In a special edition of the Davy Jones politics show on RadioFreeBrighton, these are recordings of interviews he undertook while attending the International Participatory Budgeting Conference in Edinburgh in 2016. In four interviews he talks to Jez Hall from the UK Participatory Budgeting (PB) Network, Alastair Kennedy from Elgin, Kathleen Glazik, a civil servant in… Read More
Events
Participatory Budgeting meetings and conferences
Engage, Think, Do: The full programme
Engage, Think, Do… The PB conference fringe Friday the 21st October 2016. Running simultaneously at 3 closely situated venues in central Edinburgh, with 14 sessions that explore in-depth the full range of innovatory democratic practice that’s happening in Scotland, in Europe and worldwide. Download the final programme View presentations, blogs and resources on the report… Read More
Engage, Think, Do: The Scottish PB Conference Fringe. Friday 21st October 2016
Save the 20th and 21st October 2016 for a two day international conference of Participatory Budgeting in Edinburgh. Under the strap-line “Here we are all citizens” the UK PB Networks ‘fringe conference’ took place between 10am and 4pm on Friday 21st October at three separate venues in central Edinburgh. The PB Fringe compliments the main… Read More
Participatory Budgeting, Democratisation and Open Government: The State of the Art in Europe and UK
Participatory Budgeting, Democratisation and Open Government: The State of the Art in Europe and UK. There will be a gathering of the PB Network and its partners, the Empatia programme and Brunel University London, on: Thursday 2nd June 2016, from 1.30pm until 6.30pm. Register here for your free place The PB dialogue is taking place… Read More
Imagine: Could Participatory Budgeting work in Northern Ireland?
As part of the Imagine Belfast festival of ideas, held in March 2016, Jez Hall led a workshop exploring whether the citizens of Belfast could really influence how money was spent by Belfast City Council. The workshop was organised by the Northern Ireland Open Government Network (NIOGN), and included a mixed audience of about 30… Read More
The 2015 PB Network Unconference report
On the 26th October 2015 the PB Network held a highly successful conference at the Innovate rooms, Birmingham. Over 70 leading academics, practitioners, activists and consultants gathered to share their learning in a stimulating range of workshops, break out groups and discussions. We were particularly proud to receive the support of Alex Neil MSP who… Read More
PB Network National Conference: 26th October, Birmingham
On the 26th October 2015 the PB Network held our national Participatory Budgeting(PB) conference. Over 70 people gathered for a stimulating day of workshops, debates and presentations. The conference was held at Studio Innovate rooms in the heart of Birmigham city centre, as well as a range of breakout spaces. Providing us with a modern… Read More
One Wigan community celebrates through Higher Fold We Decide
Higher Folds is a small community trying big ideas and Saturday 17th January 2015 was a special day in the life of the Higher Folds Community Centre. Higher Folds “We Decide” became a reality and local groups really did benefit. After nine months of consulting and working with the community the first “We Decide” event… Read More
Local Democracy for Everyone, Conference and workshops, 7th Feb 2015
Would you like to change one small thing (or change the whole system) to make democracy work better for all of us? This event is for everyone who has something positive to say about local democracy and for anyone who is up for a challenge. Not enough of us are interested in local decision making… Read More
Scottish Community Development Centre hosts PB learning event
Representatives of Participatory Budgeting (PB) projects from across Scotland met in Glasgow on the 15th October 2014 to share the rich experiences of PB in Scotland over the last 10 years. Funded by the Scottish Government, hosted by the Scottish Community Development Centre and Faith in Community Scotland it used a participatory format to capture… Read More
