Since 2016, Gdańsk University of Technology has invited its employees and students to submit proposals for a share of 500,000 zlotys (approx. $130,000 USD). GUT is the first university to institute PB in Poland, and 21 projects have been funded and completed as of 2019.
CASE
Participatory Budgeting at Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland
October 31, 2019 | Scott Fletcher Bowlsby |
- Specific Topics
- Budget - Local
- Scope of Influence
- Organization
- Start Date
- Ongoing
- Yes
- Time Limited or Repeated?
- Repeated over time
- Purpose/Goal
- Develop the civic capacities of individuals, communities, and/or civil society organizations
- Make, influence, or challenge decisions of private organizations
- Approach
- Co-governance
- Citizenship building
- Spectrum of Public Participation
- Involve
- Open to All or Limited to Some?
- Limited to Only Some Groups or Individuals
- Recruitment Method for Limited Subset of Population
- Captive Sample
- Targeted Demographics
- Students
- General Types of Methods
- Public budgeting
- General Types of Tools/Techniques
- Manage and/or allocate money or resources
- Specific Methods, Tools & Techniques
- Participatory Budgeting
- Legality
- Yes
- Type of Organizer/Manager
- Academic Institution
- Type of Funder
- Academic Institution