This blog has been written by Alan Budge following our Engage, Think, Do conference 21st October 2016 SMALL GRANTS AND MAINSTREAM WORKSHOPS I had the pleasure of facilitating two ‘back to back’ workshops (as part of the ‘Do’ strand of the PB event in Edinburgh on Friday 21st October. ) Workshop 1, attended by about… Read More
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Building the PB network: A report of the lunchtime session in Edinburgh on 21st october 2016
PB Network Session, as part of Engage, Think, Do!, the Edinburgh international PB conference fringe. An update on the UK PB Network, by Susan Ritchie, acting chair of the UK PB Network. PB Partners and PB Network colleagues helped to deliver day two of the very successful International PB conference held in Scotland on 20/21st… Read More
When East meets West. A view of Participatory Budgeting (PB) from the Far East
A guest blog by Susan Ritchie, describing her recent visit to China to exchange learning on PB. The Invitation PB Partners supports Participatory Budgeting as a method of improving democracy, community engagement, and wider social justice across the UK. PB in all of its forms (of which there are many emerging) enables communities or organisations… Read More
Mainstreaming Participatory Budgeting: Ideas for delivering PB at Scale
This briefing has been produced in response to Scotland’s Community Choices programme and aims to support public sector organisations wishing to develop ‘mainstream’ Participatory Budgeting(PB) initiatives. It complements the recent Guide to Participatory Budgeting Grant-making released in September 2016 It is relevant to any organisation working in the UK with an interest in furthering democratic… Read More
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
Budgets in the public interest: PB Network at Brunel University, June 2016
On June 2nd, 2016, at Brunel University in London there took place a full day of workshops and seminars entitled “Participatory Budgeting, Democratization and Open Government: State of the Art in Europe and the UK”, organized by the EMPATIA project in collaboration with UK Participatory Budgeting Network and hosted by Brunel University. Participatory Budgeting (PB)… 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
PB Network Unconference video
Participants at the PB Networks October 2015 Unconference talking about why they believe Participatory Budgeting is important when public bodies engage with citizens in sharing power. Especially over the use of public money. This film includes the voices of just some of the many participants at the UK PB Network Unconference held in Birmingham in… Read More