Keeping up with the citizens' assemblies

You wait an age for a citizens' assembly, and then ten (and counting) come along at once. 2019 is shaping up to be the year of the citizens' assembly!

With almost weekly announcements, it's getting hard to keep track of them all. I made a start on Twitter, but 280 characters are soon going to cease to be enough. (Neither is it a very useful format).

So - inspired by Louise Crow at MySociety - I've started to put together a database to try to keep up.

Citizens' assembly tracker 2019

Location	Organisation	Topic	Time Scale	Number of participants	Further information
Cambridge	Greater Cambridge Partnership	Traffic congestion, public transport and air quality	Autumn 2019	tbc	https://consultcambs.uk.engagementhq.com/greater-cambridge-citizens-assembly
Camden	London Borough of Camden	Climate change	July 2019	60	https://camdenclimateassembly.commonplace.is/
Devon	Devon County Council	Climate change	tbc	tbc	https://www.devon.gov.uk/energyandclimatechange/devon-climate-emergency-response-group/citizens-assembly
Lambeth	London Borough of Lambeth	Climate change	tbc	tbc	https://www.lambeth-labour.org.uk/2019/06/12/delivering-a-green-new-deal-for-lambeth/
Oxford	Oxford City Council	Climate change	Autumn 2019	tbc	https://www.oxford.gov.uk/news/article/1064/oxford_city_council_to_establish_uk_s_first_citizens_assembly_to_address_climate_emergency
Scotland	Scottish Government	The constitutional future of Scotland	Autumn 2019 to Spring 2020	100	https://www.citizensassembly.scot/
Sheffield	Sheffield City Council	Climate change	tbc	tbc	https://sheffieldnewsroom.co.uk/news/clean-air-day-2019-council-renews-commitment-to-tackling-climate-and-environmental-emergencies/
UK	UK Parliament - Six Select Committees	Climate change	Autumn 2019	tbc	https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/business-energy-industrial-strategy/news-parliament-2017/climate-change-and-net-zero-chairs-comments-17-19/
UK	National Food Strategy	National Food Strategy	tbc	tbc	https://www.nationalfoodstrategy.org
Wales	National Assembly for Wales	How people in Wales can shape their future	July 2019	60	https://devolution20.wales/citizens-assembly

Let us know if we've missed any, or if you can point us to more up-to-date information anywhere. We'll make regular updates to this table, but you can also help us keep track via this live Google Sheet.

Also, check out the citizens' assemblies that have already taken plan in the UK over the past few years:

• Democracy Matters (2015)
• Citizens' Assembly on Brexit (2017)
• Citizens' Assembly on Social Care (2018)
• Citizens' Assembly for Northern Ireland (2018)