Participatory Budgeting involves people (part 1)

From:  Examining Participatory Budgeting (Part 1), By Sandy Heierbacher Director of the NCDD  |  National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD)

• At the end of March, I had the pleasure of attending the first International Conference on Participatory Budgeting in the US and Canada.  My organization, the National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD), was a co-sponsor of the event, and I was a panelist at one of the sessions.

• I was excited to attend the event to learn more about how “participatory budgeting” – a deliberative process that was spearheaded in Brazil – is playing out here in the U.S. 

• Participatory budgeting is one of the fastest-growing forms of public engagement across the globe, and I think it’s an important area for public engagement professionals to be aware of.  

• The conference was organized by Participatory Budgeting Project, which is led by Josh Lerner.

Check out the article for information about participatory budgeting.