Advice NI 7th Inspirational Speaker event - What is Participatory Budgeting?

Participatory Budgeting (PB) is a way for people to decide how a (public) budget is spent on projects and services in their communities, rather than having no say in such spending decisions. PB started in Brazil in 1989 and is used in more than 3,000 cities around the world for public budgets totalling hundreds of millions of pounds. The PB process is being used across Britain, and there are some examples of it being used here in NI. When PB is used for decision making about public budgets, it gives people a clear, public say about their priorities, it enables deliberation and discussion about public spending, and it helps build understanding, trust, skills and confidence.

Louise O’Kane is Planner and Head of Engagement at Community Places and has over twelve years' experience of working in the areas of engagement, spatial planning and regeneration and community planning. She has led on the testing of a range of innovative engagement techniques including participatory card games; community visioning processes; public forums; Place Standard and Public Conversation Project (PCP) Dialogue techniques. Over the last 4 years, Louise has managed and co-ordinated the Participatory Budgeting Works Project, a collaborative initiative to raise awareness of and create an enabling environment for PB across the region.

Please note Zoom links will be emailed 2hrs before the event is due to start.

Follow the link to sign up for the event: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-is-participatory-budgeting-tickets-179872502497