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Kathleen Glazik Community Empowerment TeamEducation, Communities & Justice
} Population 5.4 million } 32 Local Authorities} Population from
21,670 in Orkney Islands to 606,340 in Glasgow
} Nicola Sturgeon – First Minister
Policy Context The Christie Commission Report – 2011developing services with and for people and communities
The Commission on Strengthening Local Democracy (2014): “that a process of PB, covering tax and spending options, is adopted by all local governments to enhance local choices over tax and spend within a new system of local government finance”.
Scotland Referendum –2014 “Harnessing the Democratic Energy” (Nicola Sturgeon)
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Gives communities more opportunities to make a difference on their own terms
• New rights for community bodies and new duties on public authorities
• Strengthens the voices of communities in the decisions that matter to them.
• Provides a legal framework that will promote and encourage community empowerment and participation
} A mechanism for community engagement
} A resource to build on the wider development of participatory democracy in Scotland.
} Supports Public Service Reform, that people should have equal opportunity to participate and have their voice heard in decisions shaping their local community and society.
} Complements aspirations for the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 which will help give communities more powers to take forward their own ambitions.
National Support ProgrammeØ PB Partners - Training and capacity building for councils
and community organisations – on how to ‘do PB’
Ø Resources - how to guides, briefings for elected members
Ø Research, testing, and implementation of digital platforms
Ø A critical mass of processes
Ø A national Scottish PB identity and network
Ø A national PB working group (Civil Society & Experts)
Ø A PB advisory group (local practitioners from councils and community organisations)
Ø A cohort of trained facilitators and advocates
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Delegates from America China Kenya France Portugal Denmark Catalonia Iceland Sweden UK
Source: What Works Scotland (October 2016)
19,017 People At
Events39,484 Voters 122 Events
2,058 Projects
Voted On
1,349 Projects
Successful
£2,511,438 Distributed through Community Choices
to Projects throughout Scotland
Source: SG PB Evaluation Report (October 2017)
“What is so important about the Community Choices Fund is that it puts decisions about how we invest in communities into the hands of the people who live and work in them. Each of these projects is about making people more equal and improving their lives, for the communities themselves to lay out exactly how that should be done.”
Kevin Stewart, Minister for Local Government and Housing
2014 to 2017-Total £4.7 million (Mex$ 119M)
£1,077,200
£2,121,267
£1,609,000
NationalSupport
LocalAuthoritiesFunding
Funding forCommunities
October 2017 - Landmark Agreement
Scottish Government and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities Agreement that at least 1% of local government budgets will be decided through participatory budgeting by the end of 2021.
All of Scotland’s 32 Local Authorities
What is the Impact?
} Communities} Services} Democracy} Tackling inequality
Scotland is a Pioneer Member of the Open Government Partnership
Our National Action Plan 2017 has 5 Commitments which work together to improve openness, transparency and citizen participation. They are:
1. Financial Transparency2. Measure Scotland’s progress against SDG's3. Deliver a Fairer Scotland 4. Participatory budgeting5. Increasing participation
