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Regional Conference on Public Participation in the Budget Process
Municipality of Ankaran –
public participation experience
Mojca Primožič Kužner
Ljubljana, 11.05.2017
Municipality of Ankaran
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Basic information
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southwestern Slovenia, Littoral region of Slovenia,
border with Italy
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3300 inhabitants
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area 8 km2
The establishment of municipality of Ankaran
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9.6.2011 Constitutional Court of Slovenija
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1.1.2015 is constituted and starts working
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first municipal budget in 2016
Reasons for incorporating public participation
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Reasons
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The main objectives of establishing the municipality of Ankaran
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Municipality was established by public participation – request
Objectives
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Public participation in all areas of public policy making
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Active citizens
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all (age, ethnic, religion,…) groups in Ankaran participate in budget process
Authorizing environment
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No law or regulation that regulate public participation in budget process or
public finance
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National regulation on public participation in spatial planning, nature
conservation, right to information
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Ankaran – plans to regulate (make obligatory) public participation at the
local level
Participatory budgeting in Ankaran
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Public participation in phase of designing the budget
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Process:
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the letter of invitation to all households, civil society organizations
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Collecting and categorizing the proposals and initiatives
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municipal administration with mayor – making the proposal of budget
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municipal council discussing and adopting budget
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Presenting adopted budget to the public on citizen meeting and in
municipality newsletter
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In every municipality newsletter information about status of the projects
the final goal – public participation in all phases of budget process
Results and impact
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Results:
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2016 budget
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600 citizen proposals
54% of budget (public expenditure)
2017 budget
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200 (new) citizen proposals
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Proposals from children in elementary school
Impact:
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general public got more information and control on use of budgetary funds
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authority got information directly from citizens abut their individual needs
Thank you for your attention.
Mojca Primožič Kužner