Directorate for Public Governance
Innovative Citizen Participation and New Democratic Institutions
Catching the Deliberative Wave
Public authorities from all levels of government increasingly turn to Citizens' Assemblies,
Juries, Panels and other representative deliberative processes to tackle complex policy
problems ranging from climate change to infrastructure investment decisions. They
convene groups of people representing a wide cross-section of society for at least
one full day – and often much longer – to learn, deliberate, and develop collective
recommendations that consider the complexities and compromises required for solving
multifaceted public issues. This "deliberative wave" has been building since the 1980s,
gaining momentum since around 2010. This report has gathered close to 300 representative
deliberative practices to explore trends in such processes, identify different models,
and analyse the trade-offs among different design choices as well as the benefits
and limits of public deliberation. It includes Good Practice Principles for Deliberative
Processes for Public Decision Making, based on comparative empirical evidence gathered
by the OECD and in collaboration with leading practitioners from government, civil
society, and academics. Finally, the report explores the reasons and routes for embedding
deliberative activities into public institutions to give citizens a more permanent
and meaningful role in shaping the policies affecting their lives.
Published on June 10, 2020
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Foreword | |
| Reader’s guide | |
| Executive summary | |
| Introduction: Deliberation and new forms of governance | |
| Models of representative deliberative processes | |
| Key trends | |
| What is a ‘successful’ representative deliberative process for public decision making? Assessing the evidence | |
| Good practice principles for deliberative processes for public decision making | |
| Reimagining democratic institutions: Why and how to embed public deliberation | |
| Other interesting deliberative practices | |
| Conclusion | |
| Overview of existing principles | |
| Methodology | |
| Resources for representative deliberative processes |
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Cette Synthèse évoque les principales conclusions et propositions découlant du rapport « Innovation en matière de participation citoyenne et nouvelles institutions démocratiques : être au rendez-vous de la vague délibérative ». À tous les niveaux d’administration, les autorités publiques font de plus en plus appel à des assemblées, jurys, panels de citoyens et autres processus délibératifs représentatifs, pour examiner des enjeux stratégiques complexes allant du changement climatique aux décisions d’investissement dans les infrastructures. Dans ce cadre, les autorités réunissent un large échantillon représentatif de la population pour au moins une journée entière — et souvent plus. Les participants sont invités à s’informer, à délibérer et à formuler des recommandations collectives qui tiennent compte de la complexité des enjeux stratégiques pluridimensionnels et des compromis qu’ils nécessitent. Cette « vague délibérative », que l’on sent monter depuis les années 1980, a pris de l’ampleur autour de 2010.
Questo report di Highlights sintetizza i principali risultati e proposte del report esteso “Innovazione nella partecipazio¬ne dei cittadini al decision making pub¬blico e nuove istituzioni democratiche. Cavalcare l'onda della deliberazione” (Innovative Citizen Participation and New Democratic Institutions: Catching the Deliberative Wave). I governi e le pubbliche amministrazio¬ni, a tutti i livelli, utilizzano sempre di più Citizens’ Assembly (letteralmente as¬semblee di cittadini), Citizens’ Jury (let¬teralmente giurie di cittadini), Citizens’ Panel (letteralmente panel di cittadini) e altri processi deliberativi rappresenta¬tivi per affrontare problemi politici com¬plessi, dai cambiamenti climatici alle decisioni sugli investimenti nell’ambito delle infrastrutture. Per farlo, invitano gruppi di cittadini – rappresentativi di un’ampia fetta della società – a riunirsi per almeno una giornata, e spesso mol¬to più a lungo, per informarsi, decidere e sviluppare delle raccomandazioni col-lettive che tengano in considerazione le molteplici sfaccettature e i processi di mediazione necessari per rispondere a questioni pubbliche complesse. Que¬sta “onda deliberativa” si è sviluppata a partire dagli anni ‘80, guadagnando slancio a partire dal 2010.