This guide provides a general introduction to citizens’ assemblies. It explains what one is, how it works and why we need one. It also outlines the key steps in designing and running an assembly and presents some exciting examples of similar processes from around the globe.
Read MoreThis guide aims to support local authorities and other bodies thinking of commissioning a citizens’ assembly or jury. It considers how such processes might address the climate emergency, what is involved and approaches to design and delivery.
Read MoreThis blog post presents six posters with best practices for making government services accessible to different groups of users: low vision, D/deaf and hard of hearing, dyslexia, motor disabilities, users on the autistic spectrum and users of screen readers.
Read MoreA briefing document by Audit Scotland on community empowerment in Scotland, including principles and case studies.
Read MoreA report that recommends methods to build public trust in economic and public institutions in the UK by incorporating deliberative processes into economic policymaking.
Read MoreCharter elaborated by the Portuguese Network of Local Authorities that sets basic paramethers for the quality of PB implementation.
Read MoreVideo about the first PB process in Grenoble, France in 2015.
Read MoreThis report sums up the current state of our understanding of PB. It focuses on several important aspects of PB and how it has evolved in the past twenty years, including conditions for implementation, impacts, and the role of technology, with an emphasis on the Global South.
Read MoreAn example of the operating rules of PB, from the city of Macaé, in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil (2010).
Read MoreA guide for using random selection in processes involving citizen participation.
Read MoreA video featuring highlighting from the first year of the Local Initiatives Support Program in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Russia, that implements PB with the support of the World Bank.
Read MoreA paper proposing the creation of "sortition chambers" on all administrative levels — from a chamber at the same level as the present-day Spanish Congress and Senate down to sortition chambers for each municipality.
Read MoreAdvocacy booklet explaining PB and its benefits. Material developed by the Centre d'Écologie Urbaine de Montréal in partnership with the Participatory Budgeting Project and Des Villes Pour Tous.
Read MoreA manual for implementing PB in Cameroon, with specific advice for community engagement and mediation.
Read MoreThis book documents how the Porto Alegre Participatory Budget came into being and how this form of managing public resources was built from the beginning: conflicts, contradictions, difficulties, and solutions that arose in the course of its construction.
Read MoreA guide to support the adoption of PB by municipalities in Mozambique, including planning, implementation, and evaluation.
Read MoreWebsite of Portugal's Youth Participatory Budget program including a video, news articles, and winning projects.
Read MoreBook edited by the Paulo Freire Institute that explores themes like citizenship, citzen participation, and social education in relation to participatory budgeting.
Read MoreCase study of PB in Rosario, Argentina including origin, design, and level and demographics of participation.
Read MoreVideo 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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