Background, Key Objectives, and Approaches for the Initiative

The Africa-Latin America Mutual Learning Initiative on Participatory Budgeting aims to strengthen direct exchange and cooperation between Latin America and the African Continent practitioners on the subject of Participatory Budgeting. This initiative expect to establish an effective South-South platform for development cooperation in the field of participatory budgeting, to enable participating institutions to share their innovations and lessons, as well as learn from the experience of other peer organizations; and, to enhance capacity in Latin America and the African Continent on the field of participatory budgeting. Read More >>

Projects Under this Initiative:

Linking Participatory Budgeting to Results Based Budgeting
The key objectives of this project are to develop a framework for a result oriented participatory budgeting process and to f oster an understanding of focusing on results through resource allocation decision making process in Africa and Latin America . The project is expected to have multiple impacts. Read More>>

Reports / Powerpoint Presentation

1. Result Based Participatory Budgeting: A Case Study of Puno Municipality in Peru
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Participatory Budgeting and Revenue Generation
This project's primary objective is to use the participatory budgeting process to maximize revenue in local governments in Africa by rallying stakeholders in the budgeting process so that they willingly contribute to local development. Read More>>

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Reports / Powerpoint Presentation

1. Enhancing Local Governments’ Capacity for Increased Revenue Generation through Participatory Budgeting In Eastern and Southern Africa
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Participatory Budgeting Stocktaking Initiative in Brazil

The key objective of this project initiative is to collect information that identifies the current trend and patterns of participatory budgeting in Brazil during the 2004-2008 mayoral periods, including how each city’s or town’s participatory budgeting functions, its current challenges and its impact on poverty and local governance indicators. Ultimately this new knowledge is expected to be disseminated widely to policy-makers and practitioners in Africa.  The project is therefore expected to have multiple impacts. Read More >>:

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Reports / Powerpoint Presentation

1. The expansion of Participatory Budgeting in Brazil
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A Pilot Engagement of Peer Institutions in Participatory Budgeting Across West, East, and Southern Africa , on Government Dialogue and Democracy
The key objective of the proposed project is to provide a platform for peer-to-peer learning institutions in Participatory Budgeting and CSO-Government Dialogue and Advocacy. In terms of its impact, this project will among other things bring out a much more unique understanding to the beginners at different entry points and levels of engagement in the countries and a much more warranted for support, mentorship and continuity, which lacks in most of the civil society initiatives in Africa .Read More>>

Reports / Powerpoint Presentation

1. The Peer to Peer Learning Pilot on Government Dialogue and Advocacy for Participatory Budgeting Across West, East and Southern Africa
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Capacity Building for Budget Demystification

The key objective of this project is to demystify the National and Local Government Budgets through peer-to-peer learning by creating the enabling environment for advanced countries in this area to give support to countries taking up the challenge of participatory planning and budgeting at both the local and national levels. Read More>>

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Reports / Powerpoint Presentation

1. Manual for Budget Demystification - A Step-by-Step Guide
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Guidelines on Implementing Participatory Budgeting Step by Step
The key objective of the proposed project is to learn Brazilian participatory budgeting methodologies and adopt them to African context and realities. It is also expected that this project will bring good understanding to the beginners about details on the participatory budgeting steps. Read More>>

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Reports / Powerpoint Presentation

1. Participatory Budgeting - A Step-by-Step Guideline
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2. Participatory Budgeting - A Step-by-Step Guideline - Consultancy Report
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3. Participatory Budgeting - A Step-by-Step Guideline - comparison among Brazilian cities that practice the program
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Communication for Inclusion & Gender Sensitivity of Participatory Budgeting
The main objectives of this project is to document and disseminate the different approaches used in promoting inclusiveness and gender sensitivity in Participatory Planning and Budgeting as well as to acquire knowledge and skills of the different approaches for inclusion and Participatory Gender Budgeting. Read More>>

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Reports / Powerpoint Presentation

1. Communication for Inclusion and Gender Sensitivity of Participatory Budgeting
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2. Compilation of PB experiences from Team members 14.11.09
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Monitoring the Impact of Participatory Budgeting on Service Delivery
The key objective of the project is the development and testing of the tool for monitoring service delivery through peer to peer learning. Therefore the main aim of this project is to develop a tool for application in all situations where PB is being used. In fact the idea is to use this tool as the PB is implemented. In terms of its impact, we expect the project to result in the improvement in monitoring service delivery and the quality and level of participation by citizens in the PB process. Read More>>

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Reports / Powerpoint Presentation

1. Monitoring Participatiory Budgeting and its impact on Service Delivery - Case of Entebbe, Uganda
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