Participatory Budgeting and the Use of Information and Communication Technologies: A Virtuous Cycle?1

Cunha, Eleonora Schettini Martins; Allegretti, Giovanni; Matias, Marisa

doi:10.4000/rccsar.316

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“…Today, when social interactions are increasingly moving to cyberspace, digital tools more strongly support the process of citizens' participation in PB (Šuklje Erjavec & Ruchinskaya, 2019). ICT tools, as exposed in the methodology and cases, promote plural and varied forms of citizenship, democracy, and participation (Cunha et al, 2011). There is also strong evidence that social media helps the government, empowers citizens, and expands democracy, especially in open local governments (Bonsón et al, 2015;Smaniotto Costa et al, 2020;Śmigiel, 2017;Šuklje Erjavec & Zlender, 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It is increasingly being used for information and popularisation purposes in implementing the PB and attracting citizens to participate in the voting process. Nowadays, this tool has become one of the preconditions to active participation in PB programmes, as there is increasing use of online voting systems, and in many countries, it is done exclusively online (Cunha et al, 2011;Popławski & Gawłowski, 2023). Digital participation strengthens the integration of citizens in the political debate through internet connectivity, which enables greater numbers of people to participate directly and more frequently in decision-making.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Participatory Budgeting and Placemaking: Concepts, Methods, and Practices

Smaniotto Costa,

García-Esparza,

Kimic

2024

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Participatory budgeting has arisen as an interesting form of citizen participation in urban development and, thus, as a new way of exercising placemaking and grassroots democracy. In this article, we provide an analysis of projects in Lisbon (Portugal), Valencia (Spain), and Warsaw (Poland) with a focus on three key projects concerned with improving the public realm and their contribution to enhancing the network of public open spaces. Our guiding question is: What are the potential benefits of participatory budgeting to increase green spaces and urban governance? A comparison of the three cities’ participatory budgeting programmes provides an overview of their social and political goals and the contents that provide opportunities for citizens’ participation in decision-making. The cases of Jardim do Caracol da Penha (Lisbon), the Green Street Świętokrzyska (Warsaw), and the Green Plan for the Poblats Marítims District (Valencia) pave the way for a discussion on engagement, empowerment, and connectivity with the local communities through public spaces. Using participatory budgeting as a planning and political instrument at the municipal level, as the three cases show, can be a useful way to enhance and enrich the communities’ engagement with their environments. One aspect that emerged is the communication strategies implemented in the three cases. The analysis shows that the use of media and social networks to disseminate information and gather supporters for their ideas and this growth in political influence seems to be essential for participatory budgeting. The study is backed by desk work (comprehensive understanding of the local programmes) and field work to better identify the changes in loco.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Participatory Budgeting and Placemaking: Concepts, Methods, and Practices

Smaniotto Costa,

García-Esparza,

Kimic

2024

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“…The use of ICT in participation and decision-making processes is relatively recent; different forms of technologies of participation have been developed since the end of twentieth century (Cunha et al, 2011). The concepts of government, democracy and participation applied to the virtual context are accompanied by the prefix e-(electronic), thereby acquiring new meaning.…”

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Semantic Spatial Representation, an Experimental Proposal in the Framework of eParticipation

Voghera

Crivello

2015

International Journal of E-Planning Research

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The article explores the theme of collaborative construction of territorial knowledge through the use of ICTS, proposing a new approach to spatial representation based on semantic ontologies. The theoretical perspective is applied in a recent experimentation conducted in collaboration between the Politecnico and the Università di Torino, called OnToMap – Community Maps 3.0. The essay is divided into two parts. The first part aims to define the theoretical framework of the eParticipation practices, specifying which approach to participation is assumed as conceptual background. The second part focuses on the web-based application OnToMap, which relies on an territorial ontology for encourage construction of collective and shared knowledge of the places. It is therefore proposed a definition of “Social Semantic Mapping” based on the integration of GIS tools, VGI practices and Web 3.0 applications. The article ends with a reflection on semantic and cartographic representation of urban space and its potential in terms of citizen empowerment.

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“…Public participation in the Citizens' Budget is currently carried out using online voting systems (Szczepańska et al, 2022). This is a consequence of the growing use of information and communication technologies (ICT) to increase active participation in urban initiatives (Cunha et al, 2011;Polko, Kimic, 2024), including the process of shaping urban spaces (Kimic et al, 2019;Olejniczak, Bednarska-Olejniczak, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

Green Budget as a Form of Social Activation to Improve the Urban Environment - Case Study of Katowice, Poland

Kimic,

Polko

2024

Proceedings of the 15th Conference Public Recreation and Landscape Protection - With Environment Hand in Hand!

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Participatory Budgets as a placemaking tool involve residents in co-deciding on public expenditure. The growing number of applications for pro-environmental projects influences the creation of Green Budgets in many Polish cities. An example is Katowice where such an initiative has been operating since 2020 to support public tasks in the field of ecology and environmental protection. The study is aimed at indicating the development trends of the Katowice Green Budget based on its 4 editions (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023). During this period, residents submitted a total of 715 green projects and 347 of them were selected for implementation. The results show a growing trend in the scope of submitted green projects in the first 3 editions and stabilization in the 4th edition. The number of accepted projects is constantly growing. The largest number of projects is related to the development of greenery (new plantings, green streets, revitalization of green areas), as well as green education important for increasing public awareness of the role of pro-environmental activities in the city. This confirms that the Green Budget fills the gap in activities supporting the development of urban greenery, and is appreciated by both the city authorities and residents.

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Participatory Budgeting and the Use of Information and Communication Technologies: A Virtuous Cycle?1

Cited by 8 publications

References 6 publications

Participatory Budgeting and Placemaking: Concepts, Methods, and Practices

Participatory Budgeting and Placemaking: Concepts, Methods, and Practices

Semantic Spatial Representation, an Experimental Proposal in the Framework of eParticipation

Green Budget as a Form of Social Activation to Improve the Urban Environment - Case Study of Katowice, Poland

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