La Marsa’s Participatory Budgeting Citizen Forums

In the context of the Participatory Budgeting process, the municipality of la Marsa organized 5 citizen forums through which the citizens participated in proposing project ideas of public lightening, voting for the priority projects of their neighborhoods, and electing citizens delegates whose mission is to monitor the implementation of the final list of projects.

The 5 citizen forums covered the whole municipal zone of la Marsa, and had been organized between the 15th of March and the 13th of April 2014, respectively in the following neighborhoods : La Marsa Médina, Sidi Daoued, Gammarth, Bhar Lazreg et Marsa Riadh. A communication campaign preceded the organization of the citizen forums to inform and invite the citizens to take part in the public meetings. Different kind of communication tools had been used during this campaign such as : Flyers, Posters, Banners, car loud-speaker service, radio broadcasts …

In this first year / edition of the Participatory Budgeting, 251 citizens participated to present their project ideas related to public lightening, and to select the priority projects. The result of the organizations of the 5 citizen forums was a list of 15 project ideas of public lightening, which included some projects proposed to be solar powered. Besides,  the citizens elected 15 citizen delegates in order to monitor and evaluate the implementation of the final list of projects.

Citizen participation rate

The citizen forums were organized by the municipality of la Marsa in collaboration with the local civil society organizations, which provided volunteer members to play the role of “local facilitators” of the Participatory Budgeting. These facilitators ensured, in partnership with the municipality : the implementation of the communication plan to inform and invite the citizen to participate in the citizen forums; the preparation and the organization of the citizen forums; and the support of the citizen delegates in their monitoring and evaluation mission.

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Signature of the Participatory Budgeting Partnership agreement of the municipality of Menzel Bourguiba

On the 19th of Februrary 2014, the municipality of Menzel Bourguiba signed an officiel partnership agreement with the local NGOs to implement the Participatory Budgeting process. The partnership agreement included all the tasks and responsabilities of each stakeholders during the process (see the document below).

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Signature of the Participatory Budgeting Partnership agreement of the municipality of Gabes

On the 22nd of Februrary 2014, the municipality of Gabes signed an officiel partnership agreement with the local NGOs to implement the Participatory Budgeting process. The partnership agreement included all the tasks and responsabilities of each stakeholders during the process (see the document below).

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Signature of the Participatory Budgeting Partnership agreement of the municipality of Tozeur

On the 15th of Februrary 2014, the municipality of Tozeur signed an officiel partnership agreement with the local NGOs to implement the Participatory Budgeting process. The partnership agreement included all the tasks and responsabilities of each stakeholders during the process (see the document below).

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