CONSIDERATIONS ON PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING FOR LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN ROMANIA

STANESE Ioana Tatiana, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu

UNGUREANU Mihai Aristotel , Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu

BARTALIS Anne-Marie, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu

Abstract:
The participatory budgeting process has lately become a topic of interest for nowadays society, where citizens express their willingness to be involved in the proposal and selection of the projects which will be implemented by the local public administration. Participatory budgeting provides as direct result better funding of local projects. This study represents a brief analysis of the main steps and measures already undertaken in the field of participatory budgeting, by some local public administration authorities in the European Union. In Romania the beginning of this process is a difficult and complex task, but it can provide great satisfaction if it is implemented properly.

Keywords: Participatory budgeting, project financing, local public administration, local communities.

JEL Classification: G38, R51

Volume: 70, Issue: 4

Pages: 116 - 131

Publication date: September, 2018

Download the article: http://economice.ulbsibiu.ro/revista.economica/archive/70409stanese&ungureanu&bartalis.pdf

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