SEMINAR WHEN TECHNOLOGIES

OPTIMIZE PARTICIPATION: EVIDENCE FROM HIBRID MODELS OF

PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING

14  - 15 May, 2018 | Cascais

Objective: To discuss the key issues on integration of participatory (initiative)budgeting and Internet-based technologies.

Who are invited to participate: Current and prospective leaders of citizen engagement projects,consultants in participatory (initiative) budgeting, IT experts, officialsand specialists from state and municipal governing bodies.

Key topics for discussion: • The review of citizen engagement in budgeting platforms and openinformation platforms. • Open budget information and platforms for citizen participation: ifthere is a need for integration. • Which modules should citizen engagement platforms have? • Is the integration of crowdsourcing platforms and citizen participationplatforms necessary? • Is there a need for consulting support of projects at participatorybudgeting platforms?

Organizers: Empatia Consortium - Portugal Center of Initiative Budgeting ‘Financial Research Institute’ - Russia

10.00 – 10.20 Welcome words by Cascais Town Hall representatives

10.20 – 10.45 Introduction by Nelson Dias and Giovanni Allegretti. “The tenserelations between PB and ICTs: reading limitations and challenges through thedifferent stages of PB cycles”

10.45 – 11.30 Confronting practices through a twin approach (1): “The pivotal role ofTransparency”. A dialogue between the Municipality of Valongo and its technologyconsultant.

11.30 – 11.45 Coffee-break 11.45 – 12.30 Confronting practices through a twin approach (2): “Expanding PBbeyond its limits”. A dialogue between the Municipality of Lisbon and its technologyconsultant.

12.30 – 14.30 Lunch 14.30 – 15.15 Confronting practices through a twin approach (3): “Scaling up PB tolarger administrative levels”. A dialogue between the National PB for Youngsters andits technology consultant.

15.15 – 15.30 Coffee-break

15.30 – 17.30 Broadening the citizens’ dialogue on public resources and commongoods. Round Table with foreign guest-experiences: - Consul (Madrid) - a rising standard for multi-process platforms over the PB; - Urban Center Bologna (Italy) - Citizens managing the urban commons; - Freecoin (Netherlands/Faro) - Using the blockchain to empower collectiveparticipation.

14 May

10.00 – 11.30 Confronting practices through a twin approach (4): “When the role ofcitizens widens to all phases and different tools”. A dialogue between the Municipalityof Cascais and its different consultants.

11.30 – 13.00 Site-visits to spaces built or reclaimed through participatory budgeting.

13.00 – 15.00 Lunch 15.00 – 18.00 Closing discussion among all participants

Official languages of the seminar: Portuguese and Russian. There will be simultaneous translation.

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