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Participatory Budgeting in the Municipality of Elbasan. 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.
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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 Communication Campaign
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 Communication campaign
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
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
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
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?