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participatory budgeting

Policy briefing – Mainstreaming participatory budgeting: What works in building foundations for a more participatory democracy?

Policy briefing that reviews how participatory budgeting (PB) has become central to advancing three policy agendas in Scotland – public service reform, community empowerment and social justice – and examines the requirements to mainstream PB including the co-production of new systems, new mindsets and ways of working.

Lucy Janes December 10, 2018 Read more

Blog: Continuing to learn from international experiences of participatory budgeting

Coryn took part in took part in an international learning visit to Paris in December 2016. Two years on, she revisited the city to take part in the Third National Meeting of Participatory Budgeting.

Emma Baird November 15, 2018 Read more

Participatory budgeting

Our work on participatory budgeting (PB) explores how PB supports public service reform and participation in democracy and decision-making.

Emma Baird November 1, 2018 Read more

Participatory budgeting – our impact

How What Works Scotland has inspired, informed and facilitated developments in participatory budgeting, locally, nationally and internationally.

Lucy Janes October 10, 2018 Read more

Webinar: Participatory budgeting and its potential for community empowerment and social justice

Audio, slides and transcription from a webinar which looked what needs to happen to ensure that the mainstreaming of PB simultaneously carves out space for more complex participatory and deliberative processes in local government decision-making.

Lucy Janes October 1, 2018 Read more

Blog: Closing the commissioning gap: Supporting community and social enterprise through participatory budgeting

Guest blogger Jez Hall, from PB Partners, discusses the potential role of participatory budgeting in future community service provision. Published May 2015.

Emma Baird July 11, 2018 Read more

Blog: Scotland and international experiences of scaling-up participatory budgeting

Giovanni Allegretti from the University of Coimbra in Portugal, writes about his experiences of a What Works Scotland seminar in June 2016 focused on participatory democracy. The seminar explored Scotland’s experiences and what goes on worldwide,

Emma Baird July 11, 2018 Read more

Blog: Beyond cynicism and complacency – Participatory budgeting in Scotland

Oliver Escobar outlines how, by February 2015, participatory budgeting is gaining momentum in Scotland and the cross-party support for its aims.

Emma Baird July 11, 2018 Read more

New material on participatory budgeting in Scotland and impact on health and wellbeing

A chapter in a new book about participatory budgeting world-wide examines how PB relates to public sector reform, community empowerment and social justice in Scotland.

Emma Baird July 5, 2018 2018, Oliver Escobar, participatory budgeting Read more

Hope for Democracy: Participatory Budgeting in Scotland

Book chapter about participatory budgeting in Scotland and its interplay with public service reform, community empowerment and social justice in a global survey of 30 years of participatory budgeting.

Lucy Janes July 4, 2018 Read more
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What Works Scotland was an initiative to improve the way local areas in Scotland use evidence to make decisions about public service development and reform. It explored how public services could start to work towards the recommendations of the Christie Commission on the Future Delivery of Public Services and the Scottish Government’s priorities for reform. ...

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