About the Assembly

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The most common way to choose Assembly members is a process called

two-stage random selection

A large number of invitations are sent to a randomly selected sample of the population

Using demographic information about all the people who accepted the invitation, a mini-population sample is created

Giving evidence

Open submissions

Engagement/voting

Citizens’ assemblies usually have 3 stages:

Evidence should be clear, easy to understand and not too long. It can be presented in lots of different ways.

Presentations

Fieldtrips

Creative workshops

Participatory activities

Assembly members discuss ideas in small groups, facilitated by a moderator to make sure conversations are respectful.

To help the discussions, groups can use tools such as: