Citizen Engagement in Evidence-informed Policy-making

The World Health Organization just published a guide to involving citizens in decision making. The focus is decision making about health policy, but the guidelines would be useful for other policy areas as well:
World Health Organization. (2024). Citizen engagement in evidence-informed policy-making: a guide to mini-publics. https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/376107/9789240081413-eng.pdf
"Mini-publics are a type of forum that include a cross-section of the population, selected through the civic lottery method, to participate in evidence-informed deliberation to inform policy and action. The term refers to a diverse family of democratic innovations, including citizens’ juries, planning cells, citizens’ assemblies, citizens’ panels, consensus conferences, citizens’ councils, and citizens’ committees."
They also reminded us of their earlier document:
World Health Organization. (2024). Implementing citizen engagement within evidence-informed policy-making: an overview of purpose and methods. https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/364361/9789240061521-eng.pdf?sequence=1
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