Public participation in the budgetary process in the Republic of Croatia

Struić, Gordan; Bratić, Vjekoslav

doi:10.3326/pse.42.1.4

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“…Studies on participatory budgeting provide insight into how best to organize and engage the public ( Sintomer et al. , 2008 ; Castillo, 2015 ; Gilman, 2016 ; Struić and Bratić, 2018 ; Russell and Jovanovic, 2020 ). These highlight that creating conditions for effective deliberation requires investments of time and in capacity-building, including training and incentivizing participants, dedicating staff to manage the process and creating an environment for an empowered, diverse and vibrant civil society ( Calisto Friant, 2019 ).…”

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Criteria for the procedural fairness of health financing decisions: a scoping review

Dale,

Peacocke,

Movik

et al. 2023

Health Policy and Planning

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Due to constraints on institutional capacity and financial resources, the road to universal health coverage (UHC) involves difficult policy choices. To assist with these choices, scholars and policy makers have done extensive work on criteria to assess the substantive fairness of health financing policies: their impact on the distribution of rights, duties, benefits and burdens on the path towards UHC. However, less attention has been paid to the procedural fairness of health financing decisions. The Accountability for Reasonableness Framework (A4R), which is widely applied to assess procedural fairness, has primarily been used in priority-setting for purchasing decisions, with revenue mobilization and pooling receiving limited attention. Furthermore, the sufficiency of the A4R framework’s four criteria (publicity, relevance, revisions and appeals, and enforcement) has been questioned. Moreover, research in political theory and public administration (including deliberative democracy), public finance, environmental management, psychology, and health financing has examined the key features of procedural fairness, but these insights have not been synthesized into a comprehensive set of criteria for fair decision-making processes in health financing. A systematic study of how these criteria have been applied in decision-making situations related to health financing and in other areas is also lacking. This paper addresses these gaps through a scoping review. It argues that the literature across many disciplines can be synthesized into 10 core criteria with common philosophical foundations. These go beyond A4R and encompass equality, impartiality, consistency over time, reason-giving, transparency, accuracy of information, participation, inclusiveness, revisability and enforcement. These criteria can be used to evaluate and guide decision-making processes for financing UHC across different country income levels and health financing arrangements. The review also presents examples of how these criteria have been applied to decisions in health financing and other sectors.

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Criteria for the procedural fairness of health financing decisions: a scoping review

Dale,

Peacocke,

Movik

et al. 2023

Health Policy and Planning

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“…In the last 25 years Croatia has set up a legal framework and other instruments that provided the citizens with necessary rights for participation in governance (right to be informed, right to be consulted, right of initiative, right to be involved and partnership right) thus enabling their participation in the budgetary process as well (Struić and Bratić, 2018). In addition, there were several information campaigns and projects financed by international donors, aimed at fostering fiscal transparency and empowering citizens to involve themselves in budgetary decision-making (Ott and Bronić, 2015).…”

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Citizens and the city: the case for participatory budgeting in the City of Zagreb

Švaljek¹,

Bakarić²,

Sumpor³

2019

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sandra švaljek, ivana rašić bakarić, marijana sumpor: citizens and the city: the case for participatory budgeting in the city of zagreb public sector economics 43 (1) 21-48 (2019) 22 Abstract Since there is constant concern that local government heads allocate budget resources in favour of various pressure groups, the paper investigates whether local participatory budgeting can be implemented in order to better align budget allocation with citizens' needs in the Croatian context. The paper analyses the results of the citizen survey intended to question whether the citizens of Zagreb could embrace the participatory budgeting, based on their interest in the way the money of Zagreb's taxpayers is spent and willingness to participate in the budget preparation process. The main determinants of the interest, awareness and participation of citizens in local budget processes are explored as well. The results of this study indicate a moderate level of citizen awareness and interest in local budget processes, but an extremely low level of participation. Since citizen participation is crucial for democratic decision-making and ensuring transparency and accountability, the identified factors should be addressed in a planned manner. Citizens' willingness and capacity can be increased through raising awareness and implementing measures intended to encourage spontaneous participation.

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Ulusal Bütçe Sürecine Vatandaş Katılımı Ve Araçlarının Değerlendirilmesi

GÜNEŞ

2023

Uluslararası Ekonomi Ve Yenilik Dergisi

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Bugüne kadar kamu bütçe sürecine vatandaş katılımına ilişkin deneyimlerin çoğunun yerel yönetimler düzeyinde gerçekleştiği görülmektedir. Ancak günümüzde Dünya Bankası ve IMF gibi uluslararası kuruluşlar tarafından ulusal bütçe sürecinde katılımcı bir yaklaşım sergilenmesi gerekliliğine ilişkin vurgu artmaktadır. Ulusal bütçe sürecine vatandaş katılımının sağlanabilmesi için yasama organlarının, yürütme organlarının ve yüksek denetim kurumlarının bütçe sürecinin farklı aşamalarına ilişkin çeşitli mekanizmalar geliştirmeye başladığı görülmektedir. Ulusal bütçe sürecine vatandaş katılım düzeyini araştırmak için “Uluslararası Bütçe Ortaklığı (IBP)” tarafından “Açık Bütçe Anketi (OBS)” araştırması yapılmaktadır. Bu araştırma ulusal bütçe sürecine vatandaş katılımını küresel düzeyde ölçen tek araştırmadır. OBS 2021 sonuçları, araştırmaya dahil edilen ülkelerin büyük çoğunluğunun bütçe sürecine vatandaş katılımı konusunda iyi durumda olmadığını göstermektedir. Bu çalışma ile ulusal bütçe sürecine vatandaş katılımını sağlayan araçların neler olabileceğinin araştırılması amaçlanmıştır.

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Public participation in the budgetary process in the Republic of Croatia

Abstract: * The authors would like to thank two anonymous referees for useful comments and suggestions. The views expressed here are solely those of the authors.

Cited by 5 publications

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Criteria for the procedural fairness of health financing decisions: a scoping review

Criteria for the procedural fairness of health financing decisions: a scoping review

Citizens and the city: the case for participatory budgeting in the City of Zagreb

Ulusal Bütçe Sürecine Vatandaş Katılımı Ve Araçlarının Değerlendirilmesi

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