EU-CIEMBLY: Creating an Inclusive European Citizens’ Assembly

Objetivo temático: EU – CIEMBLY addresses the need for the introduction of new forms of citizens’ participation and deliberation in EU political life and, particularly, an EU Citizens’ Assembly whose design and implementation fully addresses issues of intersectionality, inclusiveness, and equality.

Área Científica: Direito | Law

Síntese do Projeto: While there has been an admirable appetite to improve the landscape of participatory and deliberative democratic mechanisms at the EU level, this has not always been accompanied by adequate considerations of how to build these mechanisms to ensure avoidance of intersectional discrimination and the exclusion of vulnerable groups of citizens. In fact, the concept of ‘intersectionality’ within EU law has presented difficulties even without bringing into the picture the context of citizens’ democratic participation. The time is ripe to create a new participatory tool with intersectionality at the forefront. This project will provide the analytical framework and the prototype through which such a tool can be created in the form of a Citizens’ Assembly that can be established at the EU level and with features allowing for the transfer of a (modified) prototype to the national and local levels of EU Member States. To do this, the project moves from theorising to evaluating and finally piloting such a tool and concludes with recommendations. In this way, EU-CIEMBLY seeks to be the first project that uses an academic and theoretical understanding of issues of intersectionality, equality, and power relations in the design of an innovative and inclusive EU Citizens’ Assembly

Área de intervenção: Multinacional

Investigador Responsável na UC: Dulce Margarida Jesus Lopes

Unidade Orgânica UC: FDUC

Instituições participantes no Projeto: Universidad Complutense De Madrid (Ucm) | European Citizen Action Service (Ecas)| University Of The Witwatersrand Johannesburg (Wits) | Institute For Methods Innovation (Imi) | Aspon Consulting Ltd (Asp) | Universita' Degli Studi Di Bergamo (Unibg) | The Research Trust Of Victoria University Of Wellington (Vuw) | University Of Waikato (Uw) | Make.Org (Mo) | University Of Essex (Ue)

Instituição Financiadora/Gestora: Comissão Europeia

Programa de Financiamento: Horizon Europe - HORIZON-CL2-2023-DEMOCRACY 01-07: Intersectionality and equality in deliberative and participatory democratic spaces

Período de execução: 01/01/2024 a 31/12/2027 (48 meses)

Custo total elegível (EUR): 400 303,75 €

Apoio financeiro da UE: 400 303,75 €

Técnico do Projeto: Ana Rita Simões - anarita.simoes@uc.pt

Contacto: +351 239 247 017 | Extensão - 210022