Participatory Budgeting in Serbia: Lessons Learnt from Pilot Projects
Apstrakt
Participatory budgeting has been advocated as a democratic innovation that could bring governance closer to citizens. A myriad of European countries have embraced this idea and piloted participatory budgeting projects at the local level. In Serbia, however, democratic innovations are at the infantile stage. Only a handful of participatory budgeting projects have been initiated so far. The aim of this paper is to present the main lessons learnt from these projects and to present participatory budgeting as a citizen-centric and fiscally decentralized approach to public financial planning and execution. Using the mix-method, participatory budgeting projects and programs in three local government units in Serbia were analyzed. The results indicate political will of only a handful of Serbian local self-governments to implement participatory budgeting and limited sustainability of the concept of democratic innovation.
Ključne reči:
Serbia / participatory budgeting / financial decentralization / democratic innovationIzvor:
Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government, 2020, 18, 4, 999-1021Izdavač:
- Inst Local Self-Government Maribor, Maribor
Finansiranje / projekti:
- Infrastruktura za elektronski podržano učenje u Srbiji (RS-MESTD-Integrated and Interdisciplinary Research (IIR or III)-47003)
DOI: 10.4335/18.3.999-1021(2020)
ISSN: 1581-5374
WoS: 000585096700018
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85127534392
Institucija/grupa
Fakultet organizacionih naukaTY - JOUR AU - Milosavljević, Miloš AU - Spasenić, Željko AU - Benković, Slađana AU - Dmitrović, Veljko PY - 2020 UR - https://rfos.fon.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2068 AB - Participatory budgeting has been advocated as a democratic innovation that could bring governance closer to citizens. A myriad of European countries have embraced this idea and piloted participatory budgeting projects at the local level. In Serbia, however, democratic innovations are at the infantile stage. Only a handful of participatory budgeting projects have been initiated so far. The aim of this paper is to present the main lessons learnt from these projects and to present participatory budgeting as a citizen-centric and fiscally decentralized approach to public financial planning and execution. Using the mix-method, participatory budgeting projects and programs in three local government units in Serbia were analyzed. The results indicate political will of only a handful of Serbian local self-governments to implement participatory budgeting and limited sustainability of the concept of democratic innovation. PB - Inst Local Self-Government Maribor, Maribor T2 - Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government T1 - Participatory Budgeting in Serbia: Lessons Learnt from Pilot Projects EP - 1021 IS - 4 SP - 999 VL - 18 DO - 10.4335/18.3.999-1021(2020) UR - conv_2399 ER -
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Milosavljević, M., Spasenić, Ž., Benković, S.,& Dmitrović, V.. (2020). Participatory Budgeting in Serbia: Lessons Learnt from Pilot Projects. in Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government Inst Local Self-Government Maribor, Maribor., 18(4), 999-1021. https://doi.org/10.4335/18.3.999-1021(2020) conv_2399
Milosavljević M, Spasenić Ž, Benković S, Dmitrović V. Participatory Budgeting in Serbia: Lessons Learnt from Pilot Projects. in Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government. 2020;18(4):999-1021. doi:10.4335/18.3.999-1021(2020) conv_2399 .
Milosavljević, Miloš, Spasenić, Željko, Benković, Slađana, Dmitrović, Veljko, "Participatory Budgeting in Serbia: Lessons Learnt from Pilot Projects" in Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government, 18, no. 4 (2020):999-1021, https://doi.org/10.4335/18.3.999-1021(2020) ., conv_2399 .