We’d like to share what we witnessed in the National Citizens’ Assembly on Climate, what we learned, and what makes this kind of process truly possible.
Citizen Participation & Inclusion
For years, citizen participation has been a popular buzzword. However, often citizens are not actually involved in complex issues in a participatory way. Perspectivity designs and facilitates processes that involve the whole system. Examples of our work with citizen participation can be found below. contact us
New publication! Essay on Citizens’ Assemblies – Perspectivity’s insights
Citizens’ Assemblies: the role of process guidance for ‘the good conversation’. The essay is published in the bundle “A gift for democracy? Perspectives on the development of citizens’ assemblies”, published by Boom Publishers.
National Citizens’ Assembly on Climate: What an incredible adventure!
Perspectivity contributes with 5 colleagues, Petra de Boer, Han Rakels, Monique Janmaat, Chiwei Luu and Anna Betsy Kanneworff to the National Citizens’ Assembly.
Future Search for More Women in IT Management Positions in Senegal
How can we ensure strong middle and top management in IT outsourcing in Senegal – with a special focus on upward mobility for women – so that small and medium enterprises can grow sustainably and inclusively?
Citizens’ Assembly Maastricht
Perspectivity in collaboration with EMMA designed and facilitated the first citizens’ assembly in the city of Maastricht.
Transformative Futures for Water Security initiative
Water security is key to our collective future, yet many places in the world experience severe water insecurity. We have to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all (SDG 6). Perspectivity facilitated this initiative for the Global South on the future of water security in the lead-up to the UN 2023 Water Conference.
What will happen with my input?
Asking input from citizens can be done in a more democratic way. Give them more interpretation power, so you can work more objectively and inclusive as a civil servant. I tell about this new participatory phenomenon in this article.
The future of nature-inclusive Netherlands
In this Future Search project, various stakeholders came together in an old monastery and co-created a national agenda for a nature-inclusive society.
Book tip: Now it’s up to us, call for real democracy
Book tip by Petra de Boer: It is up to citizens to solve the greatest challenges of our time. That is the appeal of Eva Rovers to the Netherlands with her booklet 'Now it's up to us, call for real democracy'. Booklet? Yes, it is literally a small handy little book....
Maastricht city dialogue forecast of a new democracy?
How do we live, learn, work and enjoy together in Maastricht 2040?
The Municipality of Maastricht had asked us to facilitate a broad city dialogue about the future of Maastricht. Before the summer, many wishes had already been collected from residents and other stakeholders. Now it was time to delve deeper into the most important themes and to jointly investigate dilemmas, opportunities and potential solutions.
We are particularly qualified in working with the following themes and methods