European Citizens’ Panel

Citizens' Panels are becoming a regular feature of democratic life in the European Union (EU). They bring together randomly-selected citizens from all 27 member states to discuss – at European level – key, upcoming proposals that affect us all. European Citizens’ Panels see participants working together in small groups (each of around 12 people) and all together (in plenaries). A facilitation team provides support. Based on the discussions, citizens make recommendations for the European Commission to consider when defining policies and initiatives.

From March 2024 and so forth, our organization has been consistently selected to represent Cyprus' European Citizen’s Panels via the Sortition Foundation. Our Recruiters go door-to-door knocking and trying to recruit as many  people as possible to represent themselves  on various hot topics like ‘Why do we have more hate in our society and what can we do about it? or 'where should EU spend its budget?'. All citizens selected via a random lottery have the chance to go to Brussels  and develop concrete recommendations for the EU Commission.