Local Government
61
Large Cities
2
Capital Cities
8
Regional or State Governments
0
National Government
0
Other Institutions
7
Local Government
61
Large Cities
2
Capital Cities
8
Regional or State Governments
0
National Government
0
Other Institutions
7
Community
Capital
Buenos Aires
Population
44 494 500
Language
Spanish
Currency
Peso
Indexes
Democracy
47
Flawed Democracy
Democracy
Democracy
47
Flawed Democracy
Democracy
Corruption Perception
85/180
Corruption Perception
Corruption Perception
85/180
Corruption Perception
Human Development
47
Very High
Human Development
Human Development
47
Very High
Human Development
World Happiness
47/156
World Happiness
World Happiness
47/156
World Happiness
Legislação sobre Orçamentos Participativos
The regulations regarding Participatory Budgeting are only for the municipalities (organic letters, ordinances). In the National University cases, P.B are regulated by the universities’ statute, which is the most important regulation in this context.
Inovações em destaque
In the last year the main innovation has been the implementation of Participatory Budgeting focused in the elders (people over 60 years old) in the municipalities of Gualeguaychú and Santo Tomé.
Principal Tendencies Detected
Continues the tendency towards the moderate growing of local governments developing. Participatory Budgeting experiences. Also, it can be observed digital features within the presentation of proposals phase.
Other Information
Participatory Budgeting experiences in Argentina mostly involved face to face participation of the citizens. However, for some years now there have been experiences that incorporated the use of information technologies in the proposal making and the project selection phases of the processes, such as Rosario, La Plata and Vicente Lopez.
