In recent decades, political institutions have witnessed a gradual erosion of trust among their constituents, a trend exacerbated by the economic and financial crisis.
Watch this video in Romanian. Participatory budgeting is transforming municipal decision-making in European cities, allowing citizens to propose and vote on local projects funded by community resources. While examples like Wroclaw, Poland, stands out as a success story, the …
The Dutch city of Rotterdam is teeming with initiatives aimed at ensuring citizens have a say in decisions that affect their life, from community-led projects to citizen participation schemes designed by the municipality. To learn more about the city’s participatory culture …
Scotland is currently experimenting with a participatory budgeting system at the local level, a democratic tool which allows citizens to propose and vote on initiatives to be financed through local resources. But are citizens aware of this process and would they …
The citizens of Thessaloniki, the second largest city in Greece, are increasingly feeling the need to take part in decisions affecting their life and their city. What role could citizen-led processes, such as participatory budgeting, play in bringing the inhabitants closer …
Watch this video in Romanian. While most European citizens are aware of their right to elect their representatives from the local to the EU level, not all know about the participatory and deliberative initiatives which give citizens a …
Participatory budgeting - the democratic tool allowing citizens to decide how to spend a part of the municipal budget - has not yet been implemented in Thessaloniki, the second largest city in Greece. Yet, its inhabitants would be open to …
In Cluj-Napoca, Romania, both young and senior citizens can take part in participatory budgeting processes implemented by the municipality and local organisations. These processes allow residents to propose and vote initiatives which are then funded through the local budget. To learn …
The municipality of Cluj-Napoca, in the northwestern part of Romania, implements a process called participatory budgeting, which allows residents to propose and vote initiatives funded through the municipal budget. But are citizens informed about the process and what do they …
From petitions and consultations to the European Citizens’ Initiative and citizens’ panels, the EU has several tools in place allowing Europeans to have their say on EU policies. But how effective are these participatory and deliberative tools? To learn more about …
Ireland currently gives its citizens a say in decision-making processes through participatory tools, such as citizens' assemblies. But what do the Irish people think of citizen participation in their country?
From national citizens' assemblies to local public participation networks, Irish citizens have different tools they can use to influence decision-making processes. As part of H2020 DEMOTEC, EURACTIV travelled to the capital Dublin and Sligo in the North of Ireland to speak …
Participatory budgeting is the process that allows citizens to decide how to spend part of the city's budget and is quite well-known to most of the residents of Wrocław, Poland. EURACTIV travelled the south-west of the country to learn more about …
In Poland, participatory budgeting is an established democratic tool allowing citizens to decide which initiatives to fund through the local budget. As part of H2020 DEMOTEC, EURACTIV travelled to Wroclaw, in Western Poland, to speak with local decision-makers and citizens and …
Participatory budgeting, the process allowing citizens to decide how to spend a part of the city budget, is not yet common in Cyprus. However, residents on the island agree that citizen participation is vital when it comes to allocating municipal …
In the context of the H2020 project DEMOTEC, rewatch this EURACTIV Virtual Conference to learn about the opportunities and challenges participatory budgeting offers to strengthen democracy in European cities.
Civic engagement in Cyprus has long been influenced by the tensions between the Turk-Cypriots and Greek-Cypriots and by the strained relations with the European Union, which has impacted citizen’s trust in decision-making. If empowering citizens is no longer seen as a …
In 2017, Scottish councils agreed to spend 1% of their budgets through participatory budgeting (PB). But how does the process work in Scotland and what are the obstacles authorities and communities face when they carry it out? As part of the …
Out of every region in the word, cities in Europe engage in the largest share of participatory budgeting, a process that allows citizens to weigh in on municipal budget expenditure and propose initiatives for their cities or neighborhoods. City leaders and …
Participatory budgeting, the shared decision between local government and citizens on how to spend a part of the municipal budget, is becoming increasingly popular across the bloc.
To fight democratic backsliding and strengthen local democracy, cities have developed creative tools to boost citizen engagement, such as participatory budgeting and regional consultations. These forms of public participation are meant to bring democracy closer to citizens, giving them a voice …
DEMOTEC investigate the role of participatory budgeting in fostering greater and more informed citizen participation in policy-making.
The increasing failure of multilateralism to provide global solutions to global problems is alarming. Could the European political parties play a role in strengthening international rule-making? European political families have been the drivers of European integration for the past 60 years. …
On 11 April 2018, some 170 guests from politics, business and civil society attended the 9th Brussels Wednesday Social, hosted by METRO AG in cooperation with European Movement International (EMI) and EuroCommerce.
