Participatory Budgeting and Co-production SCSN Practice Sharing Event 24/08/17

Participatory Democracy Participatory democracy is a process of collective decision making that combines elements from both direct and representative democracy. It is a deliberative dialogue and decision making process which hears all voices and diverse perspectives to enact meaningful change. Ideally, it should be an equitable process embarked upon by a group empowered with decision-making authority, surfacing a deeper understanding of issues, and is consolidated around a common purpose, forging a collective decision out of individual interests. Participatory democracy is inclusive, requires practice and reflection, accepts and absorbs conflict, actively addresses dissent, and pays attention to those who speak softly or who are on the margins.

Wider Policy/Strategy Context Public Service Reform (Christie Commission) Community Empowerment (Action Plan, CE Act) Health and Social Care integration, Children's Act - emphasis on localities and primary prevention Assets based approaches and co-production Fairer Scotland & social justice action plan Human Rights Action Plan Community Justice (OIPs) Local Democracy Bill Planning Review Community Learning and Development plans

Co-production – key principles ‘Co-production is about combining our mutual strengths and capacities so that we can work with one another on an equal basis to achieve positive change’ Catalysts Shared roles Networks Mutuality Capacity Assets

Participatory Budgeting      “PB is one method which can be used alongside other models of community engagement and empowerment as part of a wider strategic approach to advancing participatory democracy…..in which people have influence over what happens to them, their families and their communities.”

What is PB? https://pbscotland.scot/what-is-pb

PB Scotland www.pbscotland.scot

PB in Scotland – key highlights 2nd year of Community Choices fund PB Network has 348 members (over half from the community/ voluntary sector) SCDC continuing to support learning and development around PB Ensuring equality of access to PB processes and focus on tackling inequalities Exploring use of digital approaches alongside face-to-face methods PB partners providing training on key themes Glasgow Caledonian University - evaluation DemSoc supporting digital approaches

Areas for discussion How might co-production principles be applied in a community safety context? What challenges and opportunities exist for this to happen? What are the key benefits you see from using participatory budgeting approaches? What are the possible applications of PB in a community safety context?

More information www.coproductionscotland.org.uk @ScotCoPro #CoProWeekScot #100storiescopro www.pbscotland.scot @pbscot