Readable participatory institutions

Making public decision-making understandable, accessible, and accountable.

Measures:

• Neighbourhood parliaments (elected representatives).
• Local referendums (advisory / binding depending on thresholds).
• Independent monitoring committee.
• Citizen petition to add an item to the Municipal Council agenda (threshold to be debated, e.g. 1,500 signatures).

Guarantees: public sessions, readable minutes, reasoned responses from the City, implementation schedule.

Digital platform for continuous democracy

Facilitating the back-and-forth between residents ↔ City ↔ neighbourhood parliaments.

Measures:

• Direct exchanges with elected representatives, services, and neighbourhood parliaments.
• Tracking number for each request; real-time progress status.
• Online consultations and votes.

Guarantees: accessibility (plain language, low-connection mode, in-person mediation), open data, public archiving.

Power to the neighbourhoods

Bringing decision-making closer to where people live, giving real legitimacy to neighbourhood bodies.

Measures:

• Consultation to move from 8 to 22–23 readable neighbourhoods.
• Participatory budgets proportional to each neighbourhood's needs.
• Citizen observatory of local action.

Guarantees: anti-capture rules, parity / diversity, annual report "what was done / adjustments".

Places to bring local democracy to life

Every neighbourhood should have an identified venue for meeting, informing, and participating.

Relying on existing spaces or citizenship houses, with legible opening hours, display of ongoing projects, and regular feedback to residents.

Thematic citizens' assemblies

Informed decision-making on structural issues.

Measures:

• 50% volunteers / 50% randomly selected.
• 1 topic = 1 assembly.
• Report-back, debate, and decision by Municipal Council or local referendum.

Guarantees: contradictory and accessible expertise, publication of analyses, dated commitments.

Demanding co-construction

From shared diagnosis to a decision validated by the population.

Measures:

• Neighbourhood parliaments (elected) + citizen assemblies.
• Referendums before Municipal Council votes.

Guarantees: transparency on costs / impacts / alternatives, shared post-hoc evaluation.