Participatory Budgeting in the Municipality of Elbasan
Participatory Budgeting Cycle Start up and Memorandum of Understanding Memorandum of Understanding and Municipal Council Approval Contracting local NGOs: RDA, CSDC 1 Organization and Training Training of Municipal staff and local NGOs Sensitization campaign Geographical division Poverty mapping, under the framework of strategic planning 2 Capacity Building Ky slight shoqerohet me slight-in me te plote (te marre nga propozimi) qe do ta kene te printuar perpara. Communication Campaign
Participatory Budgeting Cycle First Cycle 10 community meetings Information campaign: PB process; demystification of municipal budget; municipal investments for 2005 3 Capacity building 4 Foto procesi Second cycle 10 community meetings Selection of priorties Election of the community representatives 4 Ky slight shoqerohet me slight-in me te plote (te marre nga propozimi) qe do ta kene te printuar perpara. Communication campaign
Participatory Budgeting Committee Elbasan City Development Strategy 10 community representatives 10 municipal staff Participatory Budgeting Community Municipality of Elbasan Co-PLAN ERDA and CSDC University “A. Xhuvani” 4 representatives from thematic groups 10 community representative with no voting power Municipal council representatives with no voting power
Participatory budgeting cycle 2 days Caravan 5 meetings of the PB commettee 2 meetings: training and criteria setting 3 meetings: priority assessment and approval of the final list of priorities Negotiation phase 5 Capacity building 4 Foto nga Karvani dhe Komisioni Communication campaign Ky slight shoqerohet me slight-in me te plote (te marre nga propozimi) qe do ta kene te printuar perpara.
Participatory budgeting Institutionalization and sustainability of the process PBP within the process for strategic planning Involvement of civic society: local NGOs and University Involvement of local media and continous transparency Set a budget line in the municipal balance sheet to support PBP in the future years Ky slight shoqerohet me slight-in me te plote (te marre nga propozimi) qe do ta kene te printuar perpara.
Participatory budgeting To be taken into consideration: improvement of the PBP in the future Review the territorial division Review the citizen engagement process Establishment of a monitoring system Initiation of the PBP – when? Ky slight shoqerohet me slight-in me te plote (te marre nga propozimi) qe do ta kene te printuar perpara.