Project tools
BRAZIL
DESCRIPTION A tool for the city’s democratic management, directly linked to budget management and characterised by a process of debates, public hearings and consultations on proposals for applying the municipal budget resources.
SIMILARITIES
The Participatory Budget is a management and urban planning tool and is therefore directly linked to other municipal planning tools.
REQUIRES
DIFFERENCES
Both cases involve community participation in the budgeting process
DECENTRALISED
Financial and patrimonial autonomy Budget source
CENTRALISED Budget source
EACH SECTOR GENERATES ITS OWN
MUNICIPALITIES
PERMANENT SOCIAL INCLUSION
THE POPULATION IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE PLANNING PROCESS
(SIGNED) AGREEMENT
LACK
to ensure the continuity of activities
of continuity of activities and supervision
Government commitment. Technical knowledge and skills in the development of the instrument and the monitoring processes. Monitor ing the performance of the departments responsible for the budget implementation.
RESULTS A participatory democracy that therefore directs the budget toward initiatives by means of consensus with the population. Ample understanding of the need to prioritise investments according to budget limitations.
Source: Nampula Report, 2013.
PARTNERSHIPS WORKING ON URBAN PLANNING
Porto Alegre INHAMBANE Establishment of a community debating dynamic in the process of defining priorities, followed by the consolidation of work according to decisions taken
Canoas Matola Training on participatory budgeting, assisting in the planning and launch of the first budget cycle in Matola
MOZAMBIQUE
Guarulhos Dondo Engcouraging exchanges between the cities in order to strengthen public policies with social participation