The deliberative sessions of the Gipuzkoa Citizens’ Assembly come to an end with the presentation of the recommendations to the General Assembly

The Gipuzkoa Citizens’ Assembly is, together with the one already held in Tolosa, the second deliberative democracy initiative promoted by Arantzazulab in the territory. Promoted by the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa, Arantzazulab and Telesforo Monzon eLab, the initiative was launched in November 2022 following the OECD’s principles of good practice and with the support of…

The members of the Tolosa Citizens’ Assembly present their recommendations to the representatives of the Tolosa City Council

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The Tolosa Citizens’ Assembly has been a process that has put deliberative democracy and collaborative governance into practice. It has been innovative, and, launched here for the first time, it has enabled the meaningful involvement of citizens in public policy making. Based on the principles of good practice defined by the OECD, the City Council…

In its second session, the Tolosa Citizens’ Assembly continues with the information phase

Last weekend took place the second session of the Tolosa Citizens’ Assembly. In the meeting held on Saturday 5th November, the second of the deliberative process, Assembly members have continued to deepen their knowledge of the question posed by the Town Council of Tolosa. The starting point proposed by the public institution is: What can…

First meeting to create a network of knowledge agents and on Governance Innovation

Promoted by Arantzazulab, researchers and practitioners from 13 different organisations attended the event. Researchers, Knowledge agents, laboratories or research groups that are reflecting, researching, and carrying out practical and experimentation actions in the field of Governance and democratic innovation met today in Gandiaga Topagunea, the headquarters of Arantzazulab. The main objectives of the session were:…

Gipuzkoa Citizens’ Assembly kicked-off with 32 Gipuzkoa citizens

This pioneering deliberative process seeks the meaningful involvement of citizens in public policy making The Gipuzkoa Citizens’ Assembly started last weekend. After months of work, 32 Gipuzkoans selected by civic lottery met in the Orona spaces in Hernani (Gipuzkoa) to hold the first deliberative sessions, which took place on Friday afternoon and on Saturday. The…

Opening of the United Nations Local2030 Coalition Secretariat in Bilbao

The Lehendakari Iñigo Urkullu has welcomed, on behalf of the Basque institutions and entities represented in the Multi-Agency Forum on Social Transition and Agenda 2030, the Secretariat of the Local Coalition 2030 and thanked the United Nations for choosing Bilbao to host this headquarters. The sixth floor of the Basque Historical Archive building in Bilbao…

Tolosa Citizens’ Assembly’s first deliberation session took place with the participation of 32 people from Tolosa

The first Citizens’ Assembly of Tolosa kicked-off on the 22nd of October. 32 Tolosa residents are the protagonists of this pioneering process and will propose a series of recommendations to build a Tolosa that improves the health and emotional wellbeing of everyone. At the beginning of the session, representatives of Tolosa Town Council and Arantzazulab…

Residence with international experts frames valuable insights for reimagining Collaborative Governance

Arantzazulab hosted a two-day residency for strategic reflection with the participation of leading international experts in the field of social innovation, systemic transformation and democratic innovation: Jayne Engle, director of Participatory Canada; Anthony Zacharzewski, director of the Democratic Society; Gorka Espiau, director of the Agirre Lehendakaria Center; and Michelle Zucker, a researcher who leads Arantzazulab’s…

Last week the Decidim team did a work residency in Arantzazulab and during their stay they kicked-off the ZEHAR research project in collaboration with UPV/EHU

Arantzazulab and Decidim: enabling conversations across Gipuzkoa Written by: Antonio Casado da Rocha (UPV/EHU), ZEHAR action-research project From July 4 to 8 Arantzazulab hosted research staff and members of the Decidim free software association in an innovative residence to kick-off their collaboration within the ZEHAR action-research project. Funded and sponsored by the Gipuzkoa Provincial…

Special meeting of the co-creation ecosystem on its first anniversary

The Basque Co-creation Ecosystem launched by Arantzazulab has just held its fourth meeting. The working day, held at the headquarters of the laboratory (Gandiaga Topagunea), commemorated the first anniversary of the ecosystem. In collaboration with 30 Basque agents, Arantzazulab started a year ago to build the Basque co-creation ecosystem. Following the social innovation approach promoted…