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  • Belo Horizonte Participatory Budgeting

    Dec 9 '12
    Author: 
    Gino Mendoza

    Summary

     

    Participatory Budgeting (PB) is a process implemented in the 1990s where residents of certain regions can influence how their governments' annual budgets are allocated. After the collapse of its authoritarian regime in the mid 1980s, Brazilians implemented reforms to bolster their economic and political futures through participatory methods. These new democratic practices drastically improved the lives and social infrastructure of its participants.

     

  • Chicago Participatory Budgeting Project

    Jun 3 '10
    Author: 
    Jacqui Mount

    As the first ward-based participatory budgeting experiment in the United States, the Participatory Budgeting Initiative in Chicago's 49th Ward began in November of 2009 with the goal of directly allocating a portion of the Alderman’s capital budget for the 49th Ward by residents. Citizens gathered to discuss, deliberate, and vote into implementation projects totaling $1.3 million dollars. Forming six themed committees of 16-20 residents each, the participants created 36 proposals to better the Ward’s infrastructure.

  • Esta es una plaza

    Sep 18 '11
    Author: 
    Josecotro

    Note:  This article is in need of assistance with editing and content.  Please help us complete it.

    Este articulo necesita ayuda en su edicion y su contenido. Necesita ademas asistencia en la traducción al Inglés. Por favor, nos ayuden a completarlo.

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    ESTA ES UNA PLAZA

    Proyecto de autogestión vecinal del solar urbano de la calle Doctor Fourquet nº 24

    Operarios del Espacio Público:

    Andre Albuquerque – arquitecto

  • FORMOSA - Bosque Modelo Formoseño

    Jan 10 '12
    Author: 
    Josefina Apa

     

    1. Propuesta

     

    Temática: Bosque Modelo Formoseño – Desarrollo Forestal Sustentable en Argentina

    Lugar: Norte de Argentina        

    Inicio: 1998

     

  • High School Participatory Budget (Poitou-Charentes, France)

    Mar 4 '10
    Author: 
    Marion Ben Hammo

    The Poitou-Charentes Region is located in the West of France. It has a population of 1.600.000 inhabitants, which makes it one of the most rural regions in France. In 2005, the executive of the Region Poitou-Charentes implemented the first participatory budgeting at a regional level in Europe.

     

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