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Reimagining Governance: Would a standing citizens’ assembly help the ACT?

16 November @ 17:30 - 19:30 AEDT

In East Belgium, a permanent citizens’ assembly sits alongside the elected parliament. Randomly selected residents work through hard problems and make recommendations for parliament to consider.

Many jurisdictions around the world are turning to citizens’ assemblies to address the growing dissatisfaction with how the current political system is delivering for people and planet.

Could something like that work here?

Come and hear ProfessorYves Dejaeghere, Executive Director of the Federation for Innovation in Democracy (FIDE) and one of the architects of the East Belgian model, on how it works, what it’s delivered, and what it took to set up. Yves will be joining us live from Europe.

We’ll then turn to a panel of ACT politicians to talk about whether a standing citizens’ assembly could work in Canberra. Confirmed panellists include Chiaka Barry (Liberals), Andrew Braddock (Greens), Taimus Werner-Gibbings (Labor) and Fiona Carrick (Independent).

Free to attend, and everyone’s welcome. Come along and join us to shape the future of democracy in the ACT.

You can find more information here.

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Who is Yves Dejaeghere?

Prof. Yves Dejaeghere is the founder and executive director of the Federation for Innovation in Democracy Europe (FIDE), the leading European network of people working on deliberative democracy. FIDE also now has a branch in North-America based in Washington DC.
 
Prior to founding FIDE, Yves was a key contributor to the landmark Ostbelgien Model, the first legal embedding of deliberative democracy in parliamentary work. He also coordinated the design of the Permanent Citizen Assembly for the City of Paris and consulted on numerous other participation projects.
 
He previously worked as a senior researcher and lecturer in political science at KU Leuven and the University of Antwerp, publishing in major international journals on political participation, citizenship, elections, and the information processing of elite politicians. He is currently still a guest professor at the KU Leuven in Belgium.

He has served as an expert for the European Court of Auditors, the OECD, the European Commission, the Council of Europe, the OSCE, and numerous local, regional and national governments. 

Details

  • Date: 16 November
  • Time:
    17:30 - 19:30 AEDT

Venue

  • Irish Club, 6 Parkinson Street, Weston
  • 6 Parkinson Street,
    Weston, ACT Australia     + Google Map