Masterclass

Principles of deliberative democracy I: Who participates? Inclusion through civic lottery
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Yago Bermejo
Yago has been working on democratic participation projects for more than 10 years. He has experience in facilitation, process design and strategies for the use of democratic digital tools. From 2016 to 2019, he has been responsible for ParticipaLab, a democratic innovation laboratory, at Medialab Prado, in coordination with the Participation Area of the Madrid City Council, in which he has developed numerous projects related to Decide Madrid as well as the design of the Observatory of the City and the G1000 of Madrid, pioneering experiences in the use of lottery and deliberation in Spain.
Masterclass document

Principles of deliberative democracy I: Who participates? Inclusion through civic lottery
Objective
To explore selection mechanisms such as civic lotteries to achieve greater inclusion and legitimacy in processes.
Time
- 0:00 - Introduction
- 5:09 - Why civic lotteries?
- 13:17 - Stratification
- 14:42 - How do you create an inclusive database?
- 19:52 - How do we ensure that different agendas are included in decision-making?
- 21:59 - Why include civic lotteries in the discussion of public affairs?
- 36:41 - What mechanisms exist to measure improvements in trust?
- 40:40 - What measures should be taken to level knowledge asymmetries?
- 48:22 - Conclusions