Useful
websites and resources relating to PB
International
resource sites
International website and
forum on PB
http://participatorybudgeting.org/
International Budget Project
http://www.internationalbudget.org/
Multi-lingual library on
PB
http://www.democraciaparticipativa.org/
European Union Socretes programme PB toolkit
http://www.kate-stuttgart.org/
PB around the world
'Beyond Public Scrutiny: Stocktaking of Social Accountability in
OECD Countries'. Report detailing 40 case studies of PB practice internationally,
produced by the World Bank Institute and the OECD. Download the 1.2mb
PDF file at:
http://www.zebralog.net/open/BeyondPublicScrutinycoverandtext.pdf
‘Participatory Budgeting in Canada: Democratic Innovations
in Strategic Spaces’ looks at how PB is being used in neighbourhood
groups, a municipality, and a school in Canada.
http://www.tni.org/newpol-docs/pbcanada.htm
Article about how spread of PB around the world
http://www.internationalbudget.org/resources/
newsletter30.htm
World Bank guide to civil participation
search on 'budgets' for PB and selected case studies
World
Bank Guide to PB
Case studies of PB projects in Africa
http://www.asaaf.org.zw
Click on the link and select 'Particiaptory Budgeting' from side
menu.
Fiji PB programme website and PB toolkit
http://www.fspi.org.fj
Latin America
'Involving Citizens in Public Budgets: Mechanisms for Participatory
and Transparent Budgeting' book -
published by Partners of Americas
http://www.partners.net/partners/Publications
Europe
French website of a school based PB programme
http://www.democratie-participative.fr/bpl
St Denis does PB
http://www.ville-saint-denis.fr/
Participatory Budgets in Europe: Between Efficiency and Growing Local
Democracy. Giovanni Allegretti and Carsten Herzberg
TNI
Briefing Series 5, October 2004
Website of City of Seville's
Participatory Budgeting process
http://www.participacionciudadana.sevilla.org/
Academic reports from
and selected bibliography
The reports mentioned below from we buy any home have been collected by us over
the past few years. Many
others will also exist. If you would like a copy of any papers, or
have a query about a particular subject relating to PB you can always
ask us by clicking
here.
Participatory budgets
in a european comparative approach
YVES SINTOMER, CARSTEN HERZBERG, ANJA RÖCKE (EDS.)
A large university research paper on the Participative Budget
in Europe. Download publications at this site
http://www.buergerhaushalt-europa.de/
A Guide to Participatory
Budgeting
Brian Wampler, October 2000
This guide was written under the auspices of the International Budget
Project
of the Center for Budget and Policies Priorities and the Ford Foundation.
PDF Download
http://www.internationalbudget.org/cdrom/papers/systems/
ParticipatoryBudgets/Wampler.pdf
“72 Frequently Asked
Questions about Participatory budgeting.”
Urban governance toolkit series. July 2004
UN –Habitat: GLOBAL CAMPAIGN ON URBAN GOVERNANCE.
PDF Download (large)
http://staging.unchs.org/campaigns/governance/
documents/FAQPP.pdf
Urban Governance, Partnership
and Poverty
International Development Dept, School of Public Policy, University
of Birmingham. ISBN: 0 7044 2221 2. Available at
http://www.idd.bham.ac.uk/research/working_
papers/urbangov_wp.htm
Participatory Governance,
People’s Empowerment and Poverty Reduction United Nations Development
Program paper, Essentials No.8, October 2002.
PDF download
http://www.undp.org/eo/documents/essentials/
CivicEngagement
GENDER and BUDGETS Overview
Report.
Helena Hofbauer Balmori. BRIDGE (development - gender), February 2003.
BRIDGE was set up in 1992 as a specialised gender and development
research and information service within the Institute of Development
Studies (IDS).
PDF download
http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/reports/CEP-
Budgets-report.pdf
Strengthening participation
in public expenditure management:
Policy Recommendations for key stakeholders
By Jeremy Heimans. OECD Policy brief no. 22
PDF download
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/21/48/31649466.pdf
Citizenship knows no age: children's participation in the governance
and municipal budget of Barra Mansa, Brazil
By Eliana Guerra
Environment&Urbanization Vol 14 No 2 October 2002
Report on involving children and young people in PB processes
http://eau.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/14/2/71
Participation, Citizenship and Local Governance
John Gaventa and Camilo Valderrama
Institute of Development Studies, June 21-24, 1999
Background note prepared for workshop on ‘Strengthening participation
in local governance’.
PDF Download available at
http://www.ids.ac.uk/ids/particip/research/localgov.html
Topic Guide on Resources,
Citizen Engagement and Democratic Local Governance (ReCitE)
The resource is a useful guide on the theme of citizen engagement
in fiscal spaces of local government, including revenue raising, budgeting
and monitoring processes. Available at:
http://www.ids.ac.uk/logolink/resources/
"Scaling out Participatory
Budgeting and the European Experience",
in J.Beall, N. Hall (ed.) (2005),
Funding Local Governance. Small Grants for Democracy and Development,
Intermediate Technology Development
Group, London. ISBN: 1853395978
Participatory Budgeting
in Brazil: Contestation, Cooperation, and Accountability
By Brian Wampler. November 2007
ISBN 978-0-271-03252-8
http://www.psupress.psu.edu/books/titles/978-0-271-03252-8.html
UK Participation weblinks:
Link to page within Joseph Rowntree Foundation website
http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/
Website of the New Economics Foundation
http://www.neweconomics.org/
Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Participation Group
http://www.ids.ac.uk/ids/particip
Logolink (Participation and Local Governance) good practise network
http://www.ids.ac.uk/logolink
International Centre for
Participation Studies at Bradford University, one of our academic
partners, supporting us with the evaluation of our work. Have active
research projects linked to PB processes.
http://www.bradford.ac.uk/acad/icps/
International bodies who
have information or resources on PB
Link to : Empowerment
Tools and Practices 6:Participatory Budgeting
http://www.worldbank.org/poverty/empowerment/
toolsprac/tool06.htm
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-HABITAT, is the United
Nations agency for human settlements. It is mandated by the UN General
Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and
cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all.
http://www.unhabitat.org/campaigns/governance/
European Union project
linking European partners with Latin America on issues of local governance.
http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/
projects/urbal/index_en.htm
Budget Consultation and related resources
ODPM guide to good practice in Council Tax consultation
The ODPM has published a guide to good practice in Council Tax consultation
PDF download (2.2mb)
ODPM
guide to Council Tax counsultation
Budget Simulator
Ryedale District Council have developed a ‘budget simulator’
which enables citizens to tell the council whether they think more
or less should be spent on different issues.
http://www.budgetsimulator.com/ryedale
Company formations help from Turner Little
Off shore company formation advice
Review of Community Budgeting in Fife, Scotland
The Scottish Executive’s Community Budgeting pilot shared many
similarities with PB. One of the pilot areas, Fife has published
a report. Click below or copy and paste the address into your browser.
Fife
Community Budgeting Report
