Haninge – participatory budgeting ”You decide!” introduktion Strasbourg 10th May 2011 Raymond Svensson Raymond.Svensson@haninge.se

Haninge – facts and figures 20 km South of Stockholm 77 000 inhabitants 3 600 islands, islets and rocks M, FP, KD, C, MP www.haninge.se 2

General conditions SALAR network A dialogue with the citizens A decision made by the municipal government 3

Points of departure Everyone who live and work in Haninge is invited to give a suggestion. Inhabitants from other communes were also welcomed to leave proposals. Only inhabitants was allowed to vote The suggestions must lead to a permanent change of the park – not to a single arrangement or event 4

Purpose Eskilsparken will be turned into a city park and a meeting point Develop new methods for citizen involvement: participatory budgeting and E-dialogue New experiences and contacts

The project step by step September-december: Planning 23rd January: Kick-off / Handing in proposals February-March: Processing the suggestions April: Voting 25th April: Last day of voting / Final meeting June: Decision COMMUNICATION

Communication Website Local newspapers and radio Posters and flyers Meeting with organisations, schools, community youth center Contact with the proposers via telephone, email, letters → →→

Communication… Open citizen meeting suggestion board, suggestions on the internet, ask politicians or officials, get more information, make a model, paint, get a coffee = 30 new suggestions, 70 participants, a success! Voting at lap tops in the city centre → →→ 8

Handling the suggestions From 101 ideas to 21 financially calculated suggestions Email and telephone contacts with the participants The participatory budgeting tool developed

www.haninge.se/dubestammer 250 people voted Winner: A mobile stage Länkar: Om projektet. Hur vi har jobbat. Om förslagen. Förslag som röstades bort. Förslag med bilder. Registrering – förklara hur vi tänkt och vad vi har valt bort. Diskutera – förklara sammanhanget – parken är inte en ”het” fråga Vad vi försökt uppnå: tydlighet, enkelhet, viktig information. Tänk igenom vilka frågor man kommer att ställa och besvara dem. www.haninge.se/dubestammer 250 people voted Winner: A mobile stage

Challenges Hard to attract participants A first try: demands flexibility and extra time

Good experiences A lot of people participated in the meetings Cooperation with schools New experiences for the officials and politicians Well functioning, flexible and useful web-tool An interested and engaged project leader (Karin Gavelin)

1. Open house 23 January Difficulties Lack of a deeper dialogue Hard to firmly establish the creative ideas Some obscurity over the aim of the project Difficult for people to understand what it was all about – many were suspicious 1. Open house 23 January

1. Open house 23 January To consider in the future Clear purposes and criterias from the beginning Early communication with involved parts Use as many communications channels as possible Invest a lot of time to engage with the public: flyers, flexible voting opportunities, etcetera Offer extended period of time for voting Combine depth and width by focussing specific groups, e.g. students 1. Open house 23 January

Thank you!