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
Online PB
The role of Participatory Budgeting online
Interest in Participatory Budgeting grows in Wales
The UK PB Network and PB partners have been promoting PB in the UK since 2012. Following great success in Scotland which has seen nearly £5m invested in growing PB by the Scottish Government the idea is taking off. PB partners has been contributing to new initiatives in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland,… Read More
Young People undertake Participatory Budgeting in North Ayrshire
North Ayrshire Council website has announced it will launch one of Scotland’s largest ever online participatory budgeting exercises exclusively for young people. From Wednesday 2nd November, around 21,000 Young people in North Ayrshire will be able to use Young Scot’s online voting platform to allocate £60,762 to youth projects in their local area. The funding… Read More
Digital Participatory Budgeting: Opportunities and challenges
Digital PB Workshop at the International PB conference on 20th October 2016: Reflections from Susan Ritchie, Acting UK PB Network Chair and Director of MutualGain I have just left the exceptionally good international PB conference held in Edinburgh by the Scottish Government, in partnership with the PB Partners and the SCDC. Well done to all… Read More
Guidance on E-PB from the PB Unit
One of the jobs the UK PB Network does is save and make available the valuable work done on PB over many years. So we re-publish many toolkits produced in the days of the the PB Unit, that ran from 2008 to 2012. One of these, not previously on this site is the first coherent… Read More
Doing Democracy with Chicken Cutlets and Pearl Milk Tea in Taipei
The annual budget of the Taipei City Government is more than NTD 160 billion (£3.8b). City residents may not have a good understanding of how large this number is or how this budget is used. Providing such an understanding is key to promoting civic participation reports the About Taipai website. In Taipai they have been… Read More
67,000 people vote in PB New York 2016
Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and the New York City Council announced the voting results and winning proposals of the 2015-2016 Participatory Budgeting cycle. During the voting period of March 26th through April 3rd, over 67,000 New Yorkers voted to allocate $38 million dollars for locally developed capital projects across 28 Council Districts in New York City…. Read More
UCL Sustainability Team wins Award for Innovation with PB online platform
The Sustainability Team at University College London has received an award from UCL’s President and Provost Professor Michael Arthur for its innovative approach to academic collaboration and communicating the University’s carbon reduction challenge. Building on research from Deputy Director of the UCL Transport Institute Dr Tom Cohen, the Sustainability Team led the development of a… Read More
Public can vote online for favourite school project and spend £100,000
As reported in the Royal Borough Observer: "parents and supporters will be able to win funds for their favourite schools’ treasured projects under a new scheme being launched by the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. The Schools Participatory Budgeting Scheme will see £100,000 made available each year, split across three terms. Schools can apply… Read More
New Participatory Budgeting website for Scotland launched
A new website for participatory budgeting in Scotland launches this month. PB Scotland is for sharing and learning about the great work being done by participatory budgeting (PB) initiatives around Scotland. Funded by the Scottish Government, the website will provide updates on events, policy and resources relevant to PB in Scotland, and profile good examples… Read More
