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Participatory Municipal Budgeting (PMB)

Country

Brazil

Organization

City Council of Marau / Rio grande do Sul

Type of experience

participatory budgeting

Theme

SDGs

SDG 11

Description

The PMB, in its content, the proposal brings a certain value of the municipal budget specifically intended to be shared among the 65 communities, each corresponding to a plane defined by the popular participation in the meetings of PMB and setting value on the same occasion where this resource will apply. Voting is done by the community and is used, in the case of a single proposal, a white card, which is issued to the time of signing the attendance and rises when the vote takes place by acclamation.

The PMB is carried out in accordance with pre-established meeting with the Directorate of all communities schedule. The assembly was held at night and on weekends. During the assemblies, the organizing team travels to communities and explains how the PMP occurs; later, they are defended by the municipal secretaries and / or representatives of 10 lawsuits (one for each office) predefined by the Municipal Administration. Then, residents will elect five demands of all cited and the five most votes at the end of the process will be implemented in the next in the area of the municipality. At this time also they receive, symbolically, the PMP check last year and reported what value will be granted this year.

Then it's time to choose the demand for the place where they live. At this stage the delegates / representatives of the community who will be leading the supervision of the execution of the work or purchase of goods chosen as local demands are also chosen.