1. Participatory Budgeting in the Municipality of Elbasan

2. 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

3. 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
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Communication campaign

4. 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

5. 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
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6. 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
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7. 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?
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