Participatory democracy, citizen dialogues and budgeting

  • Making Participatory Budgeting work: our money, our voice!

    Making Participatory Budgeting work: our money, our voice!

    Participatory Budgeting (PB) is a democratic innovation that strengthens local democracy by including citizens in budget decisions. By doing so from formulation to execution, it allows for more responsible, equitable and transparent spending. This policy brief highlights key issues that should be observed for effective implementation. This publication is a result of the Local Democracy…

  • Making Participatory Budgeting work: our money, our voice!

    Making Participatory Budgeting work: our money, our voice!

    Participatory Budgeting (PB) is a democratic innovation that strengthens local democracy by including citizens in budget decisions. By doing so from formulation to execution, it allows for more responsible, equitable and transparent spending. This policy brief highlights key issues that should be observed for effective implementation. This publication is a result of the Local Democracy…

  • TRANS-Lighthouses

    TRANS-Lighthouses

    Regional Focus: Europe Time: 2023-2026 ICLD is part of the consortium of TRANS-Lighthouses – a Horizon Europe research and innovation project supporting inclusive, democratic, and transformative nature-based solutions (NBS). Through a network of pilot sites and assessment cases, TRANS-Lighthouses explores how participatory practices can enhance the design, governance, and impact of NBS. The project adopts…

  • TRANS-Lighthouses

    TRANS-Lighthouses

    Regional Focus: Europe Time: 2023-2026 ICLD is part of the consortium of TRANS-Lighthouses – a Horizon Europe research and innovation project supporting inclusive, democratic, and transformative nature-based solutions (NBS). Through a network of pilot sites and assessment cases, TRANS-Lighthouses explores how participatory practices can enhance the design, governance, and impact of NBS. The project adopts…

  • Citizens Budget: Make the budget understandable for every citizen

    Citizens Budget: Make the budget understandable for every citizen

    A Citizen’s budget is a short document that shows the budget of local government in a way that is easy to understand by any citizen. This toolbox provides support to local governments that are interested in creating a Citizens Budget. It contains the basic steps in the process and inspiring examples, which fully equips the…

  • Citizens Budget: Make the budget understandable for every citizen

    Citizens Budget: Make the budget understandable for every citizen

    A Citizen’s budget is a short document that shows the budget of local government in a way that is easy to understand by any citizen. This toolbox provides support to local governments that are interested in creating a Citizens Budget. It contains the basic steps in the process and inspiring examples, which fully equips the…

  • Strängnäs-Emboreet,Tanzania

    Strängnäs-Emboreet,Tanzania

    Project: Social Sustainability Strängnäs and Emboreet previously had a partnership between the years 2012-2016. In their new project, they intend to increase both Emboreet’s and Strängnäs’s ability to take young people’s ideas into account and thereby increase the level of democratic dialogues with adults in the village and higher decision-making organs to formulate strategies and…

  • Strängnäs-Emboreet,Tanzania

    Strängnäs-Emboreet,Tanzania

    Project: Social Sustainability Strängnäs and Emboreet previously had a partnership between the years 2012-2016. In their new project, they intend to increase both Emboreet’s and Strängnäs’s ability to take young people’s ideas into account and thereby increase the level of democratic dialogues with adults in the village and higher decision-making organs to formulate strategies and…

  • Child-Focused Cities Analytical Framework

    Child-Focused Cities Analytical Framework

    This research project, aiming to develop an analytical tool to address the Sustainable Development Goals from a child rights perspective, is divided into multiple steps. Phase two, conducted in 2023-2024 is described first while phase 1, which served to build the conceptual groundwork for the analytical framework, is described after. Phase 2 – Child-Focused Cities…

  • Child-Focused Cities Analytical Framework

    Child-Focused Cities Analytical Framework

    This research project, aiming to develop an analytical tool to address the Sustainable Development Goals from a child rights perspective, is divided into multiple steps. Phase two, conducted in 2023-2024 is described first while phase 1, which served to build the conceptual groundwork for the analytical framework, is described after. Phase 2 – Child-Focused Cities…