Local Government
50
Large Cities
0
Capital Cities
0
Regional or State Governments
0
National Government
0
Other Institutions
0
Local Government
50
Large Cities
0
Capital Cities
0
Regional or State Governments
0
National Government
0
Other Institutions
0
Community
Capital
Niamey
Population
23 310 720
Language
French
Currency
CFA Franc
Indexes
Democracy
127
Authoritarian
Democracy
Democracy
127
Authoritarian
Democracy
Corruption Perception
120/180
High
Corruption Perception
Corruption Perception
120/180
High
Corruption Perception
Human Development
189
Low
Human Development
Human Development
189
Low
Human Development
World Happiness
103/153
High
World Happiness
World Happiness
103/153
High
World Happiness
Global Peace
126
Low
Global Peace
Global Peace
126
Low
Global Peace
Global Terrorism
23
Medium
Global Terrorism
Global Terrorism
23
Medium
Global Terrorism
Legislação sobre Orçamentos Participativos
There are a number of laws that promote and provide a framework for Participatory Budgeting. These are:
- The Constitution of 25 November 2010;
- The General Code of Local and Regional Authorities;
- The National Guide to Participatory Budgeting.
Outstanding Innovations
The involvement of the technical and financial partners of the municipalities in the steering committee of the PB process in order to channel and harmonize their interventions in the different development sectors and to guarantee the effectiveness and efficiency of the investments selected at the end of the different consultations.
For municipalities with several zones (administrative division), two zones are annexed to become a single zone in order to facilitate the implementation of zonal fora. Finally, the use of community radios and social media (WhatsApp) to sensitize and mobilize communities around the PB process, including the diaspora.
Impacts of COVID-19 Disease on PB
- PB have been suspended: 0%
- PB continued to function normally: 0%
- PB have undergone changes/adaptations: 100%
Main Trends of PB in the Country During the Pandemic
In Niger, the Participatory Budgeting process has not been suspended because of the pandemic broke out at the end of March 2020 and coincides with the execution of communal budgets, including the mobilization of resources and the progressive realization of priority investments. However, the process was hampered by weak resource mobilization and the failure to hold accountability meetings due to the barrier measures put in place by the government to contain the spread of the pandemic of COVID 19.
As a result, accountability meetings were postponed in some cases and in others were held in reduced numbers or via community radio. Also, with the removal of most of the remaining barriers such as the gathering of people and the holding of meetings, the process of PB 2021 that will be developed in August will not be greatly disrupted by the pandemic even though it must be recognized that many people will be affected by the pandemic.
Additional Information
The Participatory Budgeting approach remains the best option in the management of public affairs at municipal, regional and national level. In Niger, testing and implementation of PB has so far been limited to 50 municipalities out of the 266 in the country. With the local elections that will take place at the end of 2020, the new municipal councils will be in deep need of capacity building, and the support in terms of Participatory Budgeting will be strongly requested by the new local elected officials. So far, the PB remains as an option adopted at the municipality level but the regional and national level has adopted the program budget approach.
