2022 Award "Best Practice in Citizen Participation"
16th Edition
En miljon idéer is focussed on the rural areas in Trelleborg municipality. The rural area has around 15000 inhabitants and has been divided into two areas for the purpose of the participatory budgeting process. Dividing up the rural area into a north and a south area has made it easier to create engagement and to increase the dissemination of the process. Within the municipality two strategists and one communications officer work on the process on a day-to-day basis. There is a steering group with a membership of politicians and staff from other parts of the municipality. The PB process funds activities and investments related to leisure activities for children and young people, leisure activities for older people as well as environmental improvements. The participatory budget has increased in 2022 from 5 million SEK to 6 million SEK, where 1 million SEK are allocated for support to associations. This will create an opportunity for making it possible to involve the civic association in the delivery of funded proposals.
The submission of proposals and voting happens though a digital platform. Those who do not feel comfortable with a digital tool can contact the municipality by telephone, email or by visiting the physical support centre. The goal is that it should be as easy as possible to submit proposals and vote. Numerous online workshops have been organised under the proposal submission phase to discuss proposals and to share practical information about the process.
During 2020 and 2021 over 220 proposals were submitted and they received 7300 votes. Of the submitted proposals 12 have gone on to delivery. Examples include playgrounds, outdoor gyms and swimming piers and other. We have learnt a lot through the first two years. We have had to manage challenges around legal aspects, finances, logistics and the practical delivery. Based on our learnings and evaluation we have made several significant changes to the process.
2022 we changed the process so that smaller villages that to date have not received any funded proposals will be prioritised regardless of how many votes they get. Several budgetary limitations were instituted to ensure that more and smaller proposals would be funded and not just a couple of larger ones. We will work continually with evaluating the process and changing it based on learnings and viewpoints.
https://www.trelleborg.se/kommun-politik/en-miljon-ideer/
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