Knowing what citizens want is not enough Citizens are often asked questions about their vision and priorities. They are asked about what services are important to them and how satisfied they are with current performance....
It will be worth keeping an eye on how community budgeting develops in the UK. The service delivery landscape is quite different from Australia but potentially some transferable lessons from this experience. Certainly the increasing...
Participatory budgeting is a way of engaging citizens in the real choices in all or part of a local government’s budget. The Journal of Public Deliberation has an issue dedicated to participatory budgeting. In a...
An interesting example of participatory budgeting in Canada Bay, NSW http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/power-to-the-people-as-they-take-on-their-councils-budget-20120727-22z96.html