In 2019, we are starting to see the first results. ✽anes je nov dan« reports, that 57 candidates, that have promised to support participatory budgeting have entered local councils ( ). Many candidates for mayors and many politicians campaigning for the local councils stated participatory budgeting as one of their priorities in their political programs. The debate about participatory budgeting went on high gears. In October 2018, local elections took place in Slovenia. On the proposed projects, the municipality conducts consultations with citizens no later than the submission of the budget to the municipal council for reception.« »In the process of preparing the draft budget, the municipality may determine the amount of funds intended for financing projects proposed by citizens. The whole procedure in the Parliament is to be found here.Ī Bill was signed into Law on the 25th of April 2018 and published a day later ( 1). In March and April 2018, the articles were already on the desks of the member of the parliament. The Government had prepared additional articles for the Law on Local Communities and among them was also the article on participatory budgeting. SOS Skupnost obÄin Slovenije – Association of Municipalities and Towns of Slovenia) took part and started to promote the idea strongly.īy 2018, such promising idea had reached the high politics. Addressing the GIFT public participation principles and having access to international experts and experiences, combined with discussions on the Slovenian mechanisms to engage communities in budgeting, big organizations of local communities (i. In May 2017, the GIFT network and Court of Audit of the Republic of Slovenia organized a regional seminar on participatory budgeting which gave a new push to the movement. The same case is observed with the neighboring municipality of Komen.
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Unfortunately, the project ended since there was not enough political will for full implementation.Ī similar initiative started in local community of AjdovÅ¡Äina in 2016 and it has been a success ever since. First »experiments« in this field started in city of Maribor in 20. The idea of participatory budgeting is not completely new in Slovenia. There is a substantial interest among local communities and the Parliament has helped with legislation promoting participation. On participatory budgeting, we have started small in Slovenia a few year ago, but we have come pretty far in less than 5 years.
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