This month we are delivering to you best practice and news from our Polish project partner, Municipality of BIELSKO-BIAŁA. "I'm submitting a project"- consultation point of the Participatory Budget 2021. EmPaci pilot testing! The eighth edition of the Bielsko-Biała Participatory Budget 2021 is beginning. This is another chance for the...
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Best practice in participatory budgeting from Latvia – Vidzeme Region (EmPaci)
Vidzeme Planning Region continues to strengthen the citizen participation in the region In March 2020, Vidzeme Planning Region announced a cultural project competition “Vidzeme culture program” implemented already for the thirteenth year in a row. It aims to promote the balanced development of cultural and art sectors and the preservation...
Train the Trainer – Participation Requires Training (EmPaci)
Previously published at LAB-innovations -blog 8.4.2020: EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT ECOSYSTEMS FOR INNOVATIONS Picture 1. Participation requires a new kind of understanding and skillset from those working in municipalities. Methods and communication can be practiced and developed to make participation a natural part of everyday work. Photo: Annukka Heinonen. There are 310 different...
Participatory budgeting in Russia – best practice from EmPaci project
Please read some best practice information on participatory budgeting processes in Russia provided by our EmPaci Interreg Baltic Sea Region project partner from Russia. In Russia the development of Participatory Budgeting (PB) started in 2007 with the emergence of the first practices of citizens' participation in decision making on budget...
Making Participatory Budgeting ”PB” Familiar to the Citizens of Lahti – Pilot Starting in the Spring 2020
What would your dream home municipality be like? The inhabitants of Lahti get to develop their municipality through PB in 2020. Finnish municipalities have been quite active in taking up participatory budgeting “PB” where inhabitants get a chance to take part in dividing finances in their home municipality. A third...
