Assembly question Download PDF
Assembly Timeline Template Download PDF
Spatial Considerations Checklist Download PDF
Request for tenders template for commissioning an operator Download DOCX
MASS LBP: How to Commission a Citizens’ Assembly or Reference Panel Guide Open external link
Participo - Communicating About Citizens’ Assemblies Open external link
Mosaic Lab: Facilitating Deliberation - A Practical Guide Open external link
United Nations Democracy Fund: Democracy Beyond Elections Handbook Open external link
Adapted MosaicLab facilitation plan for 5-day Citizens' Assembly template Download XLSX
Sunbury Citizens' Panel Facilitation Plan Example Download PDF

1.5 The sortition process

FIDE: Organising a Democratic Lottery Open external link
MASS LBP: How to Run a Civic Lottery Guide Open external link
FIDE: Including the Underrepresented Open external link
MASS LBP Invitation Letter and FAQ Sheet Example Download PDF
Panelot Random Selection Algorithm Open external link
newDemocracy Stratified Random Selection Tool Open external link
Sortition Foundation StratifySelect algorithm Open external link

1.6 Preparing learning and evidence

newDemocracy Example of the Info Pack Open external link

During the Assembly

2.1 Onboarding Assembly Members

How Deliberation Happens: Enabling Deliberative Reason Open external link

2.2 Facilitating learning and deliberation

Mosaic Lab: Facilitating Deliberation - A Practical Guide Open external link
newDemocracy filling in information gaps and working agreements templates Download PDF

2.4 Delivering recommendations

MASS LBP: Assembly Report Examples Open external link

After the Assembly

3.3 Next steps and institutionalisation

OECD Report “8 Ways to Institutionalise Deliberative Democracy” Open external link