Yves Cabannes is a leading researcher and practitioner in Participatory Budgeting, and in recent years has been focussing his work on climate themed PB. He has shared with us a number of publications that explore this topic in depth. Greening cities through Participatory Budgeting: Answers to climate change from Lisbon, Portugal and Molina de Segura,… Read More
International
What's happening in Participatory Budgeting internationally
Democratic Innovations Are Under Threat
The terrible news from Ukraine fills our newspapers and social media. It is worth mentioning alongside the tragic and unnecessary human cost is the threat to democratic innovation, including those such as Participatory Budgeting. Ukraine has had a burgeoning PB culture, with a number of successes. Though the Russian Federation also has some notable PB…. Read More
Seattle cuts police budget to embrace participatory budgeting
Seattle city council will use participatory budgeting to allocate $30 million to programs that create “true public health and safety”. Residents of Seattle will get to decide over the coming months how to spend $30 million, much of which would otherwise go to the city’s police department. In response to mounting public pressure to divest… Read More
Voting in Youth focussed participatory budgeting in Tampere, Finland now underway
Voting in participatory budgeting in Tampere, Finland takes place between 1–30 November 2020. The citizens of Tampere can vote for how to invest EUR 450,000 (approximately £400k) for the benefit of children and young people. The project includes 120 proposals. Citizens get to choose and vote for the proposals they want to see happen in… Read More
Radio podcasts on Participatory Budgeting (and other democratic innovations)
The Solonian Institute has curated three podcasts on digital innovation, with a focus on using online technologies. Wisconsin based local radio station WORT ran and hosted the series to showcase the true scale of innovative approaches that are now possible to expand the role of citizens in democratic decision-making. Produced by Solonian Institute Managing Director,… Read More
Louise O’Kane and Jez Hall interviewed for German PB website
Journalist Stephanie Grimm speaks with Louise O’Kane of Community Places and Jez Hall of Shared Future CIC on behalf of the Buergerhaushalt website, on the past present and future for Participatory Budgeting in the UK. Buergerhaushalt is Germany’s online portal for participatory budgeting and related issues, to enable anyone interested to obtain basic information on… Read More
Global People Powered Hub promotes participatory democracy
People Powered is a new Global Hub to support and champion participatory democracy. Its initial flagship programme is the Global Participatory Budgeting Hub which will work towards improving and expanding participatory budgeting (PB) by addressing the common challenges and opportunities experienced by those who are interested in PB. The PB Hub is a very welcome… Read More
Contributions of Participatory Budgeting to climate change adaptation and mitigation
On the basis of its 2020 thematic priorities, the International Observatory of Participatory Democracy(OIPD) requested a study on climate change adaptation and citizen participation. Prof Yves Cabannes, Urban Planner and activist specializing in urban and municipal governance, and Emeritus Professor of Development Planning (UCL / DPU) pulled the report together. The report describes PB initiatives… Read More
Participatory Budgeting responds to #BlackLivesMatter in USA
Across the USA communities, energised by #blacklivesmatter, have been organising to demand that upwardly spiralling police funding should be tempered and replaced by a system of prevention and community cohesion – the things that matter to citizens. Find out how they have been turning to Participatory Budgeting to do just that. In Los Angeles 50… Read More
PB World Atlas list over 11,000 Participatory Budgeting Experiences
The World Atlas of Participatory Budgeting represents the widest compilation of data to date on PB processes across the planet. It is a collaborative work of more than 70 authors, who voluntarily made themselves available to collect and analyse information that would enable better understanding of the spread of these initiatives in very diverse contexts…. Read More
