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Participatory Budgeting in Poland AD 2019: Expectations, Changes and Reality

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Makowski K.

Polish Political Science Yearbook

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2019

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issue 4 (48)

642-652

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Discussion whether to formalize participatory budgeting or not has been solved. Again, this time it has happened without scholars’ engagement. Given this situation, can we say that whoever is satisfied? The amendment of the act that introduced legal form of participatory budgeting as a new tool of public consultation does not meet anyone expectations. The reason to think so is that there is no new and compulsory form of public engagement in financial decisions. Moreover, organizational framework and the huge variety of using participatory budgeting have been turned to uniform pattern. Equally, it is hard to agree that implemented solutions, previously though as a way to increase citizens’ involvement in functioning and scrutiny part of public bodies, have been met.

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Wrocław Civic Budget. Social Innovation Adapted in Polish Local Government

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Madej M.

Polish Political Science Yearbook

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2019

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issue 4 (48)

583-603

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The paper explores Wrocław Civic Budget in the context of procedures and impact. It reviews various data to present different aspects of this process: number of projects submitted and implemented, citizens’ participation in the selection process, geographical distribution of the implemented projects and their contents, showing the significant fall in the citizens’ interest in the process after two years of its implementation. The paper aims to analyze whether the project in its current form actually succeeds in activating the citizens’ and involving them in the local decision-making on one hand, and changing the city on the other. The effectiveness of participatory budgeting in Wrocław is explored, considering such criteria as reliability, impact, activation and innovativeness. The data reveal both the successes and drawbacks of Wrocław Civic Budget, allowing for presentation of recommendations.

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Budżet obywatelski jako przejaw aktywności społecznej – analiza doświadczeń na przykładzie jednostek samorządu terytorialnego

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Korolewska M., Marchewka-Bartkowiak K.

Studia BAS

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2015

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issue 4(44)

123-140

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Participatory budgeting as a form of civic activity in the Polish local government units: an analysis of experience. The article presents the results of a research conducted by the Bureau of Research of the Chancellery of the Sejm on the first experiences with participatory budgeting in selected local government units in Poland, which is one of the newest initiatives undertaken within a broader concept of public governance. The authors also assess the current state and perspectives for participatory budgeting.

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Towards Sustainability? Analysis of Participatory Budgeting in the City of Katowice

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Sobol A.

Studia Periegetica

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2019

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vol. 25(1)

49-63

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Cities are essential for implementing sustainable development. Nevertheless, the goal of making cities sustainable is a complex process that includes many social, economic and environmental aspects. The aim of this article is to identify connections between civic participation in local policy making and actions towards sustainability at the city level. It is well established that with the help of governance and the collaborative approach the process of local development is conducted with a better recognition of the needs of the community. This results in a higher quality of life. Moving towards sustainability is therefore the outcome of local management, the governance mechanism and the capacity of citizens to self-organize. This requires awareness and the willingness to cooperate on both sides i.e. on the part of the local authorities and the local community. The author explains how different benefits derived from citizens’ engagement affect sustainable development of cities. The analysis is based on a case study of participatory budgeting in the city of Katowice. As it is a learning process, the author evaluates consecutive editions of the participatory budgets in Katowice to determine if this process helps Katowice make a step towards sustainability.

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Participatory budgeting as a democratic innovation in powiats?

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Popławski M., Gawłowski R., Kopcewicz G., Olszanecka N., Urbański D., Piechowiak-Lamparska J., Bryc A., Bojarczyk B., Jorgensen F. A. E., Niedziołka D., Pacześniak A., Potorski R., Wincławska M., Włodkowska-Bagan A., Jeran A., Mol A., Solsbery A., Dąbrowska I., Głodkowski M., Kopcewicz G., Olszanecka N., Piechowiak-Lamparska J.

The Copernicus Journal of Political Studies

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2019

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issue 2

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Participatory budgeting is a tool of social engagement that for many years has been used by local government authorities in Poland. The aim of this article is to investigate how the tool functions in powiats [counties], with particular focus on verifying whether the process of its implementation has been successfully turned into an opportunity for bringing democratic innovation. Drawing on the analysis results, the authors notice that participatory budgeting has proved to be an innovative tool of social engagement adapted into the current system governing powiat administration.

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Participatory budgeting – case study of the city of Szczecin

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Baranowski J.

Studia Administracyjne

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2019

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issue 11

5-17

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A growing awareness of civic participation resulted in the fact that, at the turn of the 20th and 21st century, local authorities of the world’s countries decided to hand over some social tools to citizens. This article presents one of the most important participatory tools – participatory budgeting. A detailed analysis of the process was made on the example of the City of Szczecin, including the provisions of the Szczecin Participatory Budgeting Regulations, in force since 2019. The changes, which were introduced as a result of legal regulations of the legislator, made it necessary to update the rules of conducting this procedure in Szczecin. Three main elements on which participatory budgeting should be based are identified and, on this basis, the provisions of the Szczecin Participatory Budgeting Regulations are analysed. An attempt has been made to compare and identify significant differences between the usual way of conducting public consultations and the participatory budgeting process. The deliberations close with an assessment of the direction and manner of introducing changes in participatory budgeting in Szczecin.

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The Right to Participate in the Consultations on the Participatory Budget in the Light of Legislation and the Case Law of Administrative Courts in Poland

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Lotko E., Zawadzka-Pąk U. K.

Miscellanea Historico-Iuridica

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2023

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vol. 22

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issue 2

191-220

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In the practice of the Polish local and regional government, participatory budgeting has been used since 2011, and was the first one introduced in Sopot. It is a form of consultation with residents on the allocation of a portion of the budgetary expenses of a unit of the local or regional government, most often a city. This is a special type of procedure in which residents participate in the creation of the budget of a city (municipality), thereby jointly determining the distribution of a certain pool of public funds. In the first years of the application of participatory budgeting in Poland, a very general legal authorization was used to allow consultations with residents. It was only after several years of grassroots use of participatory budgeting that it was regulated in the Polish legal system in the Act of January 11, 2018 amending certain acts. Since then, it has become a mandatory form of public consultation in cities with district rights. The procedure for participatory budgeting in municipalities is generally regulated in Article 5a of the Act on the commune-level local government. The application of participatory budgeting in Poland has resulted in an extensive case law of administrative courts, hence the purpose of this paper is to determine the group of those entitled to participate in public consultations on participatory budgeting in light of the law and the case law of administrative courts. Using the dogmatic-legal method enabled a positive evaluation of the adopted research hypothesis that the provisions of local law that designate the group of entities entitled to participate in participatory budgeting procedure is restrictive compared to the provisions of the applicable statute.

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Ways of Mobilizing Funds from the Population by Municipalities: Foreign and Russian Experience

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Kopin D., Kopina A., Muffatto U.

Financial Law Review

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2021

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vol. 22

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issue 3

1-18

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It is generally recognized that local self-government is the most effective way to meet the basic socio-economic needs of the population. It is local self-government that takes on those public law functions that, by their very nature, cannot be realized by the forces of the state. The existing mechanisms of interaction between the state and local self-government are built on the basis of the principle of subsidiarity, aimed at supporting local budgets by the state, but they cannot always ensure sufficient and timely replenishment of local budgets. So, for example, we are left to conclude that local government is unable to influence such parameters as the collection and distribution of taxes. Although tax revenues are partially distributed in favor of local government, municipalities are often forced to look for sources of additional funding, which can be carried out at the expense of the population. The article aims to analyze the existing mechanisms for mobilizing funds from the population by municipalities in the world in general and in Russia in particular.

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Wiedza i aktywność seniorów w zakresie budżetu partycypacyjnego

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Sołtysiak M.

Przedsiębiorstwo i Region

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2017

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issue 9

69-80

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The article presents the results of a survey conducted on a group of generation 55+ Poles living in the city of Rzeszow concerning their knowledge of issues related to participatory budgets and the state of their activity in this area. At the beginning an assessment of the knowledge of the idea of participatory budget was presented. In the following, the residents’ participation in the participatory budget was assessed and the factors influencing this activity were analyzed. Conducted examinations allowed to state that the majority of respondents knows as well as positively is assessing the idea of participatory budget. Unfortunately the level of the knowledge of respondents about principles of his functioning is low. To it sources from which they obtained information about participatory budget have a direct effect. The majority of respondents is keeping the passive posture towards works on participatory budget. They are confining themselves only for giving back the vote for notified projects.

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The impact of changes in methodology of participatory budgeting of Dąbrowa Górnicza on the quality of selected projects

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Majorek A.

Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu

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2018

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issue 502

95-103

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In recent years there has been a growing interest in tools that enable a dialogue between local authorities and members of local community, hence participatory budgeting has been gaining in popularity. The aim of the article is to examine conceptual and methodological changes in participatory budgeting in Dąbrowa Górnicza and the methods of completion of particular stages of the process. The article focuses on the diversity of methodologies of selecting projects and the process of projecting tasks. It contains an analysis of the transformation of participatory budgeting of Dąbrowa Górnicza and its impact on the quality of eventually selected projects, and the local development of specific districts. The introduction of new mechanisms in participatory budgeting is crucial to ensure that a participatory budget reflects real urban co-governance.

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Budżet partycypacyjny – nowe narzędzie w rękach obywateli

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Tybuchowska-Hartlińska K.

Political Preferences

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2016

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issue 12

137-163

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The main objective of the study is to show the willingness of citizens to act, through the prism of opportunities offered by participation at the local level. Mainly, they concern the potential allocation of financial resources at the municipal level, in various aspects of local life such as improving safety, investments, culture, sport and recreation. The study shows that issues related to investments, infrastructure and local security are more important for the respondents than those relating to culture, art and sport and recreation. It is also noted that the supporters of Bronisław Komorowski in the first and second round of the elections for the office of the President of the Republic of Poland (in 2015) form the most active electorate. However, in the case of declared political views the leftish electorate slightly prevails. Taking into consideration particular age groups, middle-aged persons (aged 35-44 and 45-54) appeared to show bigger engagement, while the least active were persons above 65 years of age.

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Budżet partycypacyjny jako nowa forma współdecydowania o finansach lokalnych

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Rachwał M.

Przegląd Politologiczny

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2013

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issue 4

173-186

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Participatory budgeting is one of the ideas for broader inclusion of local communities’ citizens (residents) in political life. This solution is a bottom-up process of budget prioritization and identification by citizens of which investments and projects should be implemented in their area. Participatory budgeting was first introduced in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in 1989. Thus, it is a fairly new idea that has ąuickly become popular in other local communities, particularly in Latin America and Europę. Participatory budgeting presents specific possibilities of creating a decisional space for ordinary citizens who tum out to be able to manage public resources. It is also worth noting that the discussed solution prompts joint responsibility for society, as it is not limited to determining one’s individual needs, but forces participants to consider their demands in the context of other people’s proposals.

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Jednym z pomysłów na szersze włączenie obywateli (mieszkańców) wspólnot lokalnych w życie polityczne jest idea budżetu partycypacyjnego. Wskazane rozwiązanie to oddolny proces określania priorytetów budżetowych i wskazywania przez obywateli, które inwestycje i projekty należy realizować w ich miejscowości. Po raz pierwszy budżet partycypacyjny został wprowadzony w mieście Porto Alegre (Brazylia) w 1989 roku. Tak więc jest to nowy projekt, który dość szybko został rozpowszechniony w innych wspólnotach lokalnych, przede wszystkim Ameryki Łacińskiej i Europy. Budżet partycypacyjny pokazuje konkretne możliwości stworzenia przestrzeni decyzyjnej dla zwykłych obywateli, którzy okazują się zdolni do zarządzania zasobami publicznymi. Warto również zwrócić uwagę na fakt, iż omawiane rozwiązanie skłania do wspólnotowego myślenia o społeczeństwie, gdyż nie ogranicza się do ustalenia przez każdego obywatela własnych potrzeb, lecz zmusza uczestników do rozważenia swoich postulatów w kontekście propozycji innych mieszkańców.

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”New” public urban space: citizens' initiatives in participatory budgeting in Katowice, Łódź and Poznań

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Bernaciak A., Rzeńca A., Sobol A.

Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development

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2018

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vol. 22

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issue 4

197-202

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Participatory budgeting has become a vital tool in making urban spatial planning more community oriented. Examination of how participatory budgeting has evolved is a pertinent subject in theoretical research and in practical applications. Projects proposed by local communities improve the quality of life in cities and enhance benefits ofered by public spaces. The main goal of the paper is to present an overview and examine projects that transform public space, which have been implemented in selected Polish cities, namely in Katowice, Łódź, and Poznań within the framework of participatory budgeting exercise. Our research has demonstrated that in many cases participatory budgeting has acted as a catalyst of a variety of local bottom-up initiatives addressing public space in researched cities. It is thanks to the engaged and creative people at the local level that new functions which improve the quality of life are developed in cities.

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Public Spaces and Cultural Heritage in Community Projects – the Example of Warsaw

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Hołuj D.

European Spatial Research and Policy

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2017

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vol. 24

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issue 2

127-144

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Public space in cities is widely seen as a developmental resource.It thus becomes a kind of urban product, and a lure for a range of groups of current and potential users. Cities compete for prestige and standing by creating new spaces or altering existing ones. The author attempts to assess the extent to which filling such a space with historical content is a significant contributing factor to the pursuit of such goals and the fulfilment of these tasks. The background for the analysis are projects submitted for the citizens’ participatory budget for the Polish capital, Warsaw.

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Rola ruchów miejskich w procesie demokratyzacji polskich miast

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Kubicki P.

Studia BAS

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2022

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issue 3(71)

81-97

EN

The article provides an analysis of the role of urban social movements in the process of democratisation of cities in Poland. The author draws on his research carried out in 2017–2018, during which 30 in-depth interviews with leaders in 16 cities were conducted. The article begins with the history of forming urban social movements and shaping their identity. Next, the author focuses on their role in the processes of democratisation of cities and shaping new city policies. In this context, the pioneer role of urban social movements in promoting participatory tools, such as participatory budgeting and citizens’ assembly, is highlighted.

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Aksjologiczno-prawna analiza plebiscytowego modelu budżetu partycypacyjnego (obywatelskiego) na przykładzie wybranych polskich miast

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Zawadzka-Pąk U. K.

Ruch Prawniczy, Ekonomiczny i Socjologiczny

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2020

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vol. 82

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issue 1

283-298

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The purpose of this article is to conduct an axiological and legal analysis of the most popular model of participatory (civic) budgeting in Poland (the plebiscite model). According to the adopted hypothesis, some legal and practical solutions concerning the plebiscite model strengthen public values, while others weaken them. In the research, the combination of three coherent methods was used: (i) a literature analysis, (ii) the dogmatic and legal method, and (iii) interviews conducted with municipal officials responsible for the organization of participatory budgeting (PB), municipal councillors and residents (BP participants). The research covers six Polish cities: Sopot, Gdańsk, Białystok, Kraków, Opole and Warsaw. The axiological and legal analysis of the principles and mode of BP was made using a catalogue of nodal public values, namely values with a significant number of related values (including: human dignity, sustainability, citizen involvement, openness, secrecy, compromise, integrity, and robustness). The research leads to the conclusion that the plebiscite BP in Poland is not axiologically neutral, its principles and mode have both a positive and negative impact on particular nodal public values. The scale of negative impact is definitely greater than the scale of the positive one, although, obviously, the assessment in this respect, even if supported by arguments and scientific analysis, will always remain at least partly subjective.

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Plebiscite model of participatory budgeting and public values in Poland

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Zawadzka-Pąk U.

Financial Law Review

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2022

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vol. 25

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issue 2

17-31

EN

The purpose of this article is to conduct an axiological and legal analysis of the most popular model of participatory budgeting in Poland (the plebiscite model), being a special form of public consultation that allows the residents to decide each year on a part of the commune’s budget expenditure by direct voting. According to the paper’s hypothesis, both the PB legal rules as well as the practice of its application in Poland are not axiologically neutral, which means that they have a positive or negative impact on certain public values, appropriately strengthening or violating them. In the research, the combination of three coherent methods was used: (i) a literature analysis, (ii) the dogmatic and legal method, and (iii) interviews conducted with three groups of PB participants, i.e. municipal officials responsible for the organization of PB procedure, municipal councillors, and residents. The research covers six Polish cities and bases on a catalogue of nodal public values including: human dignity, sustainability, citizen involvement, openness, secrecy, compromise, integrity, and robustness. The research leads to the conclusion that the plebiscite BP in Poland is not axiologically neutral, its rules have both a positive and negative impact on particular nodal public values, however the scale of negative impact is greater than the scale of the positive one.

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Participatory Urban Governance as an Innovation in Institutional Practice of Polish Cities

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Wiktorska-Święcka A.

Horyzonty Polityki

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2015

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vol. 6

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issue 16

75-108

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The problem examined in the paper is part of a broader reflection on public governance, especially in its territorial dimension. The author focuses mainly on the modernisation of the public sector in Poland and the world with regard to the principles of participatory democracy as evidenced by the practice of urban governance. In particular, the author focuses on one of the tools that stimulate participation, i.e. participatory budgeting, which has recently resulted in a breakthrough trend in institutional practice and which can be regarded as an innovation in public governance. The aim of the paper is to examine the impact of the implementation of participatory budgeting on governance in selected Polish cities. The whole analysis is carried out in the context of normative assumptions and the analysed problem highlights the question of the standards of good public governance, which should be respected at the local level. The paradigm adopted by the author reflects the call for the “right to the city for the citizens,” i.e. an approach whereby cities should develop not only in order to support the economy but also to be able to meet people’s aspirations to a better quality of life.

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Participatory Budgeting: A Comparative Study of Croatia, Poland and Slovakia

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Džinić J., Svidroňová M. M., Markowska-Bzducha E.

NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy

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2016

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vol. 9

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issue 1

31-56

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The New Public Management movement regards citizens as customers and, accordingly, focuses on the quality of services provided by public-sector organizations. Since this approach negatively affected democratic values, there has been a shift of the focus from consumer satisfaction and quality of services to quality of governance. The latter implies the improvement of the relationship between government and citizens as active members of the community. Over the last twenty years, participatory budgeting (PB) has become a popular form of co-production intended to improve the quality of local governance. The aim of the article is to provide a comparative analysis of the use and role of PB in Croatia, Poland and Slovakia and to identify the models of PB used in selected countries. In order to compare the case studies of municipalities in selected countries, a qualitative analysis has been used and the classification of PB models applied. Most analyzed local units use the “Porto Alegre adapted for Europe” model, but the “Consultation on public finances”, “Representation of Organized Interest” and “Proximity participation” models are also represented. The main findings are that PB indeed enables better allocation of public sources according to citizens’ needs (various public services were delivered following the trend of social innovation and co-creation), but the problem lies in the low amount assigned for PB from public budgets and the relatively low interest of citizens to participate in the PB processes. PB might also bring certain risks linked with its implementation, e.g. misuse of the idea for political reasons or additional costs of projects delivered in the PB process.

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Participatory Budgeting as a Tool of Environmental Improvements in Polish Cities

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Bernaciak A., RZEŃCA A., SOBOL A., Paradowska M., Platje J. J., Słodczyk J.

Economic and Environmental Studies

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2017

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vol. 17

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issue 44

893-906

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The phenomenon of participatory budgeting in Polish cities shows growing awareness of citizens’ role in local development. Participatory budgeting is a tool of partial empowerment of residents through local budgetary policy. A social energy released by initiatives and proposed projects allows for implementation of relevant activities that from the residents’ perspective improve quality and comfort of urban life. Research problem around which the article is focused is a question to what extent an interest of inhabitants is related to projects and tasks of environmental character in their cities. The empirical part of the paper presents an analysis of participatory budgeting in Katowice, Łódź and Poznań and applies to projects reported in 2015 and realized in 2016. The aim of this article is to identify the activities of residents of the selected cities related to improvement of the quality of environment through participatory budgeting. The studies clearly show that despite the apparent differences between the cities, the participatory budgeting is an important area of creativity and innovation of the residents towards quality of urban environment.

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Fenomen budżetów obywatelskich w polskich miastach świadczy o rosnącej świadomości roli mieszkańców w rozwoju lokalnym. Budżet obywatelski jest narzędziem pozwalającym na częściowe uspołecznienie polityki budżetowej jednostki terytorialnej. Energia społeczna wyzwolona poprzez inicjatywy i zgłaszane projekty pozwala na realizację istotnych z perspektywy mieszkańców działań poprawiających jakość i komfort życia w mieście. Problemem badawczym wokół, którego koncentruje się treść artykułu jest pytanie w jakim zakresie zainteresowanie mieszkańców związane jest z różnymi przedsięwzięciami i zadaniami, które bezpośrednio lub pośrednio dotyczą środowiskowa w ich miastach. Część empiryczna artykułu prezentuje analizę budżetów obywatelskich w Katowicach, Łodzi i Poznaniu i dotyczy projektów zgłoszonych w edycji 2015 roku, a realizowanych w 2016 roku. Celem artykułu jest identyfikacja aktywności mieszkańców wybranych miast w zakresie poprawy jakości środowiska poprzez zadania zgłaszane w formule budżetu obywatelskiego. Przeprowadzone badania wyraźnie wskazują, iż mimo widocznych różnic pomiędzy miastami budżet obywatelski jest ważnym obszarem kreatywności i innowacyjności mieszkańców na rzecz środowiska i jego jakości w mieście.

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Participatory Budgeting in Poland AD 2019: Expectations, Changes and Reality

Wrocław Civic Budget. Social Innovation Adapted in Polish Local Government

Budżet obywatelski jako przejaw aktywności społecznej – analiza doświadczeń na przykładzie jednostek samorządu terytorialnego

Towards Sustainability? Analysis of Participatory Budgeting in the City of Katowice

Participatory budgeting as a democratic innovation in powiats?

Participatory budgeting – case study of the city of Szczecin

The Right to Participate in the Consultations on the Participatory Budget in the Light of Legislation and the Case Law of Administrative Courts in Poland

Ways of Mobilizing Funds from the Population by Municipalities: Foreign and Russian Experience

Wiedza i aktywność seniorów w zakresie budżetu partycypacyjnego

The impact of changes in methodology of participatory budgeting of Dąbrowa Górnicza on the quality of selected projects

Budżet partycypacyjny – nowe narzędzie w rękach obywateli

Budżet partycypacyjny jako nowa forma współdecydowania o finansach lokalnych

”New” public urban space: citizens' initiatives in participatory budgeting in Katowice, Łódź and Poznań

Public Spaces and Cultural Heritage in Community Projects – the Example of Warsaw

Rola ruchów miejskich w procesie demokratyzacji polskich miast

Aksjologiczno-prawna analiza plebiscytowego modelu budżetu partycypacyjnego (obywatelskiego) na przykładzie wybranych polskich miast

Plebiscite model of participatory budgeting and public values in Poland

Participatory Urban Governance as an Innovation in Institutional Practice of Polish Cities

Participatory Budgeting: A Comparative Study of Croatia, Poland and Slovakia

Participatory Budgeting as a Tool of Environmental Improvements in Polish Cities