Participatory Budgeting Self-Evaluation Toolkit
/This guidance and the accompanying tools are designed to address the issue of capacity to evaluate, and also to ensure that the evaluation meets local need.
Read MoreParticipatory Budgeting Community Councils webinar
/The Improvement Service is hosting a free webinar on Participatory Budgeting for community councillors on Wednesday 15th November from 6pm to 7pm
Read More8 Steps to Delivering a Successful Small Grants PB Process
/In this article, we’re going to set out the basic steps of how to run a successful small grants PB process – and share links to some useful resources and tips.
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Guide to Evaluating the Wellbeing impacts of Participatory Budgeting
/This new guide and toolkit reflects on recent experiences of Participatory Budgeting (PB) within the Gwent area of Wales, from early 2020 to January 2023.
Read MoreDigital Platform Ratings
/To help users decide which online participation platform to choose, People Powered have rated the leading options in three categories according to six criteria.
Read MoreGuide to Digital Participation Platforms
/This guide explains key features of these civic-tech tools, shares lessons learned from users around the world, suggests best practices, and offers several practical resources to guide selection and implementation.
Read MoreParticipation Playbook
/The Participation Playbook is an interactive guide to help you successfully advocate for and implement a participatory program for your government or community.
Read MoreParticipatory Policy-Making Toolkit
/This toolkit provides an overview of participatory democracy practices focused on policy-making, shares the results of a participatory policy-making (PPM) process
Read MoreCOSLA and Scottish government announce PB milestone reached
/COSLA and the Scottish government have announced that Scottish Councils have reached the milestone of spending 1% of their budgets through participatory budgeting (PB) process.
Read MoreWhat is the 1% local government participatory budgeting commitment?
/The 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 MorePB Framework - National PB Strategic Group→
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The 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 MoreEvidence and Ideas: A in-depth guide to PB in schools→
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This resource looks at Participatory budgeting (PB) in schools from a Scottish and international perspective. It presents insights to the common school themes and points towards useful resources for practitioners.
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Green PB in Scotland→
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Green PB is a way for people to make direct decisions about how budgets are spent addressing climate change and reducing our carbon footprints.
Read MoreResearch: Supporting Community Access to Digital PB Tools in Scotland→
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Democratic Society and Scottish Community Development Centre hosted an exploratory and discovery research project to understand what community digital participatory budgeting could look like for communities in the future.
Read MoreAberdeenshire pupils use PB for climate action
/Aberdeenshire pupils have been involved in a participatory budgeting process which has seen 27 projects related to climate change and carbon reduction.
Read MoreEvent report: Growing PB through Digital Tools – 22 June 2023
/On 22 June PB practitioners joined the online Growing PB through Digital Tools workshop to hear from 3 PB approaches which used digital tools to reach out to a wider audience and involve them in budget decisions.
Read MoreDigital PB tools - Learning event and new guide
/Last week we brought together PB Scotland members to explore how digital tools are supporting PB activity across Scotland.
The event featured three excellent presentations from Young Scot, Edinburgh Council and Renfrewshire Council - you can watch videos and these informative inputs, and view the learning and knowledge shared, in this event report.
We've also published a new guide which highlights some of the key tools you can use to carry out digital PB in Scotland. From all-in-one platforms to useful individual tools, this guide is a starting point to explore what works best for you.
PB Scotland Guide: Digital Tools for PB→
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This resource highlight some useful digital tools which can support a Participatory Budgeting process - from complete solutions to useful individual tools.
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