PARTICIPATIVE BUDGET OF VICENTE LÓPEZ
Digital expansion and territorial reinforcement of the Participatory Budget of Vicente López
Municipality of Vicente López // 2017/18/19
# Presented proposals: 1.174 (2017/18/19)
# Citizens participants: 190.000 (2017/18/19)
# Budget: $250.000 million (2017/18/19)◎ Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
The challenge: increase participation in the 9 districts of Vicente López (greater number of projects and more voters) as well as make the process more transparent with a focus on tracking the execution ✔
What we did
⚫ Field research: we carried out interviews and surveys to learn about the area in depth, its actors and the perception of the local Participatory Budget.
⚫ Platform development: we developed a platform based on DemocracyOS, while adapting it to the phases of the Participatory Budget, allowing at first the upload of proposals, dialogue between neighbors and officials, judgement of feasibility and the following the changes in phases and execution of projects.
⚫ Open data: we released information of all the versions of the Participatory Budget of Vicente López since its inception in 2012.
⚫ Data Reading Workshops: we carried out workshops for citizens and civil society organizations on how to critically read data and produce data-centric knowledge.
⚫ Communication workshops: this workshops were held with the authors of the projects, where the participants created their own campaigns.
⚫ Communication: we made a comprehensive management plan of communication for the Participatory Budget and a social media strategy focused on the projects and their benefits.
Some results:
- 150% increase in the number of proposals submitted.
- 260% increase in participation.
- Significant improvements in the feasibility ratio of proposals
Learn more about the platform in PARTICIPATIVE BUDGET OF VICENTE LÓPEZ
Participatory budget: The process of direct intervention through which citizens propose, deliberate and vote on projects to be implemented by the authorities of the municipality and that involve the allocation of public resources for these projects.
