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Wykorzystanie budżetu obywatelskiego w procesie rewitalizacji – przykład Ostrowa Wielkopolskiego
Civic participatory budget in the revitalization process – the example of Ostrów Wielkopolski

Author(s): Dominika Zięba
Subject(s): Civil Society, Public Administration
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: civic budget; revitalization; participation; urban regeneration; local government policy

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on the issue of the correlation between the civic budget and the revitalization process on the example of solutions adopted in Ostrów Wielkopolski, where the civic budget has been used as one of the revitalization tools. Ostrów Wielkopolski was the first Polish city to use such solutions. From 2019, the category of revitalization tasks is separated as part of the annual civic budget of Ostrów Wielkopolski, in which co-financing can be provided for selected by residents social projects implemented in the revitalization area. The article presents the assumptions and results of the implementation of the civic budget as a revitalization tool in Ostrów Wielkopolski, on the basis of which the author analyzed the possibility of using the civic budget institution in the comprehensive revitalization process conducted by local governments.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 8
  • Page Range: 172-183
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish