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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
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OECD Deliberative Democracy Toolbox
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OECD Database of Citizens' Assemblies
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Before the Assembly
1.1 Conditions for success
OECD Good Practice Principles for Citizens' Assemblies
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Assembly Budget Template
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1.2 Governance: Setting up the team
KNOCA: Governance Structures and Practices of Climate Assemblies
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DemNext Assembly Governance Template
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1.3 Preparing the evaluation
OECD Evaluation Guidelines for Citizens' Assemblies
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Sample Assembly organiser questionnaire for Evaluation (Extracted from OECD Guidelines)
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Sample Assembly Member questionnaire for Evaluation (Extracted from OECD Guidelines)
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1.4 Designing the Assembly
KNOCA: Guiding Principles for Setting the Remit
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Checklist for choosing and wording the Assembly question
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Assembly Timeline Template
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Spatial Considerations Checklist
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Request for tenders template for commissioning an operator
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MASS LBP: How to Commission a Citizens’ Assembly or Reference Panel Guide
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Participo - Communicating About Citizens’ Assemblies
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Mosaic Lab: Facilitating Deliberation - A Practical Guide
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United Nations Democracy Fund: Democracy Beyond Elections Handbook
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Adapted MosaicLab facilitation plan for 5-day Citizens' Assembly template
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Sunbury Citizens' Panel Facilitation Plan Example
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1.5 The sortition process
FIDE: Organising a Democratic Lottery
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MASS LBP: How to Run a Civic Lottery Guide
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FIDE: Including the Underrepresented
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MASS LBP Invitation Letter and FAQ Sheet Example
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Panelot Random Selection Algorithm
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newDemocracy Stratified Random Selection Tool
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Sortition Foundation StratifySelect algorithm
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1.6 Preparing learning and evidence
NewDemocracy Example of the Info Pack
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During the Assembly
2.1 Onboarding Assembly Members
How Deliberation Happens: Enabling Deliberative Reason
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2.2 Facilitating learning and deliberation
Mosaic Lab: Facilitating Deliberation - A Practical Guide
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newDemocracy filling in information gaps and working agreements templates
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2.4 Delivering recommendations
MASS LBP: Assembly Report Examples
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After the Assembly
3.3 Next steps and institutionalisation
OECD Report “8 Ways to Institutionalise Deliberative Democracy”
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