In 2000, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), a Japanese governmental administration, organized a National Consensus Conference on genetically- modified foods in Tokyo.
Der BürgerInnen-Rat ist eine neue Form der Zusammenarbeit zwischen Bevölkerung und Politik. Unter qualitätsvoller Moderation werden mit zufällig ausgewählten BürgerInnen einer Gemeinde oder Region an einem Wochenende Lösungen für gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen ausgearbeitet. Der BürgerInnen-Rat ist ein unparteiisches Sprachrohr der Bevölkerung und bringt Politik und Bürger wieder näher zusammen.
Jury – randomly selected group of citizens of a country that sworn in to participate in deliberation for court to act on behalf of government. In civil courts there are usually six members and in criminal courts there are usually twelve members. However, this number will differ from country to country and in different court structures. The jury is selected from different demographics to represent country, state or city.
Crowdsourcing is a new phenomenon in which an organization calls upon both professionals and amateurs on the internet to help solve a problem, design a product, or analyze large amounts of data at a lower cost and often greater quality and speed than through conventional research and development methods.
