participatory
budget
A partnership with the University of Miami
What is Participatory Budgeting?
Participatory budgeting is an activity whereby community members meet to discuss the need for funds to address local issues, debate solutions and establish priorities, propose budgets to fund these correctives, and offer formal budgetary plans to city or county officials.
Nature of the Project
Participatory budgeting is an activity whereby community members meet to discuss the need for funds to address local issues, debate solutions and establish priorities, propose budgets to fund these correctives, and offer formal budgetary plans to city or county officials.
Project Members
The trainers are John Murphy, Scot Evans, Miguel Minutti-Meza, Francisco Delgado, Roger Horne, James Brazil, and Mars Fernández-Burgos. The initial class of community trainees consisted of twelve persons: Lindsay Cain, Joanne Davidson, Anthony Green, Michael Harris, Coretta Hudson, Catanya Jackson, Shanta Maraj, David Michael, Rodrigo Richardson, Ingrid Robinson, Jacqueline St. Jacques, and Samantha Ternelus.
Training Series
Handbook
Participatory budgeting handbook compiled by University of Miami’s interdisciplinary PB team:
Civics 305 by Engage Miami
Presentation about civic engagement in the local Miami context (PDF)
Other Organizations
The Participatory Budgeting Project, Brooklyn
PB Chicago
Participatory Budgeting Oregon
User Participation, Europe
Participatory Budgeting World Atlas
The International Observatory on Participatory Democracy (OIDP)
The North American Students of Cooperation (NASCO)
Further Learning
Video introducing the Participatory Budgeting Project in New York City (Vimeo link)
Reading List
Dive deeper into articles, reports, and books about participatory budgeting:
Useful Links and News
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