When ordinary citizens rewrite their constitution

Posted on 26. Sep, 2011 by in Blog

Here are slides from a presentation at an event organized by Association ADELE and officials in the field of participatory democracy on September 26th in Paris, France.



The theme of the talk was “When ordinary citizens rewrite their constitution“.

Presentation given by Gudjon Mar Gudjonsson director at Agora and facilitator at the grassroots organized Ministry of Ideas. Political context in Iceland was discussed and the process around the Constitutional Council of 25 ordinary citizens.

Additional reaction and comments where given by Bastien François who teaches political science at the University of Paris-I. Bastien François wrote a famous book for a new constitution: “The Constitution of the Sixth French Republic”. Additional reaction given by Philippe Aigrain, founder and CEO of Sopinspace, Society for Public Information Spaces, a company that develops free software and provides services for the public debate of policy issues. Additional input and discussions where given by many of the participants during the session.

Overall this was a great session and the atmosphere at the end gave many of the participants an inspiration that this could be a start of a movement of a new constitutional reform of France.

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Download The Constitutional Bill PDF

A proposal for a new constitution for the Republic of Iceland can be downloaded here. This version was delivered to the Althing by The Constitutional Council on 29 July 2011. An independent translation.