{"id":8191,"date":"2023-10-09T15:19:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T13:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arantzazulab.eus\/?p=8191"},"modified":"2023-10-09T16:47:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T14:47:55","slug":"institutionalising-deliberative-democracy-the-basque-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arantzazulab.eus\/en\/institutionalising-deliberative-democracy-the-basque-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Institutionalising Deliberative Democracy. The Basque case."},"content":{"rendered":"

From the 4th to the 6th of October took place the Democracy R&D network annual conference. Arantzazulab members co-facilitated two workshops, below we share the key ideas presented in one session.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the 6th of October we co-facilitated a workshop together with Claudia Chwalisz from Democracy Next, Kyle Redman from NewDemocracy Foundation, Felipe Rey from ideemos, David Schecter coordinator of the Democracy R&D network and Ione Ardaiz from Arantzazulab.<\/span><\/p>\n

We organized this session to open the reflection on a concept and a word that is gaining more relevance in the Deliberative Democracy space, and that is: institutionalisation. We contrasted with participants: what do we mean by institutionalisation? Is this the word that best describes our intentions or are there other words that we can use instead? What are the conditions needed for success? What are the challenges we might face? What could we do to overcome those challenges? There are often different layers of government concerned – what needs to be included at each layer to institutionalise? How detailed does the enabling legislation need to be? What are the criteria \/requirements for good enabling legislation? <\/span>Is the idea of meta-deliberation a good idea? What kind of things could be part of this? <\/span>Is the long-term goal with institutionalisation to eliminate the need for external practitioners – that all of these skills and competencies exist in an independent government agency?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Before diving deep in reflecting on those questions we shared three presentations. Claudia Chwalisz introduced the current state of the debate on institutionalisation, Felipe Rey described the meta-deliberation approach the are building in Colombia and Ione Ardaiz described the work that Arantzazulab is facilitating in the Basque region to innovate on democracy.<\/span> Below we capture the key ideas of the work that Arantzazulab is developing on institutionalising Deliberative Democracy in the Basque region.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is institutionalising Deliberative Democracy for Arantzazulab?\u202f<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It is creating the conditions to embed deliberative democracy principles, mindsets, and practices in public administrations. Specifically, it requires governments to build the capabilities and knowledge, designing the structures, ensuring the resources, and approving the laws and policies that will enable it. <\/span>The final goal of institutionalising these approaches is to strengthen the relationship between public administrations and citizens, involving citizens in a more meaningful and effective way in public decision making and public policy making.<\/span><\/p>\n

The characteristics of an institutionalised deliberative democracy practice are:\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n