Context

A breakdown of the social lift affects many social groups, keeping people excluded because of their place of birth or residence, their cultural capital and their social origins.

The CESE therefore set up a temporary commission on the theme of "New generations: what promises for what future" to produce an opinion on this subject. This commission worked in conjunction with a group of citizens chosen by lot.

The draft opinion was put to the vote at the CESE's plenary assembly on 7 July 2020, with 180 votes in favour and no votes against (207 voters).

Missions

• Strategic advice in the implementation of the process

• Designing, organising and leading the work of the citizens' group until the opinion is produced

Innovative dimensions of the approach

• A "mirror" experiment between the CESE temporary committee and the citizens' group

• A random draw of citizens by random generation of telephone numbers

• Collective deliberation time in 4 sessions of 2.5 days

• During the health crisis, remote and videoconference formats enabled participants to develop the opinion

• Experimentation with facilitation methods unexplored in the health field, such as the prospective workshop.