9/2024 Athens

Athens was the first stop of our long journey towards discussing this year’s topic (External link). We navigated together, through several days of intense deliberations and explored different techniques as to how we want to bring out the best deliberative spirit, across all groups of participants and during all Assembly moments. We will continue to experiment with the most innovative facilitation techniques, including the use of civic arts as a means to convey meaning and emotions.

On the road to Athens, the organisers have onboarded the randomly selected participants, as well as facilitators, observers, evaluators. This paved the way for all groups to become acquainted with the process of the Assembly and how it travels through time (the different sessions) and space (the various cities and the online dimension). All information that was shared with these groups of actors is documented in full transparency, so that the process can be also observed by the general public through this platform.