Project-Oriented Participatory Budgeting in the Czech Republic

Sedmihradská, Lucie; Kukučková, Soňa; Bakoš, Eduard

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-79930-4_7

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“…Ninety-one per cent of the PB municipalities require online voting. In 37% of municipalities, there was possibility to vote in person in year 2019 (Sedmihradská, Kukučková, Bakoš, 2022). Combination of digital and ballot -paper voting through machine recognition of results was also present.…”

Section: Graph 1: Spread Of Participatory Budgeting In the Czech Republic In 2014-2020 Source: The Authorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In 2015, other organizations started promoting participatory budgeting, as Agora Central Europe (Agora CE, 2015) and Participation 2.1 (now Institute H21) using the D21 method for voting in most cases. Since 2016, the concept of the Healthy Cities has also supported the PB introduction in the context of Local Agenda 21 (Sedmihradská, Kukučková, Bakoš, 2022).…”

Section: Participatory Budgeting In the Czech Republic And The Pb Voting Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A low participation rate was often described as a problem in the CEE countries (see, e.g., Džinić et al, 2016;Fölscher, 2007). In the Czech Republic, the participation rate in PB is approximately 6% on average from 2014 to 2019 (Sedmihradská, Kukučková, Bakoš, 2022) ranging from 0.5 to 15.9% of eligible voters in 2019 (Minárik, 2020), which could be perceived by politicians or citizens as insufficient. Municipalities choose different PB rules including voting methods and rules on participation in the voting process.…”

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“…The article analyses application of the Democracy 2.1 (D21) method and other voting methods in the Czech Republic as used in PB. The D21 method was proposed by Karel Janeček and enables voters to use more positive votes and minus vote(s) when certain conditions are met (Janeček in Sedmihradská, Kukučková, Bakoš, 2022). Janeček (2016) states that "voters may cast up to four plus-votes and up to two minus-votes."…”

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The Impact of the D21 Method and Its Modification on Citizens’ Participation in Participatory Budgeting. The Case of the Czech Republic

Kukučková

Poláchová

2021

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Participatory budgeting (PB) is often discussed as a tool to support active participation of citizens in the decision-making in the matters of the distribution of public resources. However, little was said about the possibility that the choice of a voting method used in the voting phase of the PB process could affect the participation in PB. In the Czech Republic, the Democracy 2.1 (D21) voting method is often used in municipalities implementing PB and additionally, it is promoted as a method to encourage more people to vote. This article aims to determine Czech municipalities with the D21 method and its modification, and to evaluate the impact of choosing these voting methods on participation rate in PB. The study suggests that the choice of a voting method is relevant for citizens´ engagement in voting. Based on the empirical findings, the D21 method and its modification are associated with a higher voter turnout in PB than another voting method. Further, the results underline the influence of external organizations offering online platforms for voting.

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Section: Graph 1: Spread Of Participatory Budgeting In the Czech Republic In 2014-2020 Source: The Authorsmentioning

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The Impact of the D21 Method and Its Modification on Citizens’ Participation in Participatory Budgeting. The Case of the Czech Republic

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2021

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“…In addition, this innovation was implemented in these countries thanks to the activities of some NGOs and the engaged representatives of a few local governments. Finally, the adoption of PB was accompanied by high media coverage and related public expectations (Džinić, 2022;Sedmihradská, Kukučková, Bakoš, 2022;Klotz, 2022;Kozłowski, Bernaciak, 2022;Krenjova, Reinsalu, 2013;Boc, Lazăr, 2022;Murray Svidroňová, Klimovský, 2022). Despite these commonalities, the individual trajectories in terms of the further spread of PB vary a lot.…”

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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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Digitalization, Co-production, and Participatory Budgeting at the Local Level in Slovakia

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Gašparík

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Project-Oriented Participatory Budgeting in the Czech Republic

Cited by 9 publications

References 10 publications

The Impact of the D21 Method and Its Modification on Citizens’ Participation in Participatory Budgeting. The Case of the Czech Republic

The Impact of the D21 Method and Its Modification on Citizens’ Participation in Participatory Budgeting. The Case of the Czech Republic

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

Digitalization, Co-production, and Participatory Budgeting at the Local Level in Slovakia

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