participatory budgeting
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Participatory budgeting/ Central Library -project/ Helsinki City LibraryTRANSCRIPT
Helsinki Central Library 2018 is a new type of project where the contents and modes of activity are developed through collaboration between the library, city residents
and partners.
“In Finland public spaces aren’t designed for people. Usually they are empty squares and monuments. Public space should be for us all: street kitchens, sofas, creative nudges, peer learning and so worth. We need space and tools, that could be used for people’s own events, action and ideas.”-Arto Sivonen, urban culture activist &marketing manager
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Vision of the Helsinki City Library
09.04.23
Case: Participatory BudgetingThe city trying out participatory budgeting for the first time
Participatory budgeting (PB) is a process of democratic deliberation and decision-making. It gives citizens the power to make real decisions about how money is spent-Wikipedia
OLD CLASSIC
Sherry R Arnstein: A Ladder of Citizen Participation Ladder (1969)
“Citizen participation is a categorical term for citizen power. It is the redistribution of power that enables the citizens to be deliberately included in the future. It is the strategy by which the citizens join in determining how for example information is shared, goals and policies are set, tax resources are allocated, programs are operated”.
For the very first time, in 2012 the library offered Helsinki residents the opportunity to collectively decide how €100,000 of development money will be spent.
The PB processThe PB process
09.04.23
1st Round: Creating ideas/The Unel-moi! -campaign
kuvateksti
Analyzing, categorising and describing the ideas• Catogies:
o 1) Silenceo 2) Action/ events/ doingo 3) Digital services & ITo 4) Working, learning & DoItYourselfo 5) Children and other special target groupso 6) Collection/ contentso 7) ”All day long”-serviceso 8) Architecture, furnishing & interior decorationo 9) Other
09.04.23
2nd RoundHands in Clay/Methods, Workshops, Decisions
Partners:
• We created together a simple method and frame – with the help of it citizens could easily take part in the process :
o Method for decision makingo Method for workshopso Pilotprojectso Visualization of the budgetary data
Visualization of The Budgetary Datawww.openspending.org
Pilotprojects1. Asiakas lauluntekijänä: Lauluhuone Kirjasto 10:ssä 12 500 €2. Digikulttuurin uudet ilmentymät: Kaupunkiverstas 25 000 €3. Rentoutuminen, hiljaisuus, slow: Suvanto – rajaton tila mielen virkistäytymiseen 33 000 €4. Lasten ja perheiden palvelut: Satusynttärit kirjastossa 15 000 €5. Vertaisoppimisen uudet muodot: Toisilta oppimisen festivaali 20 000 €6. Tapahtumat ja elämykset: Yökirjasto – sinkkuelämää hyllyjen välissä15 000 €7. Kirjallisuuden uudet konseptit: Lost and found – nykykirjailijat herättävät henkiin klassikot 35 000 €8. Lukukokemusten näkyväksi tekeminen: Kuinka kirjat liikuttavat meitä 35 000 €
Workshops:25.10. Kontula library29.10. Kaupunkiverstas/ Urban Workshop1.11. Töölö library
Results
Keskustakirjasto.fi/en
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