Cases

There are many initiatives for citizen participation in Belgium. In recent years, the authorities have become increasingly aware of the role that citizen panels can play in bringing policy-making closer to the people.  

Discover here the noteworthy initiatives in our country, with figures and facts.

Our criteria: citizens' assembly with random draw and deliberation.

We Need To Talk citizens debate
2023
Deelnemers
60
Deliberative Committee of the Walloon Parliament
2023-2024
Deelnemers
30
Climate Action Panel of the city of Arlon
2022
Deelnemers
20
Citizens Consultation Mobility Plan Olen
2023
Deelnemers
24
Citizens' panel on the challenges of aging
2017
Deelnemers
30
Future Forum Zoet Water
2020
Deelnemers
38
Citizens' panel on aging - Our Future
2013-2014
Deelnemers
24
Mechelenmakers Citizens panel
2021
Deelnemers
50
Citizens Panel on Climate in Wallonia
2021-2022
Deelnemers
60
Make My Administration
September 2018
Deelnemers
46
Brussels City District Councils
since 2020
Deelnemers
11
Etterbeek's District Councils
since 2020
Deelnemers
16
Ghent's Citizens' Cabinet
2017-2018
Deelnemers
150
Let's prepare Brussels
2021
Deelnemers
100
The CitizenLab
2014
Deelnemers
32
Citizens' Council of Forest
since 2021
Deelnemers
37
Permanent Citizen Dialogue in Ostbelgien
since 2019
Deelnemers
35
Permanent Citizen Council of Saint-Gilles
since 2020
Deelnemers
35
Climacteurs — 100 voices for climate
2015
Deelnemers
55
Citizen Climate Parliament in the Province of Luxembourg
2015
Deelnemers
33
Auderghem's Assembly of the Residents
since 2020
Deelnemers
100
Brussels Mixed Committees
since 2020
Deelnemers
45
Agora Citizens Assemblies
since 2020
Deelnemers
89
Make your Brussels — Mobility
2017
Deelnemers
38
We Are Molenbeek
2017
Deelnemers
112
G1000 Citizens' Summit
2011
Deelnemers
704

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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

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
G1000
Level
National
Organizer
G1000
Participants
704