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European Citizens' Assessment Report: Complete Results of the Second European Citizens' Convention

In January 2006, the European citizens' panel presented its European Citizens' Assessment Report containing 37 recommendations on the ethical, legal, social and economic implications of advances in brain science. But how did they achieve these results? This report reveals the different stages of dialogue and debate that took place at the Second and last European Citizens' Convention. The appendixes are in a seperate document.

eur_cit_assessme_report_complete_results.pdf (pdf - 998,86kb)

Policy advice

The citizens' deliberation phase ended in January. The Meeting of Minds Partner consortium is committed to disseminate the citizens' findings and recommendations to national and European policymakers. This is being achieved using different means such as:

online webmeeting with expert panel of neuroscientists
online webmeeting with expert panel on ethics
presentations at national and international events
organisation of a seminar at ESOF
input into the Green Paper on mental health

Keep an eye on the website for an update on future initiatives

Meet the Citizens

Weblog

Get an impression of the European Citizens' panel's views on their Meeting of Minds experience before and after the Second Convention.

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View them in action.

National reports

Reports from Second National Citizens' Assessment Meetings in ENGLISH version.

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