Local Government
2
Large Cities
0
Capital Cities
1
Regional or State Governments
0
National Government
0
Other Institutions
0
Local Government
2
Large Cities
0
Capital Cities
1
Regional or State Governments
0
National Government
0
Other Institutions
0
Community
Capital
Chisinau
Population
3 545 880
Language
Romanian
Currency
Leu
Indexes
Democracy
79
Hybrid Regime
Democracy
Democracy
79
Hybrid Regime
Democracy
Corruption Perception
117/180
Corruption Perception
Corruption Perception
117/180
Corruption Perception
Human Development
112
High
Human Development
Human Development
112
High
Human Development
World Happiness
71/156
World Happiness
World Happiness
71/156
World Happiness
Legislation Regarding the Regulation of Participatory Budgeting Experiences
Balti and Chisinau have local Regulations regarding the mechanism of implementation of the participatory budgeting process adopted by Balti and Chisinau Municipal Councils.
Unfortunately, we do not have a state Law, which could help us implement it. (*Recently, I came with such a proposal for the Parliamentary Committee on Economy, Budget and Finance. I hope, one day they will elaborate this law, because it is very difficult to work without such regulations and support from the state.)
Outstanding Innovation
If we are talking about the innovation in the mechanism of implementing the participatory budgeting process, we do not have any this year. If we are talking about the implemented projects and their impact on the community, then we have
one project. This year a group of parents, in collaboration with the school administration, will create (arrange) a health room that would promote a healthy way of life outside the classroom activities (sports dance, aerobics, general physical development activities) among children from under-represented groups in this institution (children with special educational needs, orphan children, children from socially vulnerable families.
Principal Tendencies Detected
This year the number of people who participated in the voting stage of the projects tripled. We had 7519 voters, compared with 2542 from 2018. Unfortunately, we have in Balti only offline voting. It is very difficult to mobilize people to come to the ballot box. So, we increased community mobilization in different stages of the participatory budgeting process and, a little bit the collaboration between Local Public Authorities and the citizens.
Other Information
Balti was the first town in Moldova that began to implement participatory budgeting in 2016. With the help of Polish experts, we elaborated the local regulations regarding the mechanism of implementation of the participatory budgeting process. One year later, in 2017, Balti City Hall was awarded with a 2nd degree Diploma for the implementation of the practice “Civic budget - mechanism of involving citizens in the decision-making process at local level” in the Section:
“Local development through community involvement”, being offered The Trophy of the Good Practice Program 2015-2016 by IDIS “Viitorul”, with the financial support of the European Commission. In our town, it is very difficult to involve people in the decision-making process, because the authorities are still not open for such a collaboration. The instrument of participatory budgeting contributes to the strengthening of the collaboration between the LPA and the inhabitants of the municipality, assures and facilitates the involvement of citizens in the decision-making process at the local level, as well as increases the level of civic activism among the citizens.
