The National Participatory Budgeting Strategic Group, which was established to help guide the strategic direction for PB in Scotland, has published its annual report for 2022/23.
Read MoreThe Participation Playbook is an interactive guide to help you successfully advocate for and implement a participatory program for your government or community.
Read MoreThe 1% PB commitment is an agreement between the Scottish Government and COSLA (which represents local authorities in Scotland) that at least 1% of local government budgets should be decided through participatory budgeting.
Read MoreThe National Participatory Budgeting Strategic Group has published a framework for the future of participatory budgeting (PB) in Scotland. The framework sets out shared intentions and ambitions for PB and, looking ahead, outlines a series of priority recommendations to be carried forward.
Read MoreThe report details the activity of the group and the overall development of PB activity during the year.
Read MoreThis report explores how the Scottish Government's ambition for change can be delivered to make Scotland’s democracy more participative and inclusive.
Read MoreThe briefing covers mainstream PB, the role of elected members in PB and key considerations for carrying out PB by local authorities.
Read MoreParticipatory budgeting is one of 10 'Big Ideas' considered by a student-led think
Read MoreThis policy briefing looks what needs to be done for mainstream participatory budgeting to develop further in Scotland.
Read MoreIn April 2017, Populus’s Claudia Chwalisz wrote a report on behalf of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy about citizen engagement in politics and policymaking to present to a delegation of Ukrainian MPs in Kiev.
Read MoreParticipatory budgeting in Scotland.
Participatory budgeting (PB) is a way for people to have a direct say in how local money is spent.
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