PB learning guide for Francophone countries (Vol II)

A training guide for implementing PB in Africa's French-speaking countries, edited by UN-Habitat and Enda ECOPOP. Volume II - methods and approaches.

This book is first of all a conceptual document which reviews the interactions between good urban governance and the implementation of the Participatory Budget (PB). It has been prepared for local elected officials, facilitators / intermediaries, representatives of associations of local authorities, leaders of NGOs, community practitioners), politicians, advisers, company directors and opinion leaders. It also aims to share the most important experiences and provide case studies, in order to support the following approaches:

- Integrate PB into campaigns to promote innovative local governance in Africa;

- Prepare, design and launch the PB in African cities by using existing experiences, instruments and methods to trigger the PB in Africa

- Give stakeholders at the local level all the means necessary to apply the participatory budget in African cities and municipalities.

This volume presents the instruments, methods and approaches to put PB into practice, as well as the different stages of the Participatory Budgeting cycle, from the start of the process to the phase of execution through budget vote.

Source: Enda ECOPOP

Year of publication: 2008