CITIZENS’ BUDGET AS AN EXAMPLE OF CO-DECIDING ABOUT DEVELOPMENT AT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEVEL IN RELATION TO LEGAL CHANGES OF 2018

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-122
Author(s):  
Joanna Podgórska-Rykała
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Participatory Processes ◽  
Local Government Level ◽  
Participatory Budget ◽  
Public Money ◽  
Government Level

The participatory budget is a decision-making process, in which the inhabitants co-create the budget of a given self-government, thus co-deciding on the distribution of a given pool of public money. The inclusion of residents in co-deciding on the manner of spending these funds is getting more and more popular among both residents and authorities. This is because well-planned and carried out participatory processes allow you to manage your money more effectively, including facilitating the identification of the most important social needs and supporting the integration and understanding of various people and groups – having different, particular interests. This study presents examples of regulation of local civic budgets functioning in selected polish cities. The author discussed them in the context of newly adopted statutory provisions introduced by the amendment, including of governmental self-government acts of 11 January 2018, drawing conclusions from the regulations proposed by the legislator and considering what consequences they may have for local governments. The author’s goal was to assess the introduced regulations in terms of their possible consequences for the processes of increasing civic participation in exercising power at the local level.

scholarly journals A Proposed Model in Fundamental of Decision Making Process at Local Government Level

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamarudin Ngah ◽  
Zaherawati Zakaria ◽  
Zaliha Hj Hussin ◽  
Nazni Noordin ◽  
Jamaludin Mustaffa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Local Government Level ◽  
Government Level

scholarly journals Specifics of the decision-making process in crises

2021 ◽  
Vol 200 (2) ◽  
pp. 371-386
Author(s):  
Zbigniew Ścibiorek ◽  
Wojciech Horyń ◽  
Zenon Zamiar
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Crisis Management ◽  
Information Acquisition ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Scientific Analysis ◽  
Local Government Level ◽  
Government Level

The article presents scientific deliberations, including decision making in crises. Apart from the presentation of the decision-making process specificity, the scientific analysis confronts it with the research conducted on the group of 102 people responsible for crisis management at the local government level. The research results indicate a similar approach to the effectiveness and speed of decision-making. In contrast, dualism characterized the issues of information acquisition, flexibility in decision making, management of reserves in the form of forces and means to carry out the respondents’ tasks, and the need to inform the population about the possible consequences of a crisis. Despite the specifics of the decision-making process, most respondents (87%) believed that one person should decide but on the grounds of the decision-making process.

Entrepreneurship Management at the Local Government Level: The Experience of the Cities for Entrepreneurs Program

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 388-407
Author(s):  
Patricio Gigli ◽  
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Donatela Orsi ◽  
Marisel Martín Aramburú ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Structural Characteristics ◽  
National Level ◽  
Development Issue ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Local Government Level ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
Government Level

This paper aims at describing the experience of the Cities for Entrepreneurs Program (Ciudades para Emprender or CPE) of the National Directorate of Community and Human Capital (which belongs to the SEPYME), National Ministry of Production. This paper starts from the premise that entrepreneurship takes place at the most micro level of the offer and, therefore, is a concept associated with the characteristics of the environment closest to that offer: the local territory. However, there is little history in the country of public policies relating the issue of entrepreneurship with the local management. That is why we take as a starting point the conceptualization of the chosen framework: local governments and the development issue, seen from the perspective of entrepreneurships. Moreover, an overview is given on the structural characteristics of municipalities in Argentina. In addition, some international experiences and attempts to promote entrepreneurship at a national level are analyzed. Finally, the Cities for Entrepreneurs Program (CPE) is outlined, based on a summary of the diagnoses of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystems of the selected cities and the tools used and their execution status at the time of publication of this paper.

scholarly journals The Participatory Budget Experiment in Delhi and Warsaw: a Comparison

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-34
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Iwanek
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Development Studies ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Indian Experience ◽  
Participatory Budget ◽  
Economics And Politics ◽  
Legislative Assembly

The aim of this paper is to compare the two fresh and in-progress experiments in participatory budget on local level in two state capitals: New Delhi in India and Warsaw in Poland. As of now, the recently chosen AAP government has introduced participatory budget as an experiment in 2015 in 11 legislative assembly constituencies of Delhi. In Poland, however, such exercises have been introduced in a number of cities in all of their administrative areas and therefore the exercise straddles the Polish political divides. Therefore, I would like analyse how can the Warsaw participatory budget experience be relevant and inspiring for the ongoing Delhi participatory budget exercise.This paper was originally presented and the ‘Economics and Politics of Local Governments: The Indian Experience’ conference, Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata, December 28-29, 2015.

Citizen-Government Collaborative Environment Using Social Networks

2019 ◽  
pp. 152-165
Author(s):  
Hany Abdelghaffar ◽  
Lobna Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Quantitative Approach ◽  
Collaborative Environment ◽  
Electronic Democracy ◽  
Democratic Change ◽  
The World

Electronic democracy is a concept which is used in some countries around the world with mixed success. Social networks helped in facilitating democracy and democratic change in several countries suggesting that they could be utilized as an e-democracy tool. This research proposed a new model of how the decision-making process for local governments could be improved via social networks. Quantitative approach was used to investigate how the use of a social network amongst people living in the same suburb could improve decision making on the local level. Findings showed that awareness building, deliberation, and consultation factors could be used to affect the decision making for their local governments.

scholarly journals Legislating community engagement at the Australian local government level

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Christensen
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Central Place ◽  
Core Element ◽  
Vast Number ◽  
Reporting Requirements ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Local Government Level ◽  
Government Level

Community engagement has assumed a more salient role in the operations of Australia’s local governments. A vast number of legislative instruments and reporting requirements are imposed upon local governments by the states and the Northern Territory across Australia’s seven local government jurisdictions. Consequently, a set of identifiable practices is solidifying as a core element of local government practice and state–local relations. However, while practices have recently proliferated, it is easy to forget that they are relatively new. This article examines the legislative frameworks of Australian local government systems by chronologically mapping the development of legislation and other reporting requirements. It is argued that community engagement now occupies a central place in local government, and that the jurisdictions use four different types of approaches, often simultaneously, which can fruitfully be described as ‘prescriptive’, ‘aspirational’, ‘empowering’ and ‘hedging’. The discussion draws comparative observations and identifies key issues and challenges for the future of community engagement. KeywordsCommunity engagement; Australia; local government; public participation; legislation

M-Government Initiatives at the Local Level

2007 ◽  
pp. 233-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis V. Casaló ◽  
Carlos Flavián ◽  
Miguel Guinalíu
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Local Level ◽  
City Council ◽  
Mobile Telephone ◽  
The Public ◽  
Local Government Level ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City ◽  
Good Number ◽  
Government Level

This chapter introduces the concept of m-government and its implications for both citizens and public institutions. Although m-government is currently in an initial phase of development, its potential in the relationship between the public sector and the citizen is obvious because of, for example, the large number of mobile phone users among the public. In addition, the development of m-government initiatives generates a good number of bene?ts for the public sector that operates it as well as for the public, who experience improved accessibility to electronic public services. Because of this, this chapter analyses m-government initiatives developed by the Zaragoza City Council (Spain) in order to describe its bene?ts, implications for the relationship between the City Council and the citizen, and the future perspectives of these initiatives. We have speci?cally chosen a country like Spain due to the fact that mobile telephone usage is widespread and, at the same time, local government level has been chosen as the citizen participates more in the relationship with the public sector when it is at the local level.

Towards Building Direct Democratic Governance Through the Ward Committee System in South African Local Government

2022 ◽  
pp. 222-241
Author(s):  
Ndwakhulu Stephen Tshishonga
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Community Participation ◽  
South African ◽  
Local Governance ◽  
Structuration Theory ◽  
Participatory Governance ◽  
Community Governance ◽  
Local Government Level ◽  
Government Level

This chapter interrogates the ward committee system as an instrument in an institutionalised local government level to advance direct participatory governance. The ward committee has a constitutional mandate upon which accountability, democratization, community governance, and inclusive participation in the municipal decision-making is enhanced. The ward committee system was legislated to create a platform for community participation and enhance accountable local governance. Structuration theory has been used to engage with elements of representativity, powers, skills, functionality, access to information, influence in decision-making, and relationship with others structures as developed by Smith and de Visser. The chapter made use of various case studies to interrogate the role, potential, and challenges of the ward committee system in forging direct participatory governance.

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