Jean-Marc Jancovici, founding president of the Shift Project, is launching a citizens' assembly to reflect on the major challenges facing French society. The project comes just months before the presidential election, as the engineer hopes to generate proposals through collective deliberation.
157 randomly selected citizens are gathered at the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts in Paris to participate in the work of this assembly. They are to debate several contemporary issues and consider possible directions that could be the subject of a collective agreement.
An initiative that aims to have an impact on the public debate
Jean-Marc Jancovici's stated objective is to achieve "collective decisions that are either supported or at least minimally respected." The initiative thus aims to directly involve citizens in reflecting on the choices that could be made in the face of economic, social, and environmental transformations.
Through this assembly, the president of the Shift Project also intends to contribute to the debate preceding the presidential election. The work of the 157 participants should lead to the emergence of proposals and enrich the public discussion on the direction the country should take.
