Assemblies

Shaping the
future together

A proven practice,
scaled for global challenges

Enabling people everywhere to shape policies on global challenges.

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Community Assemblies

A global movement that starts with 10 people and 4 hours

Community Assemblies are local conversations with global impact. Anyone, anywhere can host one – at a school, in a park, around a kitchen table. Together, you’ll talk, plan, and act on the issues that matter most – from climate and food systems to AI to priorities in your area. Every assembly feeds into a bigger picture, informing the Global Citizens’ Assembly and influencing decisions at COP30 and beyond.

Partner with us – whether you're a school, an NGO, or a group of neighbours – and help bring more voices to the table.

Assemblis: Where global decisions
start locally

Assemblis is the digital backbone of the Global Citizens’ Assembly – a space where people from all walks of life can take part in shaping the big decisions that affect us all. Open to everyone, it makes global participation possible, no matter your location or background.

More than a platform, Assemblis is a meeting point for ideas, action, and shared priorities. It helps communities host their own assemblies, share insights, and turn local conversations into global impact. By connecting what happens on the ground to what happens in global institutions, Assemblis helps ensure it’s people – not just politicians – shaping the path ahead.

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What Assemblis supports

Plan for impact

Build assemblies that foster deliberation, spark action and sustain momentum.

Learn and deliberate together

Connect with peers tackling similar issues and share what works.

Put your community on the map

See where you fit in the global picture — and share your story with the world.

Shape global insight

Your assembly’s outputs fuel a growing dataset of priorities and solutions.

Influence big decisions

Local voices feed into global assemblies that speak directly to power.

The Civic Assembly

Where anyone on Earth can have a seat at the table

The Civic Assembly brings together from 100 to 1,000 people, selected by lottery to reflect the world’s population. It connects directly with global institutions to discuss urgent challenges – and anyone on Earth could be chosen to take part.

• Lottery selection – Brings together a diverse mix of people from across the world.
• Deliberation and dialogue – Facilitated conversations, grounded in evidence and shared understanding, informed by lived experience.
• Connection to decision-making –  Insights and decisions, which are the fruit of collective intelligence, flow into global processes and real-world decisions.

Though you can’t apply directly, you can start a Community Assembly or join the Coalition to support citizen-led decision-making.

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-Sir Geoff Mulgan, Founder, The Institutional Architecture Lab