Participatory Budgeting in the Czech Republic between 2014 and 2018

Brabec, Dušan

doi:10.17951/k.2019.26.2.91-101

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“…Similarly, there are several studies examining participatory budgeting in the Czech Republic (e.g. Brabec, 2019;Kukučková, Bakoš, 2020;Gašparík, 2021); indeed, one of these appeared in the previous issue of this journal (Minárik, 2020). A similar situation can be seen when looking at Poland (e.g.…”

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An Introduction to This Thematic Issue

Bardovič

2021

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2021

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“…Although one can find a few small-scale comparisons whose authors dealt mainly with institutional settings (Džinić, Murray Svidroňová, Markowska-Bzducha, 2016;Fölscher, 2007;Kersting et al 2016;Mączka et al 2021;Radzik-Maruszak, Bátorová, 2015;Lehtonen, 2021), numerous country studies (Brabec, 2019;Džinić, 2018;Garaj, Bardovič, 2020;Gondášová, Svidroňová, 2016;Kempa, Kozłowski, 2020;Kukučková, Bakoš, 2019;Milosavljević et al 2020;Minárik, 2020;Sześciło, 2015) and case studies (Balážová, 2021a;Bardovič, 2021;Bednarska-Olejniczak, Olejniczak, 2016;Boc, 2019;Hrabinová, 2020;Kociuba, Rabczewska, 2019;Krenjova, Reinsalu, 2013;Maerøe et al 2021;Polko, 2015;Švaljek, Rašić Bakarić, Sumpor, 2019;Tomášková, Buzková, 2020;Zapletalová, Soukop, Šaradín, 2020) have prevailed. It is also possible to find studies whose authors evaluated the legal conditions of individual CEE countries from the perspective of the adoption or continued use of PB (Birskyte, 2013;Šramel, 2018;Zawadzka-Pąk, Tomášková, 2019).…”

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Selected Factors Determining the Adoption and Use of Participatory Budgeting in Central and Eastern Europe

Klimovský

Junjan

Nemec

2021

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This is a summary article of the SJPS thematic issue on participatory budgeting in the Central and Eastern European region. Its authors provide an overview of the diffusion of participatory budgeting, and they classify relevant countries in terms of the pace of this diffusion into four different groups: frontrunners, early majority, later majority, and lagging adopters. In addition, they uncover various diffusion mechanisms that have been used. Since the research articles included in this thematic issue unpack various factors that influence the diffusion of the innovative practice of participatory budgeting in the specific settings of Central and Eastern Europe, the main goal of this article is to sum up their crucial findings and formulate several conclusions, including a few avenues for further research. A clear majority of countries in the region have already collected a relevant amount of experience with the adoption and further use of participatory budgeting. An analysis of the individual experiences reveals that the position and characteristics of mayors, organizational resources, and available capacities, as well as the quality of public trust, are likely to be important factors that determine the adoption and use of participatory budgeting in the region.

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“…After the first phase, the 7 projects proceed to the voting process by citizens. This took place exclusively directly, within 4 voting rooms over a period of two weeks (Brabec, 2019). Lack of information during campaign, criticised by the NGOs during the campaigning, subsequently reflected in low rate of participation.…”

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“…Their studies evaluate the positive examples of local governments, while emphasizing the benefits of applying this instrument in terms of deepening participation. In the case of the Czech Republic, significance of the publication by Brabec (2019) needs to be emphasized as it evaluated the development of participatory budgets in the period 2014-2018. Although the participatory budgeting model is the least developed in Hungary, authors such as Sipos, Reszkető (2019) or de Vries, Nemec, Špaček eds.…”

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Specifications of Participatory Budgeting in Visegrad Group States and Possible Implementations for Slovakia

Mikuš

Brix

Šmatlánek

2021

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Participatory budget is an innovative tool for public policymaking, which is characterized by the particpation of residents of territorial administrative units. In the paper, authors focus on the evaluation of the participatory budget within the Visegrad Group, which is linked by specific ties due to the special development of this geopolitical area after the political and social changes in the late 1980s. Identifying the specifics of participatory budgeting in Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia is set as the main goal of the article, specifically evaluating the pilot project model, analysing the legislative framework, which regulates participatory budgeting, and extending this tool at the local level in terms of current statistics. As for the pilot projects, the authors identified differences in the following indicators: initiator of its implementation; participation of citizens and their position and powers in project design; participation in the decision-making on projects in terms of voting; whether a direct physical vote or online form was used. In addition, the authors evaluate the legal framework of the selected states in terms of presence of the primary or secondary regulation. Finally, the quantitative development of participatory budgets is monitored, while the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is also reflected in the paper. Based on the data from other states of the Visegrad Group, in the final chapter the authors present optimization proposals, which they consider applicable in Slovakia. The authors identified at least three possible ways of amending the current Slovak legislation in order to improve the implementation of the participatory budget. The paper specifies the shortcomings in the form of low citizen participation in the drafting phase and in the voting process. The paper also identifies the same bottom-up implementation process in all V4 member countries. Poland is the only V4 country that has enshrined primary legislation on participatory budgets in its legal system.

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Participatory Budgeting in the Czech Republic between 2014 and 2018

Cited by 6 publications

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An Introduction to This Thematic Issue

An Introduction to This Thematic Issue

Selected Factors Determining the Adoption and Use of Participatory Budgeting in Central and Eastern Europe

Specifications of Participatory Budgeting in Visegrad Group States and Possible Implementations for Slovakia

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