PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING AND THE CASE OF BARCELONA

Year 2024, Volume: 12 Issue: 1, 25 - 57, 26.06.2024

İsmail Gunes

https://doi.org/10.14514/beykozad.1331243

Abstract

A participatory budget has long been accepted as an important tool and a new democratic method for the allocation of public expenditures. Participatory budgeting aims to democratically allocate public money for local services, enabling communities to decide how public budgets are spent. Since it originated in 1989 in Porto Alegre, it has been implemented in many countries and is increasingly being implemented worldwide. This paper investigates the use of participatory budgeting in Barcelona municipalities during 2020–2023. The data used in this study were taken from decidim.barcelona, the official participatory budget platform of the city of Barcelona.

Keywords

Democracy, Participatory Budgeting, Governance, Barcelona, Budget.

KATILIMCI BÜTÇELEME ve BARSELONA ÖRNEĞİ

Abstract

Özet
Katılımcı Bütçe, kamu harcamalarının tahsisinde uzun zamandan beri önemli bir araç ve yeni demokratik bir yöntem olarak kabul edilmektedir. Katılımcı bütçeleme, yerel hizmetler için kamu kaynaklarını demokratik bir şekilde tahsis etmeyi ve toplulukların kamu bütçelerinin nasıl harcanacağına karar vermelerini amaçlar. 1989 yılında Porto Alegre'de ortaya çıktığından beri, birçok ülkede uygulanmış ve dünya çapında giderek daha fazla uygulanmaktadır. Bu makale, 2020-2023 yılları arasında Barselona belediyelerinde katılımcı bütçelemenin kullanımını incelemektedir. Güneybatı Avrupa'daki tarihi ve stratejik öneme sahip Barselona şehri çalışma alanı olarak seçilmiştir. Barselona'da 1,6 milyondan fazla insan yaşamaktadır. 100 km2 alana sahiptir, 10 ilçe ve 73 mahalleye bölünmüştür. Bu çalışmada Barcelona kentinin resmi katılımcı bütçeleme sitesi olan Barselona.Decidim verileri kullanılmıştır.

Keywords

demokrasi, katılımcı bütçeleme, yönetişim, Barselona, Bütçe

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