Standard participatory budgeting process in Poland

This document responds to the rise of participatory budgeting (PB) in Polish cities, organizing the discussion and establishing standards for PB processes in Poland.

The resource was created in response to the increasing number of initiatives to introduce PB in cities and municipalities in Poland in 2012 and 2013. Many of these processes, although launched under the banner of "following the example of Porto Alegre" (where PB originated in Brazil), clearly deviate from the key assumptions of PB as a mechanism for directly involving citizens in deciding how to spend funds from local budgets based on a debate on community priorities.

Source: Foundation "Stocznia"
Author information: Ewa Serzysko
Language: Polish

Year of publication: 2016