Participatory budgeting. The role of nongovernmental organizations in the participatory budgeting
Participatory budgeting. The role of nongovernmental organizations in the participatory budgeting

Author(s): Bogdan Țonea
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Societatea de Stiinte Juridice si Administrative
Keywords: participatory budgeting; local government; good practices; civil society; NGOs;
Summary/Abstract: The objectives of the proposed study refer, on the one hand, to the analysis of the impact of the concept of participatory budgeting in the activity of the local administration in Romania and, on the other hand they refer to the way this concept intervenes in the life of the local communities and the way an active civil society can influence the action of the local administration in Romania. The research methods used to elaborate this study are: the observation of the phenomenon and the way it is reflected in the online space, the comparative analysis of the participatory budgeting models used by some local administrations in Romania, as well as some good international practices in the field, such as the analysis of the programmatic documents of the local administrations studied. The results and implications of the study aim at increasing the awareness of the local communities in general as well as that of the non-governmental organizations in particular regarding the advantages of the civil society involvement in the construction and the execution of local budgets, both in terms of increasing the quality of life but also in terms of diminishing the phenomenon of corruption in the local government.

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