Three sessions down. Two to go. Brussels’ 7th deliberative committee, the first ever to tackle the issue of cleanliness and waste management in the capital, is now well into its process. After an information session and two full days of discussion, the picture is becoming clearer: not just on the substance, but on what it actually looks and feels like when citizens and parliamentarians sit down together to build something. Here is what has been happening inside the rooms. 

Democratic innovation Brussels’ 7th Deliberative Committee has officially begun. Last night, at the Brussels Parliament, sixty people  – 45 citizens selected by lottery and 15 members of parliament – gathered for the first time for the inaugural session. The central topic of debate for the coming weeks: cleanliness and waste management in Brussels. Starting today and continuing through the end of the process, What About Dem will be present at every stage to cover, analyze, an

Deliberative Committees are a “world première” where a group of randomly selected citizens come together with elected members of parliament.