We want to hear from You: What can be improved in the PB methodology? Is the methodology appropriate for Albanian municipalities and communes? What was difficult to implement and what can be improved? Are there significant changes that need to be made? What are they?

Discussion on Each Phase of the Methodology Citizen’s Direct Participation Mechanism -Role of PBP council or committee -Motivation, election, ensuring voices of marginalized people -Creating the Rules of the Game Territorial Dimension -Geographical Zones – did it work or not? - Marrying Territorial with Sectoral Dimension LG financial Management, PB resource allocation, & prioritization -Generating and using the poverty map – how to do it better -Conflict Resolution – did this occur during prioritization? -How to improve resource allocation and prioritization further?

Discussion on Methodology… PB framework -How the PB process was codified? Were rules of games established, can they be improved? ME -What worked/what did not? -Giving feed back to communities during the final budget approval process and budget execution -How to improve citizen monitoring of budget execution?