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Bounconvento

Jul 13 '11

Author:
enrica pinca
MUNICIPALITY OF BUONCONVENTO: LAND USE PLANNING (VARIANTE AL PIANO STRUTTURALE)
Problem and Purpose
Between February 2009 and March of the same year, the Municipality of Buonconvento (Tuscany, Italy) carried out the participatory process partecip@progetta.bc aimed at updating its Structural Plan; it decided to do so by involving its population in order to solve some critical situations, dealing with 'urban accessibility'.
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Idee In Piazza

Aug 11 '11

Author:
Fb78
Background
Figline Valdarno is an Italian municipality in the Province of Florence, Tuscany, with a population of about 17,000 inhabitants. In 2008 Figline Valdarno celebrated his 1,000th anniversary from his foundation. This represented an opportunity to rethink the evolution of public spaces and their usage. Attention was dedicated to the old town and particularly to the main square. The historical center of Figline is still surrounded by medieval walls and crossed by many narrow streets; its main feature is the medieval market Marsilio Ficino square.
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Medellín, Colombia. Planeación Local y Presupuesto Participativo

Jan 16 '12
Author:
ibarrios
Problems and Purpose
La Planeación Local y Presupuesto Participativo es un proceso democrático de participación ciudadana que tiene dos grandes tareas:
La construcción y aplicación de los Planes de Desarrollo Local en cada comuna y corregimiento.
Y la inversión decidida por los ciudadanos y ciudadanas del 5% anual de todo el presupuesto municipal
La Alcaldía de Medellín lo presenta como ampliación del ejercicio de la democracia porque:
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Participatory budgeting of Arezzo : “I count” (Io conto)

Jun 21 '11

Author:
Mailyspineau
Purpose and Problems
The purpose of the event which took place in Arezzo was to arouse citizens' interest in the district life and improve the knowledge of local administration, with the global aim of consolidating the link between citizens & institutions and between citizens themselves (creating a feeling of community and a shared awareness of responsibility).
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YOUTH PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING IN COLLE DI VAL D’ELSA

Jul 13 '11

Author:
Beppe88
As the first participatory budgeting experiment ever carried out in Colle di Val d’Elsa, this PB process began in November 2009, with the goal of directly entrusting part of the municipal budget to young residents – ranging from 16 to 25 years of age. During formal and other autonomously self-organized meetings, the participants gathered to discuss and deliberate on projects aimed to improve activities for the youth, that the city administration committed to implement.
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