BUILDING A
SHARED FUTURE
STEP 1
Our guiding principle for this initiative is accessibility.
We want to create a point of access to our shared future in space
with no special requirements or specialised knowledge.
Something that translates across nations and cultures.
Something anyone can be a part of.
That's why we've designed a survey grounded in what people want, rather than what they know.
STEP 2
We roll out the first round using a trust-based, network sampling approach that begins with close contacts, local communities and partner organisations, then expands outward through successive degrees of separation. While initially less-representative, this approach leverages trust to improve informed consent and access to marginalised groups, while reducing bias and approaching representativeness more quickly than other methodologies over time, as it moves through successive trust circles.
STEP 3
All responses are translated, transcribed and aggregated in the same database, where they are synthesised by AI assisted tools developed by our civic tech partner specifically for scaling participatory processes. This allows us to not only produce summaries of the data, but ask the database questions and produce referenced documents (such as policy proposals) drawn from responses. We also conduct 'human-in-the-loop' audits, that are recorded and made transparently available.
STEP 4
From the data, we generate two documents, that serve as the primary resources of our advocacy work. The Citizens' Space Vision serves as the basis for our public engagement, while the Citizens' Space Policy is introduced to civil society and political organisations including political parties, with the goal of having them treat the document as a foundational reference.​
STEP 5
By repeating the process every year, asking more detailed questions, expanding our network and improving global participation, we build momentum​ across borders, and help support a gradual alignment around core principles and policy issues.