Forwarded from the PBP website: Last Tuesday’s primary elections in New York City look to have paved the way for a major expansion of participatory budgeting. In the City Council primaries, voters chose 21 Council Member candidates who have pledged to use participatory budgeting to allocate discretionary funds in their district through the PBNYC process,… Read More
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How to make Participatory Budgeting work for you: training from TCI
PB – where local people decide how to allocate part of a public budget 05th December 2013 – London – Avonmouth House SE1 Two years in to the Coalition Government and few things remain untouched. The case for Participatory Budgeting, however, is one of them! Originally championed as part of the last administration’s Empowerment Agenda,… Read More
International conference on Consultation, 22 October 2013
The Consultation Institute (with whom the PB Network has long had good working relations) is holding a major international conference to celebrate the Institute’s 10th anniversary.. "A World That Listens?" takes place in London on Tuesday 22 October, 2013. The theme of the conference is overcoming consultation fatigue and harnessing community engagement worldwide. Speakers include:… Read More
Danish council officials visit PB programmes in UK
In mid-June, PB Partners helped to co-ordinate a visit to the South East of England by 7 councillors and 5 local government managers from Denmark, in conjunction with Morten Ronnenberg from a Danish consultancy form, Strategihuset. The aim of the visit was to showcase some interesting examples of co-production, citizen engagement and participatory budgeting. Davy Jones,… Read More
Finnish Institute releases report on Participatory Budgeting in UK
Deliberating Service Delivery is the Finnish Institute’s new report on participatory budgeting processes in the UK, written by Laura Sillanpää. With the report the Institute wishes to contribute to the increasingly important discussion on local democracy and public participation. Their primary goal is to be a catalyst for further, more concise discussion within Finnish society…. Read More
Leith Decides wins COSLA award
Now in its fourth round, Leith Decides has been running since 2010. In 2013 they achieved an award from the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) for their pioneering work. Leith Neighbourhood Partnership (NP) was aware that annual surveys had consistently shown that most people in Leith don’t feel able to influence what happens in… Read More
Report of PB Network meet-up, Durham, 1 October 2013
The PB Network hosted its autumn network gathering in the historic North East market town of Durham on 1 October 2013. The venue was the main hall of the newly refurbished Durham Town Hall. We heard presentations on the latest developments in Participatory Budgeting (PB) in the UK, held engaging workshops and debates on mainstreaming… Read More
Status of Participatory Budgeting in Germany: 6th Status Report, January 2013
The 6th Status Report on Participatory Budgeting in Germany provides an overview of all municipalities listed on the website buergerhaushalt.org. Since the first status report was published in 2007, it is not only the number of municipalities listed here that has grown continuously; so too have the requirements involved in listing them. This is due chiefly… Read More
Burscough Parish Council PB, 2013
"Two children’s projects are to get a cash handout from Burscough Parish Council. The Parish Council, at their annual assembly meeting, allowed the public to decide how £10,000 in funding should be spent through Participatory Budgeting. Over 100 people turned out to vote for the two community projects to keep children active during the summer"… Read More
The People’s Budget: US insights as an opportunity for British action (report)
Scottish Minister Derek MacKay (centre) met with Joe Moore and Josh Lerner during their visit to the Scottish Parliament – just one of the many politicians and senior officers involved in the exchange. Download the report on the USA PB exchange visit to the UK in April 2013 (PDF)