participatory budget ... by a MeetUp Beppe Grillo
Isabella Leoni (cons. Castrocaro City of the Sun and Earth)
Participatory budgeting is a form of direct participation in the political life of the city .
Participation can be understood on a territorial basis (considering the different municipal districts), or on a thematic basis (considering the different professions and different sectors of production).
The canonical way is this:
priorities that emerged from the office of citizenship -------> ----------> budget planning ------------- -> approval came
In Italy participatory budgeting has taken root in the late 90s and especially in the center of our peninsula. For
Udine is in place even a training course to learn how to implement a democratic participation.
Pier Paolo Fanesi (Head of the participatory policies City of Groton)
Fanesi is the author of a thesis on participatory budgeting and its skills at the service of the Marche town of Groton, unique in Italy for this model of municipal management.
Groton, a town of 15,000 inhabitants, known as participatory budgeting since 1994, when the civil list "Solidarity and Participation" began his successful experience in government that lasts, now, for three terms.
The example of Groton is a model in Italy and Europe and is inspired by the first experience of participatory budgeting that has been the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre.
It was thought that only situations of high tension and high social critical issues such as the Brazilian city, could be fertile ground suitable for the root of participatory budgeting, but it completely contradicted by the case of Groton, which with its tourism and its nursery place can be regarded as enjoying the social and economic welfare.
Political aspect
-urban movement in the city government: Solidarity and participation (citizens from all walks of political and social)
-III consecutive term since 1994
-Trend dichotomous election of the town: the administrative prevails left, the the right policies
Policy
- Size
financial - not only aspects of neighborhood
- Presence a cyclical
- Moments deliberative
- Clear rules and modifiable (no statutes, so the elasticity)
The first building blocks of participatory budgeting are the District Committees of the participatory budgeting cycle
2003-2007
Assemblies - -> Participatory Table of District Assemblies
---> Drafting and approval of the budget
The first problem is that local institutions of communication: able to gather the attention of the city, already distracted by the chaos of advertising and media bombardment to which is subjected to. Therefore, the campaign was a time when the civil list has had to commit much to come up with valid forms of propaganda.
it was realized that the level of participation, even in the same city, is higher in areas where there are major problems and tends to fall once they are resolved.
then we realized that, contrary to what critics think of participatory budgeting, citizens will never ask too much, usually the city applies the same cost to the community that uses it in his house.
A certain positive effect is that with the presence of this increased political modus operandi, from the people, sensitivity toward the social rather than to urban planning. Another fact
really surprising thing is that as many as 89% of the requests come from citizens have been realized thanks to this formula.
limits of participatory budgeting
- Continuous cuts in local
- Just distribution of resources
- Participation occasional
addition participatory budgeting
- Problem-solving
- General
Master Plan - Meeting on Wednesdays (time decision, which involved as individuals, not as associations, parties, etc.. in order to give everyone the same chance)
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Programme Agreement - Planning interventions
- regulatory policy
New position of political
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Accountability - Responsiveness
Risks process
- Get Fashion
- Use propaganda
Critical issues and obstacles
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estrangement from politics - lobbying
- Not exportable model
- Absence of certain social strata (no young people and foreigners)
- Opposition parties
Issues
- Formalize the process
- Involvement of the administrative structure
- A technical process or political considerations
Latest
- Do not stretch the time
- It is not logical for professionals
- No
unlimited resources - the Internet has only an information, communication and there are, for example, tools for online voting (Fanesi think that the communication through the PC is likely to create barricades ruling between the writer, while, if carried out orally, any discussion is enhanced by greater mutual understanding and a greater willingness to also change the point of view)
Contact: Pier Paolo
Fanesi
0735739247
fanesipaolo@yahoo.it
Major Participatory budgeting is a scholar of John Allen.
is a very interesting document to examine these issues, by him, directly from the meetup in Udine: http://files.meetup.com/209309/BilancioPartecipativo.pdf
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