www.oidp.net/docs/repo/doc231.pdf
Participatory Budgeting (PB) combines direct democracy with representative democracy; it is a process of democratic deliberation and decision-making, in which ordinary people decide how to allocate part of a municipal or public budget. In PB Cascais, the executive part of the budget highlights and invites all citizens to identify, discuss and prioritise projects for the region, and gives them the power to make real decisions about how money is spent.
The objectives of the Cascais Participatory Budget are to: “Promote informed, active and constructive participation of the inhabitants in the local governance processes; Bring citizens closer to the decision-making bodies, increasing the transparency of government activity; Promote a dynamic and cohesive civil society; and know and respond to the real needs and aspirations of the population.”
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For the rich details and learnings, please see the project publication ‘A City Starts With People’: https://www.oidp.net/docs/repo/doc231.pdf
