LAB Metadecidim - Session 16. decidim.pimpam: Strategic planning and participatory budgeting

In 2016 the participation process for the Municipal Action Plan (PAM, du to the initials in Catalan) was carried out in Barcelona. It was the process that gave the starting signal to Decidim.Barcelona and to the Decidim project and it generated high levels of participation with more than 9000 citizen proposals, 400 face meetings and more than 150,000 supports. 70% of the citizen proposals that were included in the final PAM were accepted. Currently, through Decidim.Barcelona, it is possible to make an exhaustive follow-up of the execution of the PAM, which is around 90%.

The Barcelona City Council is already working on the proposal for a participatory process for the next mandate 2019-2023. In this new edition, we want to add a new layer to the participation process, which would be participatory budgets linked to the strategic planning of the city.

In this 16th edition of the LAB Metadecidim we want to open a debate based on the initial proposal of the design of the participatory process of the PAM-PIM (2019-2023) and on the role of the Decidim in the development of the participatory process with the aim of extending and improving the process of 2016 and enriching it with the experience of the participatory budget processes.

Referències:

[1] Castellà, Carola. Pressupostos participatius al món local: el repte d'incorporar la ciutadania en la definició del pressupost públic (2019). Diputació de Barcelona https://www1.diba.cat/llibreria/pdf/61492.pdf

[2] Mesura de govern per una participació diversa i inclusiva (2017) Ajuntament de Barcelona. https://ajuntament.barcelona.cat/participaciociutadana/sites/default/files/documents/mgfparticipacio_3.pdf

[3] Decidim, la plataforma digital oberta i lliure per la participació i la innovació democràtica (2019) Ajuntament de Barcelona https://media-edg.barcelona.cat/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/02185426/Informe_Decidim_20191.pdf

[4] https://decidim.santcugat.cat/processes/pressupostparticipatiu

[5] https://decidim.sabadell.cat/processes/pressupostsbd

[6] Resum i visualitzacions procés PAM 2016 Barcelona. Decidim https://www.decidim.barcelona/processes/pam/f/27/dataviz/summary

[7] Informe disseny procés participatiu digital PAM 2016 Barcelona. UOC. https://tecnopolitica.net/sites/default/files/Informe%20participaci%C3%B3%20ciutadana%20PAM-PAD%202016-2019.pdf

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