Participatory Budgeting in Edinburgh

The City of Edinburgh Council has produced a series of videos under the title Participatory Budgeting in Edinburgh film.

The first video produced under the title covers PB more generally, outlining the benefits of PB for projects, communities and democracy.

Participatory budgeting (PB) allows communities to be directly involved in decisions on the priorities and spending of public budgets. In Edinburgh, PB has been implemented since 2010. As an approach it can offer significant benefits in increasing community participation, improving the effectiveness of public spending and promoting greater community cohesion.

Subsequent videos look at PB in Edinburgh from three different perspectives – The Funder, The Voter and The Project.  They include the perspectives of a number of people on PB, including community members taking part, practitioners organising the process and, crucially, people who benefit from the services that are funded.

The Funder

Uploaded by Edinburgh Council on 2017-06-08.

The Voter

Uploaded by Edinburgh Council on 2017-06-08.

The Project

Uploaded by Edinburgh Council on 2017-06-08.