2018 Award "Best Practice in Citizen Participation"
XII Edition 2018
A More Enlightened Community, a More Participative Community
- Brief Courses on Citizenship, where local democracy, citizenship, democratic values, are discussed;
- Breves cursos sobre ciudadanía, donde se debaten la democracia local, la ciudadanía, los valores democráticos;
Hay muchas otras iniciativas dentro de este proyecto, todas creadas con el mismo objetivo en mente.
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Conversation with NIANG Ibrahima - Association Mauritanienne des Communes du Sud AMCS
votre projet parle de Budget participatif des jeunes de Valongo de 6 à 35 ans. quels sont les projets financés au bénéfice des jeunes ? comment vous avez procéder au financement ?
Hello Niang, thank you for your interest in our project and for your comment.
The Participatory Youth Budget of Valongo (www.opjv.cm-valongo.pt) aims to involve and inspire young people to participate and become involved with the community in a constructive manner, as well as raise awareness to the existing democratic practices. This said, we accept any project (within the participation norms of the PYB) the young people submit. Many projects are thought-out and created having the necessities of the young people in mind. But many other projects are submitted having the whole community in mind, meaning the young people are aware of the necessities of others and that they can make a difference.
The projects are financed/receive na award of 10’000 to implement their ideas, are selected during a prolonged voting period.
Your initiative focuses on Participatory Budgeting for young people aged 6 to 35 in Valongo. What initiatives for the welfare of young people are funded? How did you come up with the money?
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Using the example of this year’s edition, we have a total of 120’000 EUR available for 12 projects. In order to give response to the necessities/wishes of the many youth communities, there are three main categories: scholar/school category, extra-curricular category, and generation category. The Budget is organized as follows:
- Scholar Category – 5 winning projects – 50’000 EUR, meaning 10’000 EUR for each project;
- Extra-curricular Category – 5 winning projects - 50’000 EUR, meaning 10’000 EUR for each project;
- Generation Category – 2 winning projects – 20’000 EUR, meaning 10’000 EUR for each project;
Citizens between 6 and 35 years can vote in 3 projects (one of each category) they would like to see implemented. After the voting period, the projects with the most votes win!
I hope to have answered your question!
Thank you and best regards
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