Next Steps for Participatory Budgeting in Scotland event

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Last week (27th March) in Holyrood a PB briefing took place to understand how to effectively facilitate PB in services. This event brought together expert speakers and delegates from community development, engagement and planning backgrounds to understand the opportunities and challenges presented through the process of PB, and how to effectively manage them. Key organisations share learning for best practice, and examine how to ensure that people are given an equal opportunity to participate and have their voice heard in local priorities.

The briefing focused on key issues including:

  • Current policy landscape and next steps for PB

  • Examining how to utilise the Community Choices Fund

  • Understanding the impact of PB on local services and local communities

  • Building capacity and competence for meaningful and sustainable participation within communities, local authorities and partnerships

  • Strategic engagement within 1%

  • Tackling inequalities through PB to ensure that all voices within a given community are represented

  • Learning from and sharing good practice of PB from across Scotland

Key speakers included: 

Presentations of the speakers are available by clicking on the links above. 

Opportunities and challenges for PB discussed at the event can be found here. 

If you attended this event and didn't get the chance to give your feedback on the day, fill out a short survey here. As a thank you, all completed surveys will be entered into a quarterly prize draw and we will announce the winner on Twitter and Facebook at the end of each quarter. Good luck!