On Tuesday, September 8, from 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM, the Centr'Al building at the Albert intersection in Forest/Vorst hosted a citizen drop-in session dedicated to the deliberative democracy project taking place at Altitude 100 square. Organized by the What about Dem, Démocratie XXL and Divers Gens consortium, this meeting presented the overall project and answered residents' questions.

These are the Citizens' Forums of Albania and North Macedonia, organized by the European Parliament through its Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG), in cooperation with the Kuvendi, the Sobranie, and local partners IDM in Tirana and the ZIP Institute in Skopje. What about Dem designed the deliberative architecture and trained the facilitators for both, as it did for Montenegro twice and Kosovo.

The "Altitude 100" roundabout in Forest/Vorst has long been a flashpoint for the tensions that come with shared public space. Pedestrians, cyclists, families, shopkeepers, drivers, schools: everyone uses it, and not always in compatible ways. Elsewhere in the Brussels region, similar projects have too often run into opposition rather than agreement; several municipalities have had to backtrack in recent years on mobility plans that were designed with the best of intentions.