Participatory Budget for Pune 2012

Are the Roads in your area in a bad condition ?
Are there no proper Street lights in  your area ?
Are there no Footpaths, Jogging Tracks or Benches for Senior Citizens to Sit ?
Is your society suffering from Water Scarcity problems ?
Doesn’t your locality have Gardens ?
Are there no Public Toilets in your area ?
and many similar issues ….

If you are having the above problems then you can solve them very easily.
Pune Municipal Corporation is giving you an unique opportunity to plan Budget for your Area via “ Participatory Budget ”
You can plan works for Budget upto Rs.50 Lakh for your area (Electoral - Prabhag).
For each work a maximum of Rs.5 Lakh can be allotted.

You can suggest these works and the PMC after checking the Legal aspect and the actual necessity will make space for your suggestions in PMC’s next year Budget (2013 – 2014).

Now you have no reason to complaint that the system is Bad. You are getting an equal opportunity to get the system right…

You need to fill just a Form. This can be submitted to your Ward Office. You also have the provision of doing this Online.
The Last Date for filling the form is 10^th September, 2012.
So hurry up and don’t miss this opportunity.

To download the form, visit : https://www.box.com/s/y6kbdyb36g5hlki8o4u4

To Fill the Form online, visit : http://203.199.173.13:8080/EbudgetingProject2012/

To download the presentation for this initiative, visit : https://www.box.com/s/fqzlr1im5yveqh6xh1u0
To download all the above files in one click, visit : https://www.box.com/s/yr9lf1zlkeshizm33ivt

For any doubts or problems, you can contact Janwani at 020 25709012 or 020 25709000.
or visit www.janwani.org

What is Participatory Budget ?

          Participatory Budgeting programmes are innovative governance processes. They can provide citizens with the opportunity to give their inputs in resource allocation and to monitor public spending. Social and political exclusion can be better addressed as low income and traditionally excluded citizens or groups get the opportunity to participate in decision-making.

          The basic pattern of participatory budget processes is that community groups identify spending priorities and submit these to their local civic offices / representatives who transform community priorities into concrete project proposals; facilitators provide technical assistance in project proposal development; once local lists of projects are ready, citizens prioritize these and the public authority then implements the projects.

           In Pune, the municipal corporation initiated participatory budgeting in 2005. Meetings of citizens and civic officials were organized through local agencies such as the National Society for Clean Cities and Nagrik Chetna Manch. A few hundred citizens participated and submitted requests for projects. The experience helped lay a base for citizen engagement in ward level budget processes of the municipality. In 2006-07, a more detailed and formalized process was followed, with facilitation support provided by Janwani and CEE.