The OECD Secretariat wishes to express its gratitude and acknowledge all the institutions and individuals that have contributed to this publication. This report was prepared by the OECD Innovative Digital and Open Governance Division, under the OECD Public Governance Directorate (GOV) and the leadership of Elsa Pilichowski. It was drafted under the strategic direction of Carlos Santiso, Head of the Innovative Digital and Open Governance Division, David Goessmann, Acting Head of the Open Governance, Public Communications and Civic Space Unit and Mauricio Mejia, Innovative Citizen Participation Lead. The report was written by José Sánchez Ruiz, Eloïse Gabadou, and Mauricio Mejia. David Goessmann and Alessandro Bellantoni provided strategic comments throughout the document.
The OECD would like to thank Arantzazulab and all the individuals from government, civil society and academia that were committed to this project throughout the design, implementation, evaluation, and stock-tacking stages of the deliberative pilots. This report benefited greatly from the collaboration with Ione Ardaiz and Naiara Goia, Project Lead and Managing Director at Arantzazulab, who provided key insights on both the form and content of the present report. The OECD wishes to extend its gratitude to all civil servants and non-governmental actors from academia, civil society organisations, and international organisations that provided inputs and support throughout the project.
Government representatives: elected representatives and civil servants from the Tolosa City Council and the Gipuzkoa City Council, in particular Garikoitz Lekuona Izeta.
Facilitation team: the cooperatives Aztiker, Artaziak and Prometea.
Evaluation team: Aktiba research group, researchers from the University of the Basque Country (who evaluated the Tolosa Citizens’ Assembly) and Parte Hartuz research group (who evaluated the Gipuzkoa Citizens’ Assembly)
Deliberation experts: Arantxa Mendiharat (Deliberativa), Claudia Chwalisz (DemocracyNext), Jonathan Moskovic (Francophone Brussels Parliament), Kyle Redman (NewDemocracy Foundation) and Rafael Besoli Minguela (Barcelona’s Youth Forum).
The report was also reviewed by external contributors including Ieva Česnulaitytė (Founding Head of Research and Learning at DemocracyNext), Garikoitz Lekuona Izeta (Community and Governance at Tolosa City Council), and Felipe Rey Salamanca (Professor of Public Law at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and Founder of Ideemos). The drafting team would also like to thank OECD colleagues that provided comments: Bruno Monteiro, David Goessmann, Emma Cantera and Ollin Pérez-Raynaud.