The hereby article is targeted at the analysis of participatory budget's evolution for the city of Wrocław (WBO) within the context of this process being incorporated in the concept of Smart City. The research encompassed the principles of social consultations realized by Wrocław in the years...

The phenomenon of participatory budgeting in Polish cities shows growing awareness of citizens’ role in local development. Participatory budgeting is a tool of partial empowerment of residents through local budgetary policy. A social energy released by initiatives and proposed projects allows...

Participatory Budgeting (PB) has emerged as one of the major innovations in participatory governance for local management and local democracy worldwide. With more than 3,000 experiences recorded in over forty countries, PB is gradually changing the living conditions of increasing numbers of...

The aim of this paper is to examine the links between certain processes and forms of decentralization and the emergence of participatory arrangements. More specifically, the paper will address the question: under what conditions are certain forms of decentralization conducive to a genuinely more...