Singing, dancing and even a few tears - not something you might expect from a public decision making process but it was clear from the outset that the ‘Carers Voice, Carers Choice’ event in Perth was going to be something very different. We
Read MoreIn what is a first for Aberdeen City Council, children and young people have been given a vote on how an underspend of £50,000 will be spent on activities in their local community.
Read MorePublic Agenda in the USA has released 15 key metrics for evaluation and a toolkit to provide common measures of success in participatory budgeting (PB). The North American PB Research Board, in collaboration with the USA based PB Project helped to develop these tools. The methodology used ‘will have universal application, even outside the USA and Canada’.
You can find out more and download the toolkit here.
PB Scotland is looking to cover 6-8 future PB initiatives, capturing the enthusiasm, innovation and learning and sharing it on the website. We want to attend any live events, interview people involved and record the process using written, audio-visual and social media.
Read MoreThe Scottish Government's Creating a Fairer Scotland website features the story of MutualGain PB initiative in Manchester, which Community Empowerment Minister Marco Biagi recently visited along with a PB project in Durham.
Read more here.
In March 2015, the Open Government Manifesto, a group of UK based civil society organisations, called for citizen participation in spending 1% of UK public budgets. Registered users on the group's website can support and rate the idea.
Read more here.
A leaflet produced by the Scottish Government to provide background information on participatory budgeting (PB) and an overview of developing PB activity and support across Scotland.
Read the full leaflet here.
This briefing note explains how PB can work in practice, how it contributes to the work of elected members and how elected members can support PB in their communities.
You can read the full report here.
Members of the PB Working Group are working with the Scottish Government to build capacity in Scotland to ensure PB is delivered in a meaningful and sustainable way. Members are Fiona Garven, Scottish Community Development Centre, Angus Hardie, Scottish Community Alliance, Dr. Oliver Escobar, University of Edinburgh, Martin Johnstone, Faith in Community Scotland and Felix Spittal, Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations.
The Scottish Government has collated examples of participatory budgeting from around Scotland in this report, intended to be a working document that will evolve as PB grows across Scotland.
You can read the full report here.
A report on a series of workshops to local authorities in Scotland, delivered in autumn 2014 by PB Partners and commissioned by the Scottish Government.
You can read more here.
Presents the findings of a 2014 participatory budgeting learning event in Glasgow, organised by Scottish Community Development Centre (SCDC) and Faith in Community Scotland, and funded by the Scottish Government’s Community Safety Unit.
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Participatory budgeting in Scotland.
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