Citizens and groups can choose of their own accord to join the
Assises and pick their preferred topical areas or events. A diverse spectrum of activities including experts talks, co-design workshops, and trainings have been organized to ensure that a wide range of people and groups engage. Diverse representation from local councils across the Orléans Métropole’s twenty-two municipalities was considered a key need; that said, the need to move the whole process online due to the coronavirus pandemic has made diversity more difficult to achieve, given some communities’ lower access to digital tools.
The main ambition of the