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<p>Citizens’ assemblies are a relatively new public planning process in Poland which can be implemented at all levels of administration. This article aims to present the citizens’ assembly as a tool for local development. Citizen consultations carried out in the deliberative formula of citizen assemblies in Polish cities were analysed. This article focuses on the substantive goals and results of the local deliberation process using the citizens’ assembly tool. This research covers all cities in Poland that implemented it. Taking into account the experience of Polish cities, the analysed period is 2013–2023. Of the identified processes, in-depth research covered those whose main theme was climate change. They include (in chronological order): Gdansk, Wroclaw, Warsaw, Krakow, Poznan, Lodz, and Rzeszow.</p>
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Citizens’ assemblies are a relatively new public planning process in Poland which can be implemented at all levels of administration. This article aims to present the citizens’ assembly as a tool for local development. Citizen consultations carried out in the deliberative formula of citizen assemblies in Polish cities were analysed. This article focuses on the substantive goals and results of the local deliberation process using the citizens’ assembly tool. This research covers all cities in Poland that implemented it. Taking into account the experience of Polish cities, the analysed period is 2013–2023. Of the identified processes, in-depth research covered those whose main theme was climate change. They include (in chronological order): Gdansk, Wroclaw, Warsaw, Krakow, Poznan, Lodz, and Rzeszow.

Climate change as the subject of citizens’ assemblies in Polish cities

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Citizens’ assemblies are a relatively new public planning process in Poland which can be implemented at all levels of administration. This article aims to...

City	Year	Subject	official website
Gdynia	2013	Dialogue with seniors - standards of providing care services - opinion surveys	lack
Olsztyn	2016	Quality of life in the city - opinion surveys	lack
Gdansk	2016	How to better prepare Gdansk for heavy rainfall?	www.gdansk.pl/panel-obywatelski
	2017	How to improve air quality?
	2018	How to support civic activity in Gdansk?
Lublin	2018	What to do to breathe clean air?	Panel Obywatelski / lublin.eu - oficjalny portal miasta Lublin
Wroclaw	2020	How to improve movement around Wrocław, with a view to improving the quality of life and climate protection?	https://www.wroclaw.pl/rozmawia/panel-obywatelski-wroclaw
Warsaw	2020	Warsaw Climate Citizens’ Assembly	Warszawski Panel Klimatyczny - Eko (um.warszawa.pl)
Krakow	2021	Krakow Climate Citizens’ Assembly	lack
Krakow	2023	Krakow Transport assembly	lack
Poznan	2021	How can Poznan authorities act to counteract and adapt to climate change and the climate crisis?	https://www.poznan.pl/panelobywatelski/
Lodz	2020	Greenery in the city	Panel Obywatelski - Urząd Miasta Łodzi (lodz.pl)
Lodz	2023	How to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions in Lodz by 55% by 2030?	Panel Obywatelski - Urząd Miasta Łodzi (lodz.pl)
Rzeszow	2023	Rzeszow Climate Citizens’ Assembly	https://panel-obywatelski.erzeszow.pl/

Climate change as the subject of citizens’ assemblies in Polish cities

Publicado en línea: 27 jul 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/oszn-2024-0002

Palabras clave
citizens’ assembly, climate change, deliberation, sustainable development, local policy

© 2024 Agnieszka Sobol, published by Sciendo

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Citizens’ Assemblies in Poland

Climate change as the subject of citizens’ assemblies in Polish cities

Publicado en línea: 27 jul 2024

Páginas: -

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/oszn-2024-0002

Palabras clavecitizens’ assembly, climate change, deliberation, sustainable development, local policy

© 2024 Agnieszka Sobol, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Citizens’ Assemblies in Poland

Palabras clave
citizens’ assembly, climate change, deliberation, sustainable development, local policy