Angola
Local Government
164
Large Cities
7
Capital Cities
1
Regional or State Governments
0
National Government
0
Other Institutions
0
Local Government
164
Large Cities
7
Capital Cities
1
Regional or State Governments
0
National Government
0
Other Institutions
0
Community
Capital
Luanda
Population
30 809 760
Language
Portuguese
Currency
Kwanza
Indexes
Democracy
123
Authoritarian
Democracy
Democracy
123
Authoritarian
Democracy
Corruption Perception
165/180
Corruption Perception
Corruption Perception
165/180
Corruption Perception
Human Development
147
Medium
Human Development
Human Development
147
Medium
Human Development
World Happiness
0
World Happiness
World Happiness
0
World Happiness
Legislação sobre Orçamentos Participativos
The law that approves the State Budget for 2019 establishes, in article 7, the creation of Participatory Budgeting processes, as a way to “ensure the fair distribution of wealth and national income and the participation of citizens in the public management sector.” Nevertheless, Participatory Budgeting experiences must be “financed with the income allocated to specific programs under this General State Budget law”. Additionally, Presidential Decrees Nº 234/19 e 235/19, both of July 2019 were approved. The first one determines the annual value of 25 million kwanzas that will be allocated in each municipality as a budget for the Participatory Budgeting initiatives. Angola has 164 municipalities. Hence, the total amount of the State Budget designated to municipal Participatory Budgeting is 4.100 million kwanzas. The second institutionalized the “Participatory Budgeting at municipal level” and defines the respective rules and functioning to all the municipalities and other similar administrative entities.
Inovações em destaque
The Angolan case represents an innovation in the international framework since it’s the first country to create a national legislation that compels the implementation of PB processes in all municipalities and other similar administrative entities, without ever having experienced this kind of initiatives before. The Angolan Government is currently developing all conditions and settings in order to hold the local elections before the general elections of 2022. Thus, the Participatory Budgeting emerges in a current framework of decentralization in the country, as well as the strengthening of democracy itself.
