Promoting Participatory Budgeting (FI0004)
Overview
At-a-Glance
Action Plan: Finland Action Plan 2013-2014
Action Plan Cycle: 2013
Status:
Institutions
Lead Institution: NA
Support Institution(s): NA
Policy Areas
Fiscal Openness, Local Commitments, Public Participation, Public Participation in Budget/Fiscal PolicyIRM Review
IRM Report: Finland End-of-Term Report 2013–2015, Finland 2013-2015 IRM End of Term Report, Finland Progress Report 2013-2014
Early Results:
Major
Design i
Verifiable: No
Relevant to OGP Values: Yes
Ambition (see definition): Low
Implementation i
Description
Starting from the year 1 of the Action Plan information about existing national and interna- tional practices and experiments as well as experiences of participatory budgeting will be spread. A possibility to create an open, game-like application to citizens for alternative budgeting in government and municipalities will be studied. Municipalities interested in pi- loting participatory budgeting will be searched for. As part of the comprehensive reform of the Local Government Act the possibility of promoting participatory budgeting by legisla- tive measures will be evaluated. In addition a pilot government agency, willing to put a part of the appropriation (e.g. 1 %) to be budgeted in a participatory process, will be studied.