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Official Announcement related to the Participatory Budgeting in the municipality of Menzel Bourguiba

In January 2014, the municipality of Menzel Bourguiba announced officially the implementation of the Participatory Budgeting process in 2014, regarding the municipal budget of 2015. This announcement was communicated through an official release.

The Participatory Budgeting Process is a citizen participation tool which allows citizens to take part in the decision making process at the local level, regarding basic infrastructure projects.

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The inter-municipal seminar of the Participatory Budgeting_2014

The Associative Action organized organized, on the 17th of October 2014 in Tunis, the first Participatory Budgeting inter-municipalities seminar. The seminar gathered the first 4 municipalities which implemented the Participatory Budgeting in Tunisia (la Marsa, Menzel Bourguiba, Tozeur et Gabès) in order to sustain the process, exchange experiences and create the first Tunisian inter-municipal network of the Participatory Budgeting.

The seminar resulted in the signature of inter-municipal support agreement between the 4 participant municipalities, in terms of the implementation of the Participatory Budgeting process. Moreover, The Associative Action exploited the opportunity to present its Manual of the Participatory Budgeting, which describes in details all the steps and the activities of the process and how to implement them (see document below).

 

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Training of the citizen delegates of Gabes

In order to ensure the success of the monitoring mission, the Associative Action organized a training session for the citizen delegates of the municipality of Gabes on the implementation process of the municipal projects. The technical services of the municipality as well as the local facilitators of the Participatory Budgeting attended this session as well.

The training presented all the administrative and on-the-ground steps related to the implementation of municipal projects. By the end of the training, every citizen delegate received a copy of a monitoring and evaluation guide of the municipal projects, edited by the Associative Action in collaboration with the technical services of the municipality.

Training of the citizen delegates of Tozeur

In order to ensure the success of the monitoring mission, the Associative Action organized a training session for the citizen delegates of the municipality of Tozeur on the implementation process of the municipal projects. The technical services of the municipality as well as the local facilitators of the Participatory Budgeting attended this session as well.

The training presented all the administrative and on-the-ground steps related to the implementation of municipal projects. By the end of the training, every citizen delegate received a copy of a monitoring and evaluation guide of the municipal projects, edited by the Associative Action in collaboration with the technical services of the municipality.