25 Questions on Initiative Budgeting: manual

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Коллектив авторов. 25 Questions on Initiative Budgeting: manual

Question 1. What is initiative budgeting (IB) and what is it for?

Question 2. How does initiative budgeting begin?

Question 3. What is Initiative Budgeting Practice?

Question 4. What is the algorithm of initiative budgeting?

Question 5. What is the maximum cost of the project, which can be implemented with the help of IB?

Question 6. Who implements IB projects? Can I get money from the budget for the implementation of the project, which will be selected?

Question 7. What share of the local budget is distributed through the IB mechanism?

Question 8. Can IB be implemented in cities?

Question 9. What is the mechanism of citizens’ participation?

Question 10. What are the social effects of IB?

Question 11. What are the economic effects of IB?

Question 12. What is the Initiative Budgeting Project Center?

Question 13. How much time does it take from the moment of an idea of the initiative budgeting project to its implementation?

Question 14. What is the role of local authorities in the IB process?

Question 15. What projects can be implemented through the IB mechanism?

Question 16. I have an idea I would like to implement through the IB mechanism. What should I do?

Question 17. Can public organizations act as initiators of projects?

Question 18. Practices of public participation have been applied in Russia for a long time. What are the characteristics of the IB?

Question 19. What is the “Open Budget” and how does it relate to IB?

Question 20. Why do we need IB, if there is local government?

Question 21. Why cannot professional financiers decide what to spend the budget for?

Question 22. Who can assist in organizing the IB project?

Question 23. Is it possible to believe that the funds collected for the IB project will be spent in a right way?

Question 24. How can I become an IB consultant?

Question 25. Where can I find more information about IB?

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IB is a set of diverse practice based on the citizens’ initiative to address issues of local importance with the direct participation of citizens in determining and selecting objects for spending budgetary funds, as well as subsequent monitoring of the implementation of selected projects.

At the same time, IB is a mechanism for determining priorities in spending budgetary funds with the participation of initiative groups of citizens.

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Initiative budgeting is a part of the worldwide trend of increasing the scale of participation of territorial communities in determining the ways to develop their own settlements. In the EU countries, this phenomenon was called Community-led Development (CLD).

In each country, the involvement of citizens takes place in different ways, but everywhere the main goal is the participation of citizens in the decisionmaking process. This is especially important when decisions directly affect regional communities.

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