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...