Gdańsk

Citizens' assemblies, 2016 to 2017 The strongest evidence that city assemblies can deliver. After major flooding caused millions of euros of damage, Gdańsk convened the first citizens' assemblies in Poland, groups of around 56 or 57 residents, and proposals backed by more than 80 percent of members were enacted. Later assemblies took on air pollution, civic engagement and the treatment of LGBT people. A study of the Gdańsk assemblies found about 75 percent of recommendations made it into city policy, while judging that at least 11 percent were implemented for reasons other than the assembly. Nine more assemblies followed in seven other Polish municipalities.