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What Works Scotland

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participatory budgeting

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

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

Blog: Knowing How – Putting Research into Practice

Coryn Barclay, Research Consultant at Fife Council, blogs about how research is the ‘secret weapon in public service reform’.

Emma Baird July 2, 2018 Read more

Blog: The Economics of Prevention and Difficult Decisions for Community Planning Partnerships in Scotland

Claire Bynner, research associate at What Works Scotland, reflects on a seminar held by What Works Scotland on 25 March 2015 on the economics of prevention, specifically on community planning partnerships and health.

Emma Baird July 2, 2018 Read more

See the PB conference report and videos – online now

See the reports, thoughts and reactions from the first major participatory budgeting conference in Scotland, which brought together almost 200 people in October 2016 to learn about participatory budgeting (PB) and see how it can help shape democracy in Scotland and beyond.

Lucy Janes November 2, 2016 community empowerment, launch, participatory budgeting, partner event, WWS presenting 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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