The Travelling Assembly

[Please note this latest version was made public on 25 May 2025, after the final meeting (External link) of the 2024/25 pilot Assembly]

Tensions? (Florence spirit)

Should people learn to anticipate in order to avoid crises or rather to deal with them? Should we emphasise the local or the transnational or both? Some members argued that learning must be embedded in regular community rhythms, through neighborhood dialogues and local assemblies. Others that it should be done through networks of cities. Many argued that we do not have to choose. Some suggest to establish a European School for Citizen Deliberation, in partnership with municipalities,civil society and citizens, to train all residents—especially underrepresented groups—in deliberative skills, digital literacy, and care-based crisis response. But others prefer to emphasize the local level.