Operationalization of participatory budgeting (ROTMR0002)
Overview
At-a-Glance
Action Plan: Action plan – Timișoara, Romania, 2022 – 2024
Inception Report Summary: Inception Report – Action plan – Timișoara, Romania, 2022 – 2024
Commitment Start: Apr 2022
Commitment End: Apr 2024
Institutions involved:
- Municipality of Timisoara
- Timisoara Intercultural Institute
- Timis County Youth Foundation (FITT)
Primary Policy Area:
Primary Sector:
OGP Value:
- Civic Participation
- Technology and Innovation for Transparency and Accountability
- Public Accountability
- Access to information
Inception Report Summary
Verifiable: Yes
Relevance to OGP Values: Yes
The commitment is a new regulation, policy, practice or requirement.
The commitment activities will result in a change of the rules, practices or policies that govern a policy area, public sector and/or relationship between citizens and is binding or institutionalized across government or specific institution(s).
Description
Commitment ID
ROTMR0002
Commitment Title
Operationalization of participatory budgeting
Problem
So far, this concept has not been implemented by Timisoara Municipality at the level of the general population, the citizens having few opportunities to influence the spending the local budget. At the same time, the level of engagement of citizens in the decision-making processes in the local administration is low.
Status quo
Very low level of response and engagement in public debates and open consultations (less than 0.2%)
Action
Participatory budgeting is a tool used to engage citizens in setting priorities for a predefined amount of the local budget. The overall objective of this commitment is to increase the engagement of citizens in identifying community priorities and spending local budget.
A 2.1. Experience exchange with other cities
A 2.2. Participatory budgeting regulation and methodology
A 2.3. Digital participatory budgeting tool
A 2.4. Execution of participatory budgeting process, with attention to communication and representativeness
A 2.5. Transparent information on how the participatory budget is used
How will the commitment contribute to solving the public problem described above?
- Comparative study of at least 3 other models from other cities both in the country and abroad
- Elaboration and approval in the Local Council of the regulations for the Participatory Budget Campaign
- Attracting 4 representatives of the civil society in the Commission of Participatory Budget Campaign
- Attracting up to 4 local partners, NGOs to support the dissemination of the Campaign
- Launched a digital platform adapted to the local participatory budgeting model
- Identified and implemented at least 7 projects proposed and voted by citizens in the first edition of the Campaign
- Attracting about 1% of the city's population in the first edition of the participatory budget campaign (initiators, contributors to proposals and - / or voters)
What long-term goal as identified in your Open Government Strategy does this commitment relate to?
This commitment relates to the long term goal of increasing civic participation.
Primary Policy Area
Digital Governance, Fiscal Openness
Primary Sector
Public Services (general)
What OGP value is this commitment relevant to?
| Civic Participation | The participatory budget is an instrument used to increase civic participation by engaging citizens in setting priorities for a predefined amount of the local budget. |
| Technology and Innovation for Transparency and Accountability | There will be an online platform created for this initiative where citizen can follow the process step by step and engage by either register a proposal, comment on others' proposals or vote for those projects they support and want to be implemented. |
| Public Accountability | How do we spend the city budget together |
| Access to information | About public budget, citizens' priorities, results/impact generated by the selected and implemented projects |