BalticSeaRegion, EmPaci, InterregBSR, projects

EmPaci “Municipal Participatory Budgeting in the Baltic Sea Region” -online session on 18th of March

Welcome to the first ever “Municipal Participatory Budgeting in the Baltic Sea Region” -online networking afternoon on the 18th of March (18.3.2021) at 13.00-16:30 (UTC +2). Many municipalities and other stakeholders are currently planning or implementing participatory budgeting (PB) in the Baltic Sea Region. As PB is a joint effort,...

BalticSeaRegion, InterregBSR, projects

EmPaci project involved in the virtual IRSPM Conference 2021 with a panel on participatory budgeting

Panel No. 16 of the virtual IRSPM Conference 2021 will be held on 20 – 23 April 2021 called for papers.  Corresponding chair: Dr. Ellen Haustein, University of Rostock (Germany) - EmPaci Lead Partner .  Panel co-chairs - EmPaci Partners: Peter C. Lorson, Dr., University of Rostock (Germany)  Jaroslav Dvorak, PhD,...

InterregBSR, projects

Inspiring read about the participatory budget and participatory democracy #EmPaci

As in our EmPaci Interreg Baltic Sea Region project, we aim to get more municipalities involved and mobilise different types of citizens via building municipal capacities, transnational clusters and cooperation among municipalities and their citizens, we recommend to you this article: "To Support Democracy, Foundations Must Practice Democracy" avaiable here: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/to-support-democracy-foundations-must-practice-democracy/...

BalticSeaRegion, EmPaci, EUSBSR, InterregBSR, NGOs, projects

Sharpen The Focus: Identify Process Steps Of Participatory Budgeting #EmPaci

Following a Status Quo Analysis of participatory budgeting (PB) in the Baltic Sea Region, the “Empowering Participatory Budgeting in the Baltic Sea Region” (EmPaci) project introduces its second project output targeting administrative staff, local councillors and other decision-makers in local governments in the BSR. The document “PB Type Groups” aims...

BalticSeaRegion, EmPaci, InterregBSR, NGOs, Post, projects

“Participatory Budgeting in the BSR: Status Quo Analysis” is ready #EmPaci

After long and detailed work on the #EmPaci the first results are ready to be presented - the Analysis of the Status Quo of the Civic Budget in the Baltic Sea Region countries!To give an idea of how participatory budgeting can be implemented, this report provides information on the current state of...