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May 13, 2025

How to organize a participatory budgeting vote

May 13, 2025/ People Powered
How to organize a participatory budgeting vote

A video showing the main steps for a succesful participatory budgeting voting phase.

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May 13, 2025/ People Powered/
Video & Audio
Participatory budgeting, English, Agency, Local government, State/regional government, National government, University, School, civil society organizations, United States, North America, Voting, 2015
May 13, 2025

How to do outreach for participatory budgeting

May 13, 2025/ People Powered
How to do outreach for participatory budgeting

A video to help you advocate for participatory budgeting.

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May 13, 2025/ People Powered/
Video & Audio
Participatory budgeting, English, Agency, Local government, State/regional government, National government, University, School, civil society organizations, United States, North America, Outreach and engagement, 2015
February 25, 2025

Local democracy reinforcement in Armenia: A guide to citizen participation

February 25, 2025/ People Powered
Local democracy reinforcement in Armenia: A guide to citizen participation

A guide for citizen engagement in local decision-making in Armenia, to enhance democratic governance in the country.

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February 25, 2025/ People Powered/
Guides & Manuals, Methods & Tools
Participatory policy-making, Armenian, Advocacy to win adoption, Outreach and engagement, Idea collection, Armenia, Local government, Europe, 2015
October 29, 2024

Participatory budgeting in Serbia: Basic principles, tools and activities

October 29, 2024/ People Powered
Participatory budgeting in Serbia: Basic principles, tools and activities

Handbook on participatory budgeting (PB) offering an overview of the importance of public participation in budgetary processes and practical guidance to implement PB.

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October 29, 2024/ People Powered/
Guides & Manuals
Participatory budgeting, Serbian, Planning and management, Outreach and engagement, Proposal development, Evaluation, Local government, University, Serbia, Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Europe, 2015
May 03, 2023

Manual for the implementation of youth participatory budgeting

May 03, 2023/ People Powered
Manual for the implementation of youth participatory budgeting

This guide introduces youth participatory budgeting, detailing the stages of design and implementation and the conditions necessary for a successful process.

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May 03, 2023/ People Powered/
Guides & Manuals
Participatory budgeting, Spanish, Planning and management, Outreach and engagement, Local government, 2015, Latin America & the Caribbean
April 17, 2023

Effects of the internet on participation in Brazil

April 17, 2023/ People Powered
Effects of the internet on participation in Brazil

A study of the traits and attitudes of over 22,000 internet voters from Rio Grande do Sul during a referendum on state-level spending priorities.

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April 17, 2023/ People Powered/
Case Studies, Research & Papers
Participatory budgeting, English, Outreach and engagement, Voting, Brazil, 2015, Latin America & the Caribbean, Most popular
May 17, 2022

Facilitating participatory budgeting in Kenya

May 17, 2022/ People Powered
Facilitating participatory budgeting in Kenya

A user manual for facilitating Participatory Budgeting in Kenya developed by Fahamu which seeks to adapt and localize existing models of participatory budgeting to ensure that the focus is "people centred" as opposed to "structure centered".

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May 17, 2022/ People Powered/
Guides & Manuals
English, Participatory budgeting, Kenya, 2015
April 26, 2022

Climate change vulnerability assessments impacts on policy

April 26, 2022/ People Powered
Climate change vulnerability assessments impacts on policy

This paper looks at two climate change vulnerability assessments (CCVA) processes in Indonesia, one that was deployed in the cities of Semarang and Bandar Lampung, and another implemented in Manado and Makassar.

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April 26, 2022/ People Powered/
Case Studies, Research & Papers
English, Local government, Climate Action, Indonesia, 2015, Asia
April 07, 2022

Involving communities in deliberation

April 07, 2022/ People Powered
Involving communities in deliberation

A report on findings from 3 citizens’ juries on onshore wind farms in Scotland.

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April 07, 2022/ People Powered/
Case Studies, Guides & Manuals, Research & Papers
English, United Kingdom, Local government, Citizens assemblies and juries, Climate Action, State/regional government, 2015, Europe
April 07, 2022

Deliberative polling in Ghana report

April 07, 2022/ People Powered
Deliberative polling in Ghana report

A report on Ghana's first deliberative poll, conducted in January 2015 in Tamale.

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April 07, 2022/ People Powered/
Research & Papers, Case Studies
Climate Action, English, Local government, Ghana, 2015, Africa
April 07, 2022

Deliberative polling in Uganda

April 07, 2022/ People Powered
Deliberative polling in Uganda

A report on Africa's first two deliberative polls, conducted in July 2014 in Uganda (Bududa and Butaleja Districts).

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April 07, 2022/ People Powered/
Research & Papers, Case Studies
Climate Action, English, Local government, Uganda, 2015, Africa
April 07, 2022

Urban climate adaptation in the Global South

April 07, 2022/ People Powered
Urban climate adaptation in the Global South

An academic article which examines the experiences of Quito (Ecuador) and Surat (India) to assess how civil society actors contribute to adaptation planning and implementation.

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April 07, 2022/ People Powered/
Research & Papers
Climate Action, National government, Participatory planning, English, India, Ecuador, Local government, 2015, Asia, Latin America & the Caribbean
April 15, 2021

Building a people's budget

April 15, 2021/ Admin
Building a people's budget

A draft research and evaluation report on the 2013-2014 Participatory Budgeting Process in Chicago.

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April 15, 2021/ Admin/
Case Studies
English, Participatory budgeting, Planning and management, Outreach and engagement, Advocacy to win adoption, inclusion immigrants, 2015
January 22, 2021

Participatory budgeting: Portuguese experience

January 22, 2021/ Admin
Participatory budgeting: Portuguese experience

Video about the PB experience in Portugal, developed by the CES at the University of Coimbra. Video in Portuguese with subtitles in French.

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January 22, 2021/ Admin/
Video & Audio
Participatory budgeting, Portuguese, French, Advocacy to win adoption, Planning and management, Outreach and engagement, Local government, Portugal, 2015, Intro to PD
December 17, 2020

Russia: PB and budget process

December 17, 2020/ Admin
Russia: PB and budget process

This video aims to introduce PB and the budget process overall to the general public and promote their participation in PB, public budget hearings, and government programs.

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December 17, 2020/ Admin/
Video & Audio
Participatory budgeting, Russian, Russia, Local government, 2015
July 21, 2020

Legislative Theatre in NYC

July 21, 2020/ Admin
Legislative Theatre in NYC

A video with testimonials from community members and organizers of Legislative Theatre that explains how Legislative theater can bring about change in NYC.

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July 21, 2020/ Admin/
Video & Audio, Methods & Tools
Legislative theater, English, Advocacy to win adoption, Agency, United States, Local government, Planning and management, 2015, Intro to PD
July 10, 2020

Participatory Budgeting in Senegal

July 10, 2020/ Admin
Participatory Budgeting in Senegal

An interview with Mamadou Bachir Kanouté where he discusses experiences with participatory budgeting in Matam, Senegal.

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July 10, 2020/ Admin/
Case Studies, Research & Papers
English, Advocacy to win adoption, National government, Senegal, Local government, Participatory budgeting, Planning and management, 2015, Africa
June 26, 2020

PB key metrics research instruments

June 26, 2020/ Admin
PB key metrics research instruments

A guide that explains 15 indicators that capture important elements of PB processes. It also includes tools and research instruments to support evaluation and collection of data.

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June 26, 2020/ Admin/
Guides & Manuals, Methods & Tools
English, Evaluation, Agency, National government, Canada, United States, University, School, Local government, Participatory budgeting, State/regional government, 2015
June 18, 2020

Participatory budgeting: Introduction

June 18, 2020/ Admin
Participatory budgeting: Introduction

A guide from the UK that presents basic information on PB and how it contributes towards the engagement work of local authorities and governments.

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June 18, 2020/ Admin/
Guides & Manuals, Case Studies
English, Advocacy to win adoption, Idea collection, Voting, Evaluation, Agency, United Kingdom, Project implementation and monitoring, Outreach and engagement, Local government, Participatory budgeting, Planning and management, Proposal development, 2015
June 15, 2020

Consul digital platform

June 15, 2020/ Admin
Consul digital platform

A comprehensive, free, and open source digital tool for citizen participation. 

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June 15, 2020/ Admin/
Digital Tools
English, Spanish, Idea collection, Voting, Spain, Agency, National government, University, School, Local government, Participatory budgeting, Proposal development, State/regional government, 2015
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