25 Questions on Initiative Budgeting: manual
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Thus, the amount of subsidy for a separate initiative budgeting project depends on the design of the program adopted in the constituent territory of the Russian Federation.
Question 6
Who implements IB projects? Can I get money from the budget for the implementation of the project, which will be selected?
Citizens who chose the initiative budgeting project and are involved in its development are also actively involved in monitoring the implementation of the project. At the same time, the works are put for competition in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Law No.44-FZ “On Contract System for the Procurement of Goods, Works, Services for the State and Municipal Needs” dated 05.04.2013 (as amended on 03.07.2016) or the Federal Law No.223-FZ “On Procurement of Goods, Works, and Services by Certain Types of Legal Entities” dated 18.07.2011 (as amended on 05.04.2016).
The law gives an opportunity to participate in the competition to a wide range of persons. A participant, who has collected the most points and, as a rule, has offered the least amount to fulfill the contract, starts work in accordance with the work schedule.
Thus, the implementation of works within the IB projects is carried out by the winner of the official competition held in accordance with the norms of federal legislation.
Question 7
What share of the local budget is distributed through the IB mechanism?
In the city of Porto Alegre, in some years, up to 40 % of the city budget was distributed through the practice of initiative budgeting. On average, at least 10 % are allocated to PB projects annually.
In Russia, regional practices of initiative budgeting rarely exceed 1 % of total budgetary expenditures. Exceptions are several regions. In 2016, the Yaroslavl Region started the implementation of the program “Develop the Region by Anniversary”, for which it was envisaged to allocate over 1.6 billion budgetary funds. This amount is almost 2 % of the regional budget. It is gratifying that most of the projects are implemented on the basis of decisions and participation of citizens.
It will be appropriate to draw attention to the fact that the minimum amount of the pilot program of a constituent territory of the Russian Federation should be above 20–30 million rubles. Otherwise, it is difficult to determine and assess the effects of initiative budgeting: projects are few, there are a large number of losers in the competition, and the costs of consulting projects are high.
Question 8
Can IB be implemented in cities?
Initially, projects involving citizens were mainly implemented in cities. In Latin America, most cities with over one million people have experience in participatory budgeting. In Europe, PB is also predominantly urban practice. Lisbon, Paris, Berlin – this is not a complete list of cities implementing PB projects.
At the same time, in South-East Asia, PB is predominantly rural practice.
In Russia, initiative budgeting is concentrated in villages, urban-type settlements and small towns. At the same time projects of participatory budgeting are city projects. The PPMI also attempts to develop an urban component. Tver, Kirov and Ufa are actively involved in this process.
It should be noted that urban practices can differ significantly from rural ones. Due to the larger size of the settlements, the urban population is disjointed: it is difficult and sometimes impossible to gather it for a general meeting, without the decision of which it is impossible to take a lawful decision (Federal Law No.131-FZ “On General Principles of the Organization of Local Government in the Russian Federation’ dated 06.10.2003 [as amended on 03.07.2016]).
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