General principles

An assembly is a group of members of an organization who meet periodically to make decisions concerning a specific area or scope of the organization.

Assemblies hold meetings, some of which are private and some of which are open. If they are open, it is possible to participate (for example: attend if capacity allows, add items to the agenda or comment on proposals and decisions made by that body).

Examples : a users' commission (which expresses opinions on a range of projects), a general assembly (which meets once a year to define the organization's main lines of action and its executive bodies by vote), an equality advisory board (which meets every two months to put forward proposals on how to improve relations between men and women), an evaluation committee (which meets monthly to monitor a process) or a guarantee body (which collects incidents, abuses or proposals to improve decision-making processes) are all examples of meetings.