Participatory Budgeting Discussion Report

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Participatory Budgeting Discussion Report
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Participatory Budgeting

• Outcomes and results that can be achieved through
  SA.
• Different Experiences on Participatory budgeting

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• It is possible to engage citizens in budget
  cycle. It can be achieved through representatives
  chosen by the community as a focal person.
• At Beneshangul Region there is a project that
  started before three years on participatory
  budgeting.

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• HUNDEE has a project on Older Citizens at
  Sululeta Oromia. The project involves
  participatory budgeting, implementation, and
  follow up.
• Remember the Poorest Community (RPC) has a
  project on orphan and vulnerable children. It has
  well organized committee with different parts of
  community members (children, parents,
  stakeholders and popular people). These group
  follows each step in the budget process.
• Amhara Region has good experience on
  participatory budgeting at Anko ber woreda and
  Fogera Woreda. In Fogera woreda the community
  work on pointing out their problems, prioritize,
  suggest on the solution. They involve in the
  budgeting process. The service providers in
  different sector as well report on quarterly base
  to their respective desks.

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• From the experience of the above NGOs and GOs the
  budget cycle (Ie) Preparation
  Review, implementation, and follow up (M and E)
  were dealt upon.

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• Benefits for citizens, Benefits gain government
  intuitions or service providers.
• It can address the core problem of a particular
  community members
• (youth, children etc).
• Encourages both providers as well as citizens
  participatition. It is possible to obtain
  community participation interms of labors,
  material and finance.
• Facilitate partnership with community members.
• Facilitate ownership and sustainability
• Youth and children can be empowered.

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• Benefits for implementing organization (GO and
  NGGs).
• Accountability
• Transparency
• Efficiency
• Effectiveness
• Enables them to fulfill donors requirement.

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• Key steps and tools of this approach and time
  frame needed.
• Involve community members particularly youth and
  children in needs assessment
• Prioritization of needs
• Involve them in budgeting
• Follow up and implementation
• Involve them in monitoring and Evaluation

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• Tools
• PRA
• PRRP
• Opportunities for implementation in Ethiopia..
• Decentralization
• Youth and children policy
• CSOs interest
• Donors interest
• International Convention are in place

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• Challenges
• Current practice doesnt empower youth and
  children
• Budgetary problem
• Resistance to change
• Conceptual problem on budget cycle in general
• Frequent staff turn over of service providers
  side
• The community has less access for information
  dissemination on social accountability.
• The community has less knowledge on their right
  to access information concerning budget.

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• Messages for the plenary.
• GOs and NGOs need to involve citizens from the
  inception of a project to end of the project
  cycle.
• GOs and NGOs need to address the voice of the
  youth and children through participatory
  budgeting cycle.

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