Voting opens in Tallinn’s 2025 Participatory Budget
Voting is now open for Tallinn’s 2025 participatory budget. All residents aged 14 and above can choose 3 ideas. A total of €1 million has been earmarked in the city budget for implementing the winning projects. Of this amount, 75 percent is distributed equally among the districts, with the remaining 25 percent allocated based on the number of residents in each district.
Tallinn is the capital city of Estonia and had been running a PB programme for many years. Participatory Budgeting in Estonia began around 2012, and by 2016 had spread to over 20 local government areas. Launching their latest round, Mayor Jevgeni Ossinovski (SDE) said: “Today marks the start of the participatory budget vote, which gives Tallinn residents the opportunity to take part in shaping the city’s living environment,“.
“This year’s proposals clearly reflect people’s wish to move more and spend time outdoors. The options include ball courts, low rope courses, and outdoor gyms. Among the new and exciting ideas are an adult playground, a children’s fantasy park, a community pizza oven, and exercise equipment installed at bus stops,” said Lea Vutt, project manager of the participatory budget at Tallinn’s Urban Environment and Public Works Department.
Voting is open between the 2nd and 22nd of September 2025.
Find out more about Tallinn’s PB process on the online voting platform
Read a report of the early development of PB by the Estonian E-governance academy