The city of Oulu’s 2025 Participatory Budgeting’s voting results have been decided. In April–May, citizens of Oulu voted on which ideas given by the citizens should be implemented with the Participatory Budgeting’s total budget of 240 000 €. “Approximately 40…
In just ten days, 29,651 people gave their support for projects put forward by members of the public, to select which appear on the final ballot. As of the 20th March 2025, users can view the 253 projects that will…
Galway City Council are running a new funding scheme of €25,000 under their newly introduced Participatory Budgeting process. Galway City Council agreed it will designate a percentage of its annual budget for Community Participatory Budgeting. The amount initially determined for…
Extracts from an article from Ramil Abbasov, in Modern Diplomacy magazine, March 2025 “In an era where trust in government is declining and political apathy is on the rise, participatory budgeting (PB) offers a beacon of hope. This democratic innovation…
Yves Cabannes was a leading researcher and practitioner in Participatory Budgeting, and in recent years had been focussing his work on climate themed PB. Over the years he shared with us a number of publications that explore this topic in…
In 2023, People’s Budget Cleveland launched a historic ballot initiative to direct the City of Cleveland to put aside funds equivalent to 2% of the City of Cleveland’s General Fund each year towards participatory budgeting. While the vote was razor…
Across the world and especially in developed countries, there has been a decline in trust in democratic institutions, an increase in political discontent and citizen dissatisfaction, and a resulting decrease in voter turnout. Economic crises, climate disruptions and the COVID-19…
Paris has established the largest Participatory Budget in Europe. In the 2024 year residents of Paris have again been invited to vote on projects, with voting running until the end of September 2024. Climate and environmental improvements have always featured…
The 2019 World Atlas of Participatory Budgeting represents the widest compilation of data to date on PB processes across the planet. It is a collaborative work of more than 70 authors, who voluntarily made themselves available to collect and analyse…
There is a very real desire to make Participatory Budgeting more deliberative and thoughtful. One of the concerns about voting is that it doesn’t force people to think through the options. That PB needs more deliberation. Nevertheless Jez Hall argues that the…