The Power of Youth – Young People Setting Local Priorities
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Bids are being invited for a share of £70,000 that is being made available for Youth Work Projects across Angus.
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PB Charter Learning Event: Deliberation, 16th August, Glasgow
/Join us to explore a key feature of the charter at our latest learning event.
Read MoreHow to increase trust in government – PB!
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The World Bank has published research showing that municipalities in Brazil that give citizens the opportunity to voice their preferences on policies and spending collect significantly more local taxes.
Read MoreDemocracy Beyond Elections highlights democratic innovations
/Democracy Beyond Elections is an emerging collaborative campaign to win structural democracy reforms that deepen participatory democracy and civic engagement, beyond and between elections.
Read MoreInformal networking event: 28 June, The Melting Pot, Edinburgh
/Join other PB practitioners for an informal information and networking event.
Read MorePB and the Church of Scotland
/The Church of Scotland has published a new webpage and leaflet which highlights the church's role in supporting PB.
Read MoreNew video shows how US elected officials have been supporting PB
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The video features inputs from a range of elected officials who talk about the impact PB has had in building trust between voters and officials.
Read MoreScottish Government publishes PB evaluation
/The research set out to study the impact of PB on communities, services, local democracy, and tackling inequalities.
Our Money, Our Planet: PB and the environment
/PB Partners are delivering a series of free events across the UK in response to the Climate Change emergency.
Read MoreParticipatory Budgeting: a model for involvement - GDA Event, 25 June
/Come and join the discussions, as GDA members share learning from their Budgeting for Equality phase 2 pilot project.
Read MoreDemocracy Matters conversation analysis published
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The Scottish Government and COSLA have published an analysis of the Democracy Matters consultation, run last year as part of the Local Governance Review.
Read MoreParticipatory Budgeting Fun Day in Milton
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On Saturday 11th May a group of GDA members, supported by GDA, organised the Big Milton Fun day!
Read MoreGlasgow Ward 6 Community Choices website
/Ward 6 Community Choices is a £200,000 project which will make funding available for activities, events and more in Pollokshields, Shawlands & Strathbungo, Craigton, Dumbreck and some neighbouring areas in 2019.
Read MoreParticipatory Budgeting in Indonesia: Past, Present and Future
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This piece reflects on the history and evolution of participatory budgeting in Indonesia across six cities.
Read MoreOnline PB in Reykjavik: making democracy easier and more fun
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As part of their work developing the use of digital participatory budgeting (PB) in Scotland, Demsoc has been sharing inspiring examples of how digital tools have been used for PB around the world. This time they’re looking at Reykjavik’s long-standing PB process. This blog was written with the help of Róbert Bjarnason, who gave them a short interview about Reykjavik’s PB process. Róbert is Chief Exec of Citizens Foundation, a not-for-profit foundation, whose technology has been used in this process. Citizens Foundation are also one of the providers we’ve worked with to support digital PB in Scotland.
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Pollok PB event success sees young people decide on £200k
/Held at the Silverburn Cineworld, the event saw young people vote on the projects important to them.
Read MoreGoing Forward for South Carrick
/Hear from Girvan Youth Trust about their PB process which saw £25,000 to give out in grants of up to £2,500 to groups in South Carrick.
Read MoreParticipatory budgeting on the Knowledge Hub
/The group is a national online platform to connect, discuss, share information and learning around PB.
Read MorePB training survey: what PB Scotland Network members told us
/Earlier in the year we asked the 850 strong PB Scotland Network members to tell us their ideas and thoughts about how we can develop participatory budgeting training in Scotland.
Read MoreLinking Communities runs £100k PB programme in East Renfrewshire
/Linking Communities is an umbrella group made up of representatives from Barrhead, Neilston and Thornliebank
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