Citizens' panel on the challenges of aging

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In 2017, the Parliament of Wallonia initiated a citizen's panel gathering 30 randomly selected citizens, following a survey about the long-term challenges of aging, to continue the reflection by deliberating around this theme in order to produce recommendations for the Parliament and the Walloon Government.

Date
2017
Institution
Walloon Parliament
Level
Regional
Location
Namur
Organizer
Destree Institute
Participants
30
Citizens' panel on the challenges of aging

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Etterbeek's District Councils

Since 2020, the municipality of Etterbeek has set up several district councils, composed of 16 citizens chosen by lot and members of the civil society, to foster democracy and take part in local decision-making, through a participatory budget and the formulation of recommendations for the municipal authorities.

Date
since 2020
Location
Brussels
Institution
Municipality of Etterbeek
Level
Local
Organizer
Municipality of Etterbeek
Participants
16
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Permanent Citizen Dialogue in Ostbelgien

Since 2019, the German-speaking Community has adopted a decree for a “permanent citizen dialogue”, a deliberative model consisting of a permanent council of citizens drawn by lot initiating occasional assemblies of citizens also drawn by lot, who deliberate and formulate recommendations around a theme defined by the citizen council.

Date
since 2019
Location
Eupen
Institution
Parliament of the German-speaking Community
Level
Regional
Organizer
G1000
Participants
35
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Make My Administration

At the initiative of the Federal Ombudsman, in September 2018, 46 citizens drawn by lot from an online survey on trust and satisfaction with the federal administration were gathered in the Belgian Senate to think together and formulate recommendations on the future of the federal administration.

Date
September 2018
Location
Brussels
Institution
The federal Ombudsman
Level
National
Organizer
Senate of Belgium
Participants
46
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Make your Brussels — Mobility

In October and November 2017, the Brussels Parliament gathered 40 randomly selected citizens to deliberate and make recommendations for improving mobility in Brussels. These recommendations were then debated in a dedicated parliamentary commission and then transferred to the Brussels Government to be integrated into the Region's mobility plan.

Date
2017
Location
Brussels
Institution
Brussels Parliament
Level
Regional
Organizer
Particitiz
Participants
38
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Ghent's Citizens' Cabinet

In 2017, the municipality of Ghent set up a "citizens cabinet" composed of 150 randomly selected citizens to deliberate and provide recommendations to the city council, as part of a broad citizen consultation process on the city's traffic plan in progress since 2015.

Date
2017-2018
Location
Ghent
Institution
Municipality of Ghent
Level
Local
Organizer
Municipality of Ghent
Participants
150
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We Are Molenbeek

In March 2017, the municipality of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean commissioned a citizens' panel of about 100 Molenbeekers to deliberate on the causes of radicalization among young people and the preventive measures to be taken, as well as the issue of bringing communities together.

Date
2017
Location
Brussels
Institution
Municipality of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Level
Local
Organizer
Particitiz
Participants
112
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Climacteurs — 100 voices for climate

In November 2015, 55 randomly selected young people from Brussels were brought together at Brussels Environment, at the initiative of the Brussels Government, to discuss climate change issues and produce recommendations that Minister Fremault can share during the COP21.

Date
2015
Location
Brussels
Institution
Brussels Government
Level
Regional
Organizer
Particitiz
Participants
55
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Citizen Climate Parliament in the Province of Luxembourg

In 2015, the University of Liège organized a panel of randomly selected citizens from the Province of Luxembourg to deliberate on climate and energy issues, with the objective of feeding political action with new and original citizen proposals in order to support the environmental ambitions of the Province.

Date
2015
Location
Arlon
Institution
Province of Luxembourg
Level
Local
Organizer
University of Liège
Participants
33
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The CitizenLab

At the initiative of the National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance and the Federal Center for Health Care Expertise, 32 randomly selected citizens formed a citizens' panel in the fall of 2014 with the objective of formulating proposals on the criteria to be taken into account for the reimbursement of medical care.

Date
2014
Location
Leuven
Institution
National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance
Level
National
Organizer
King Baudouin Foundation
Participants
32
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Citizens' panel on aging - Our Future

In 2013, the Foundation for Future Generations coordinated, with various institutional and private partners, a process of citizen participation involving 24 randomly selected citizens to think about the world in which it would be desirable to grow old, whether in terms of health care, end of career or housing.

Date
2013-2014
Location
Brussels
Institution
National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance
Level
National
Organizer
Foundation for Future Generations
Participants
24
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G1000 Citizens' Summit

In 2011, in the midst of a political crisis in a governmentless Belgium, G1000 was a citizens' initiative aimed at breathing new life into democracy by organizing a major citizens' consultation, bringing together 1,000 randomly selected citizens to make recommendations to the political world.

Date
2011
Location
Brussels
Institution
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Level
National
Organizer
G1000
Participants
704
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