Services

 

We offer a variety of services and assistance to local governments, public agencies, and community organizations that are interested in developing or improving participatory budgeting processes.

 

Public Education

Technical Assistance

Research & Evaluation

 

Public Education

• Public talks and presentations
• Demo workshops
• Conferences and seminars
• Customized talks and workshops for schools, housing authorities, and community organization
• Publishing articles, guides, and op-eds

Marnie Thomspon, Fund for Democratic Communities: "We're still reverberating with all the information, possibilities, and connections generated by The PB Project's visit."

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Technical Assistance

Support and accompaniment for:

• Building broad community partnerships
• Participatory rule-making and process design
• Development of technical tools, such as budget matrices and voting systems
• Planning and facilitation of community workshops, assemblies, and meetings
• Preparation of budget literacy and educational materials
• Training and capacity-building
• Production of publicity materials

Chicago Alderman Joe Moore: "I worked closely with the Participatory Budgeting Project in designing and implementing our participatory budgeting initiative in Chicago's 49th Ward... Their advice and counsel proved indispensable, and contributed enormously to the success of our 'experiment in democracy.'"

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Research & Evaluation

• Development of evaluation frameworks, including monitoring indicators and survey, interview, and observation tools
• Participatory evaluation and research
• Preparation and dissemination of evaluation reports
• Facilitation of evaluation and planning workshops
• Feasibility and scoping studies
• Research on international best practices

Evelyn Murialdo (former director of Toronto Community Housing's Community Health Unit): "We decided to do the participatory evaluation because we need to make a business case for the PB. We need to make sure that what we do has clear ways of being measured. We tried to do evaluations before, but [The PB Project] has taken us further into anchoring it in the voices of tenants."

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