2013 09-03 participatory budgeting cologne

Powerof

eParticipationPublic Management in the 21st Century: Trends, Ideas and Practices”Stiklestad-Trondheim (Norway), 17-18 September 2013

Dirk Blauhut

Mittwoch, 18. September 13

Whatare we

talkingabout?


2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Participatory Budgeting: 4 xNoise reduction Plan: 2 xSmall Participation Projects; 1 x



2004


Pillars of the project

6Mittwoch, 18. September 13

Kick Off

The City Council decided to have a participatory budget and to introduce an e-participation-platform 1


Assignment

The City Council authorized the administration to realize the project


Stakeholder

stakeholders in the adminstration:

•Department of eGovernment and Online-Services

•Finance Department 3Mittwoch, 18. September 13

Partners

with the help of Fraunhofer Institute of Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems IAIS4


Idea

created a new vision of participationIn Cologne

5 Let us close the gap and bring together

Politicians, administration and the citizens


inform about the budget comprehensively and understandably;conscientise the population about the complex topic

INFORMATION

Aims of the PB


Summary


low-threshold method,easy handlinge.g for a registration only username and password are required

The „Cologne“ modelinternet is the main chanelbut participation is also possible via letters and Call-Center

based on pro-posals, Con-sultative methodproposals for spending and saving money, no budget calculator promise of

guaranty of the politicsthe city council decised on the top ranked proposals

rotation of topics (until 2012)each PB with new topics


2

Streets, paths,open areas

Culture

Building & urban development

Civic services

Green spaces Education/schools

Health

Social Cologne

Sports Environment protection

Promotion of the economy

Youth

Subjects over the years


2


Culture


Civic services


Health

Social Cologne



Youth



2


Culture


Civic services


Health

Social Cologne



Youth



2


Culture


Civic services


Health

Social Cologne



Youth



2


Culture


Civic services


Health

Social Cologne



Youth

2012



2


Culture


Civic services


Health

Social Cologne



Youth

1 3 4220

12



Since 2013…

+ 10Saving Proposals

by the government


The future ?

Maybe impact oriented


Create some brilliantsoftware 😉

Let us close the gap and bring together

Politicians, administration and the citizens 6


Like this one…http://buergerhaushalt.stadt-koeln.de

1

submit proposals



1

submit proposals

2

discuss &vote



1

submit proposals

2

discuss &vote3

ranking

(Top 100 lists)


Finally…


Finally…

4 city council

Decision in the


Finally…

5

accountability(Top 100 lists)

4 city council

Decision in the




4,493,73

7,21

12,06

Ratings per Participant


a failure?


NO!


0

LESSONS LEARNED ?


1

The PB according to the „Cologne model“ was the right concept in

2007 for starting with e-participation.

LESSONS LEARNED


2

A change is gonna come!

The scope for political decisions in budget term got limited which puts the acceptance of the PB to a risk.

LESSONS LEARNED


3

The approach of the PB should change towards a city political dialog about sustainable budget consolidation und setting the focus on budget planing.

LESSONS LEARNED


4

Citizens should be involved into discussions about infrastructure

planing, urban development etc with technical solutions which meet the

needs

LESSONS LEARNED


5

The citizens‘ existing need to submit „every day problems“ can be caught

by suitable dialog formats (e.g. request and complaint management

system).

LESSONS LEARNED


6

To think out of the box

LESSONS LEARNED


6

LESSONS LEARNED


Summary


It will hurt. It will take time. It will

require dedication. It will require willpower. You will need to make healthy decisions. It requires sacrifice. You will need to push your

body to ist max. There will be temptation. But, I promise you,

when you reach your goal, it is worth it!


For further questions please contact:

City of Cologne, E-‐Goverment and Online-‐Services, Guelichplatz 1-‐3, D-‐50667 Köln, Dirk Blauhut, Phone: (+49) 221 221 33999, e-‐government@stadt-‐koeln.de

Thankyou

for yourtime !
