Countries around the world are facing an unprecedented challenge in dealing with the global outbreak of the Covid-19 virus. The measures being put in place, while often timely and necessary, have real and sometimes unanticipated impacts on our democratic practices and processes.

Citizen participation processes around the world were delayed or suspended by lockdown measures. Experts on citizen participation join us for an interactive discussion.

Speakers:

Karl Heinz Lambertz - Former President of the European Committee of the Regions, President of the Parliament for the German speaking community (Belgium)

Thorsten Sterk - Campaigner for citizens' assemblies at Mehr Demokratie

Helen Turek - Senior Regional Coordinator, Europe, Open Government Partnership