Participatory Budgeting: Latest Development in Czechia and Slovakia

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14220%2F25%3A00143158" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14220/25:00143158 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.2478/nispa-2025-0018" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.2478/nispa-2025-0018</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/nispa-2025-0018" target="_blank" >10.2478/nispa-2025-0018</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Participatory Budgeting: Latest Development in Czechia and Slovakia

Original language description

The existence of active and participating citizens is an essential part of a democratic society. In recent years, the concept of political participation has expanded, and new ways of involving individuals and groups in community or local decision-making processes have emerged. Participatory budgeting is one of the ways citizens participate in public decision-making. This research provides a comparative analysis on development of selected factors influencing the sustainability of participatory budgeting in regional cities (urban regional centres) in Czechia and Slovakia. The analysis is complemented by case studies in two cities that run the participatory budgeting the longest (Brno in Czechia, Bansk &amp; aacute; Bystrica in Slovakia). The findings indicate relatively low interest in participatory budgeting in both countries and conflicting goals for ensuring sustainability, e.g. development in the amount allocated for PB. The paper summarises the latest developments of PB in the analysed urban regional centres. It adds to the knowledge of this tool in the context of the Central and Eastern Europe region and helps policymakers focus on important factors influencing the sustainability of participatory budgeting.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50600 - Political science

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Nispacee Journal of Public Administration and Policy

ISSN

1337-9038

e-ISSN

1338-4309

Volume of the periodical

18

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

PL - POLAND

Number of pages

28

Pages from-to

148-175

UT code for WoS article

001640284600002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105025764587