Números de OP por Países e Percentagens face ao total da Oceânia
with PB law
without PB law
1Australia
12-15
100%
1Australia
12-15
100%
Global Positioning
There is no precision as to the emergence period of Participatory Budgeting on the continent, and the first references to the concept are to the case of Christchurch in New Zealand during the 1990s. This was a practice that aimed to strengthen the country's leading role on the international stage in terms of budget transparency, adding the dimension of citizen participation to public information. This experience, now extinct, was very important in the contagion of German local governments that were inspired by it to create the first experiences of PB in the country, with a consulting bias and very oriented towards the modernization of municipal public services. Among the 14 countries and 9 dependencies that make up Oceania, it was only possible to identify today the existence of Participatory Budgeting in Australia, the most populous and extensive territory in the region. According to the data collected, the country has between 12 and 15 cases, which represent about 0.1% of the world total.
Highlights
The emergence of PB in Australia is very late, with the first documented process taking place in 2012 in Canada Bay. While Australian practice has sought to highlight some similarities with those conducted in other Western democracies, it is possible to see variations in methodologies resulting from local government efforts to adapt the process to their realities. These include, for example, the following:
- The one-off nature of the practices, with few repeating participation cycles beyond one edition;
- The allocation of 100% of the budget to the participatory process;
- The use of groups of citizens selected according to representative methods, who should draw up a proposal for priority investments for the territory;
- The process conducted in order to obtain recommendations from citizens on investment priorities for the period of 1, 4 or even 10 years.
Corporate Distribution
According to the data obtained, Australia currently concentrates around 9 local PB, 2 regional and 2 in cities with more than one million inhabitants, namely Melbourne and New South Wales, which are simultaneously capital cities.
Geographical Context
All identified PB are located in a context of full democracy, with the best ranking of corruption, a very high rate of human development and one of the highest scores in the parameters that measure happiness.
Keywords
It can be considered that the purposes of Participatory Budgeting in Australia are similar to those observed in several European democracies, which is why they emerged mainly as instruments for deepening democracy, promoting participation and building trust between populations and institutions.
Democracy Index
Democracy Index
Democracy Index
Democracy Index
Full Democracies
0
0.00%
Flawed Democracies
0
0.00%
Hybrid Regime
0
0.00%
Authoritarian
0
0.00%
Corruption Perception
Corruption Perception
Corruption Perception
Corruption Perception
100 - 76 (Low)
0
0.00%
75 - 51 (Medium)
0
0.00%
50 - 26 (High)
0
0.00%
25 - 0 (Very high)
0
0.00%
Human Development
Human Development
Human Development
Human Development
Very high
0
0.00%
High
0
0.00%
Medium
0
0.00%
Low
0
0.00%
World Happiness
World Happiness
World Happiness
World Happiness
8.0 - 6.1 (Very high)
0
0.00%
6.0 - 4.1 (High)
0
0.00%
4.0 - 2.1 (Medium)
0
0.00%
2.0 - 0.0 (Low)
0
0.00%
