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Slides used by Alan Budge, PB Partners at the Big Local spring event in Manchester, Birmingham Nottingham and Newcastle, organised as part of the Local Trust programme of networking and learning events for Big Local residents. The events took place on 7, 8, 13 and 21 May 2014.
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Participatory Budgeting
What is Participatory Budgeting?
• Participatory Budgeting directly involves local people in making decisions on the spending and priorities for a defined public budget. This means engaging residents and community groups to discuss spending priorities, make spending proposals, and vote on them, as well as giving local people a role in the scrutiny and monitoring of the process’
OR
Local people decide how to allocate part of a public budget’
‘If it feels like we have decided ---- it’s PB. If it feels like someone else has decided, it isn’t.’
Brazilian resident involved in PB
ORIGINS OF PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING
Began in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 1980s – city of 1.5m people
End of military dictatorship and election of Workers’ Party
DEVELOPMENT OF PB
Now in 300+ cities worldwide, including Latin America, Canada, USA and over 25 in EuropeIdentified as good practise by international institutions, including World Bank, UNESCO, OECD, UN Habitat prize, and DFID
175 + examples of UK pilots
Links with government ‘localism’ agenda
Possible PB Models
1. Small grants allocation
2. Mainstream Investment
SMALL GRANTS ALLOCATION
• A grants pot /initiative funding-community chest, NRF funds etc
• Bidders for the money present proposals to residents, who vote on which to support (eg Sunderland, Bradford, Newcastle)
• Limited impact or link to mainstream• But very effective at
engaging/enthusing local people
Mainstream Investment
Move towards allocating substantial sums of mainstream funds via PB
- Newcastle £2.25m – Childrens’ Fund- Tower hamlets £2.4m from mainstream budgets to ‘top up’ existing themed provision – voted on by residents
PB and the Big Local
• (From the Local Trust Website)
• ‘Communities will be better able to identify local needs and take action in response to them’
• The Big Local is not about ‘Your Local Authority (etc) telling you what to do’.
PB and the Big Local feedback from work so
far: Walsall PB training day Develop PB in out BL plan: Embed PB within Mossley Big Local
• Hope to incorporate grants model into our BL plan annually
• I hope to advocate PB to my BL area
Oldham Big Local
‘Our PB process is well under way – with thanks to PB partners for your
invaluable advice and support’
Fiona Jones, Oldham Big Local.
The participatory budget of Icapui, Brazil.
Left column reads Where the money comes from…
One on the right reads What the money is spent for…
Below it says When the administration is transparent, everything works smoothly…
I approached this as a local officer would, who thought I was in charge and I knew best. I was very firmly told by the residents that I wasn’t in charge and I didn’t know best – and they were absolutely right.’
Stuart Pudney: Deputy Chief Executive, Yorks Police Authority
The PB process has changed (for the better) out of all recognition our relationship with local officers and members
Chris Parsons: local resident
DVD
PB – ‘The story so far’
Then questions/comments etc
Group Exercise
• Newplace Local Authority has made available £100,000 of funds, to be allocated using a pilot PB process.
• Money can be used for any purpose that promotes community Well-being The programme to be
completed during one financial year.
Group exercise
• Devise and design:
• Key components for PB event .
• Timeline for process
• Use 3 stages
• Before - During - After the event.
PB small grants model – key components - 1
Create a Steering/Planning Group
• Representing key stakeholders
• To manage the process
Key components - 2
Secure Funds
• to allocate to projects
• to cover process costs - event, publicity etc
Key components - 3
Devise Workplan
• Resources needed: time & money
• Timetable/calendar of event
Timeline trade-off between lead time to organise event & enough time to spend money
Link to funders budgetary decision timescales crucial especially with mainstream PB
Key components - 4
5) Develop Publicity Strategy / Brand Name
Key components – 5
Invite Project Ideas From Local People / Service Providers
- Develop ideas into viable projects in consultation with voluntary & statutory service providers who will deliver them.
Key components – 6
Invite Service Users & ‘Deliverers’ to
Decision Day
PR strategy to include effective ways of creating awareness/engaging service users
Key components– 7
Decision Day
Where projects are voted on/scored by residents.
Projects scoring highest receive funding
Key components – 8
Funding Distribution
Successful projects get contracts
Monitoring guidelines established
Key components – 9
Project Delivery Monitoring & Scrutiny
Scrutiny might involve:
Residents/Service Users
Board members and Staff
Key components – 10
Evaluation
In house
External
PB Partners
www.pbpartners.org.uk
m. 07795 307817
