Webinar on Communicating Deliberation: Strategies for Different Information Landscapes

This is an external event hosted by the Federation For Innovation and Democracy Europe (Fide) and the Bertelsmann Stiftung as part of the Network on Citizen Participation and Deliberation.

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Public awareness plays an important role in the impact and legitimacy of deliberative assemblies. But communicating these processes beyond the room has proven to be quite difficult. Media and the public are still adapting to this complex format, and communication has often been treated as an afterthought while organizers focus on running the process itself. Effective communication requires a clear strategy, experienced staff with a skillset to navigate a media landscape shaped by social platforms and fast-moving public debates.

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Speakers:

Across three national citizens’ assemblies, the French Conseil Économique, Social et Environnemental (CESE) has refined its communication strategy. In this call, Lucile Duclaux, Project Lead in Communications at CESE, will share how this strategy evolved through these processes.

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She will be joined by Rosalind Grisnigt, Communications Lead for the Dutch National Citizens’ Assembly, who will discuss how to respond to media bias and political challenges to an assembly’s legitimacy. Her team also had to navigate a change of government between the commissioning of the assembly and the delivery of its recommendations, adding another layer of difficulty.

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Introduction and Moderation:

Angela Jain, Senior Project Manager - Bertelsmann Stiftung

Yves Dejaeghere, Executive Director - FIDE, Europe

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