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Democs (deliberative meeting of citizens) is part card game, part policy-making tool that enables small groups of people to engage with complex public policy issues.
It helps people find out about a topic, express their views, seek common ground with the other participants, and state their preferred policy position from a given choice of four. They can also add their own policy positions.
Democs:
- enables players to identify and absorb the basic information they need to discuss an issue that may be complex and that they may not have discussed before
- may simply allow the group to explore an issue, or enable people to seek common ground on what policies should be adopted on the issue.
- is ideally used by groups of six, but anything between five and nine will work
- may be facilitated by an outsider or the group can be self-facilitating
nef's forthcoming Who Sees What? discussion project will use Democs to help people engage with the way the NHS uses their personal data. For more information, or if you would like to participate in a Democs game on this topic, please contact Stephen Whitehead.
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