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.

This guide explores how civic lotteries, deliberation, and “rough consensus” can be incorporated into political systems

This report It highlights the pioneering role of the deliberative committees

The Permanent Climate Assembly in Brussels is the world first permanent Climate citizens' assembly

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