Participatory Budget
Your town participatory budget
A participatory process is a sequence of participatory activities (e.g. first filling out a survey, then making proposals, discussing them in face-to-face or virtual meetings, and finally prioritizing them) with the aim of defining and making a decision on a specific topic.
Examples of participatory processes are: a process of electing committee members (where candidatures are first presented, then debated and finally a candidacy is chosen), participatory budgets (where proposals are made, valued economically and voted on with the money available), a strategic planning process, the collaborative drafting of a regulation or norm, the design of an urban space or the production of a public policy plan.
About this process
Your town is proud to annouce the launch of its very first participatory budget!
This participatory budget process will allow for local residents to be more involved in the public decision making process and engage with the town on how to best put these funds to use.
This participatory budget will take place over the next year and is structured around 4 main phases:
- Ideation (2 months)
- Workshops (4 months)
- Selection (2 months)
- Implementation (ongoing)
We very much hope to get your input and to see you at some of the events that will take place over the next year!
What is a Participatory Budget?
A Participatory Budget is a form of democratic participation in which residents are involved in the decision-making process on how public money is spent. Local inhabitants often play a role in reviewing and monitoring the process following the allocation of budgets.
Your town has decided to allocate 1 000 000 Chf to this Participatory Budget initiative, and we are asking you what you would like to see happen with this budget!
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