This PB Scotland event took place on Monday, 16 February 2026, bringing together 58 participants for presentations and in‑depth discussions on participatory budgeting (PB) at scale.

Paul Nelis form the PB Scotland team reflects on the changing nature of PB in Scotland and how it has strong parallels with the original PB model developed in Brazil in the 1980s.

Participatory budgeting was used to full effect most recently when national and local organisations came together in Inverness for the ‘Your Place, Your Point’ - Participatory Budgeting process.

The City of Edinburgh Council have now been awarded a Green PB Seal for their Green Participatory Budgeting Programme – “The Edinburgh Community Climate Fund” - which was launched in 2023.

PKC have used their recent PB to cover a number of topics, looking at cost of living and the climate recently as a small grants PB.