Europe

NELSON DIAS
PORTUGAL

Oficina Association
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Sociologist​. International consultant for participatory budgeting. Atlas Coordinator.

SAHSIL ENRÍQUEZ
SPAIN

Oficina Association
​
Doctoral student in the "Society, Culture and Politics" program of the Univ. of the Basque Country, Spain. Atlas Coordinator. ​

SIMONE JÚLIO
PORTUGAL

Oficina Association
​
​Degree in Economics from the University of Porto. She has worked in the area of citizen participation. Atlas Coordinator.

TATIANE SERRANO
PORTUGAL

Oficina Association
​
Architect. PhD in Spatial Planning at the University of Oporto. Atlas Coordinator.

​RAFAELA CARDITA
PORTUGAL

Oficina Association
​
Degree in Sociology at the University of Algarve. Atlas Team.

​VÂNIA MARTINS
PORTUGAL

Social educator. Experienced in groups facilitation, non-formal education and project managing.​

FRANCISCO FRANCÉS
SPAIN

D. in Sociology and Special Doctorate Award from the University of Alicante, he is currently a lecturer in the Department of Sociology II at the University of Alicante and a researcher at the Inter-University Institute for Social Development and Peace.

Stefanie Hanke
Germany

PHD in Political Science, Sociology and Anthropology. She is currently working for Engagement Global on democratic participatory labs in Morocco.

lars stepniak-bockelmann
germany

He is managing the direct democratic participatory budgeting of Eberswalde for over 10 years.

svetlana alenitskaya
germany

Svetlana Alenitskaya, Federal Agency for Civic Education (Germany), coordinates the German Network of Participatory Budgeting (incl. the website of PB in Germany).

volker vorwerk
​Germany

He is an expert in participatory budgeting (PB), public participation and online-dialogues. He is managing director of buergerwissen, a consulting firm, that designs participative procedures, and software for PB. ​

leonid donos
ukraine

Director of the Association for  Communities Participatory Development. 
He is a facilitator trustbuilding processes through various participatory tools and methods. 

Andrés Falck
Spain

CEO of Coglobal. Consultant in participatory policies. MSc in Political Science.

Antonia Morillas
Spain

​Assistant Manager of Coglobal. Consultant in participatory policies. Communication scientist.

Marta Barros
Spain

Project Manager in Coglobal.  MSc in Social and Community Intervention

Carmen Pineda Nebot
SPAIN

Graduate in Law from the Complutense University of Madrid and Graduate in Political Science and Administration from the Autonomous University of Madrid. Research Coordinator of the CLACSO group "Deliberative Spaces and Public Governance". Author of books and articles on citizen participation and participatory budgeting.

JELENA BRBORA
CROATIA

Apsolon, Smart Governance, Zagreb

Has been working on PB in Croatia since 2015 including PB in education. She is a trainer on Good Governance.

ALISA ALITI VLASIC
CROATIA

Independent Consultant, Dubrovnik

Passionate about participative processes, good governance and the power of citizens with expertise in social innovation and South East Europe region.

Alexandra Hrabinová
Slovakia

Is an analyst in The Office of the Plenipotentiary of the Government of the Slovak Republic for the Development of Civil Society.

JAROSLAW OLEJNICZAK
Poland

PhD in economics, assistant professor at the Finance Department at the Wroclaw University of Economics. Member of the Senate of the Wroclaw University of Economics. Expert in the field of public finances. Lecturer, certified trainer and consultant.

DOROTA BEDNARSKA OLEJNICZAK
Poland

PhD in economics, assistant professor at the Department of Marketing Management at the University of Economics in Wroclaw. Lecturer, certified business trainer, consultant. An expert in the field of public participation, public communication and marketing management.

stefani stortone
italy

PhD in politics, founder and CEO of BiPart, member of the Global PB Hub, coordinator of the Italian Observatory on PB. ​

louise o'kane
northern ireland

has over ten years' experience of working in the areas of engagement, spatial planning and regeneration, community planning and place-shaping. ​

antoine bézard
france

Consultant. Associate expert for the Foundation Jean-Jaurès. Author of the Participatory Budget annual survey.​

jez hall
united kingdom

Jez has worked to promote Participatory Budgeting (PB) in the UK for nearly 20 years. Since 2012 he’s been involved in the UK PB Network and co-founded the social enterprise consultancy PB Partners. 

anela cavdar
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA​​

Anela Cavdar, Mechanical Engineer works as a program manager in AEOBiH-in since January 2005.  

VOJTĚCH ČERNÝ
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA​​

Agora CE, pro bono corp. I'm kind of social innovator working with people and for people.

Barbu Bogdan Viorel 
romania

In the last 20 years, he has been involved in several civic actions in Romania. He started a generic budgetary solution of participation in 2017 and finished a solution that is public and accessible to any citizen in the country. It is available on this website.

Kristina Reinsalu
estonia

She is the Programme Director of e-Democracy at the e-Governance Academy.

LAURA SHANNON
IRELAND​​

She is a researcher at the Institute of Public Administration - www.ipa.ie ​

Africa

Mamadou Bachir Kanouté
senegal

Executive Coordinator of Enda ECOPOP and IOPD Focal Point in Africa. ​

khadim rassoul gueye
senegal

​Web Contents & Platforms Manager – Enda ECOPOP.

Sulaimon Adigun Muse
nigeria

Head of Department of Political Science, Michael Otedola College of Primary Education, Nigeria. 

sara eid amin sabry
egypt

Senior Economist, Head of Fiscal Transparency & Citizen Engagement Unit-Ministry of Finance Egypt.

herilala axel fanomezantsoa
madagascar

Fanomezantsoa is a consultant in Governance at the World Bank, Country Office of Madagascar. He holds a Master of Public Administration thanks to the Fulbright scholarship program.

Parfait RANDRIANITOVINA
madagascar

Deputy Director, Inclusive Communal Development and Decentralization Project – ProDéCID.

gervais loko
benin

Governance Program Manager at ALCRER (Benin).

jean-pierre degue
benin

Head of Programs, Social Watch Benin.

achille noupeou
cameroon

Governance/Participatory Budgeting and Capacity Building Expert

denis-bertrand
republic of congo

Denis-Bertrand OBA, Local Facilitator, PCPA-Congo.

aboubacar sangare
mali

Certified Territorial Coach, Decentralization and Local Development Engineer, Mali Association of Municipalities

ibrahima niang
mauritania

Mauritanian Association of Southern Municipalities (AMCS).

eliza meriabe
kenya

Eliza MERIABE, Programmes Coordinator, Fahamu Africa.

godefroid misenga milabyo
democratic republic of congo

National Coordinator of COREF/PROFIT-Congo.

cecide
guinea

CECIDE (International Trade Centre for Development).

RUI MANGOVO
ANGOLA

Master in Democracy and Governance and Promoter of the Project Participatory Budgeting Angola.

jean-jacques yapo
ivory coast

Managing Director-UVICOCI (Union of Cities and Municipalities of Cote d’Ivoire).

marc ghahore
ivory coast

Marc GNAHORE, MSIS-USAID Certified Consultant-Trainer in Governance (Participatory Budgeting - Human Rights - Monitoring and Evaluation).

hermann doanio
burkina faso

Participatory Budget Expert.

David jimmy kere
burkina faso

Senior Technical Advisor, Decentralization and Municipal Development Program, GIZ Burkina Faso.

dénice paulo jamo
mozambique

Director of the Department of Planning and Participatory Budgeting and Refa Cumbe, Participatory Budgeting Technician.

zakari ibrahim
niger

Vice-president of the REGAD network, Expert in Participatory Budgeting.

sôssô takougnadi
togo

National Technical Advisor, Coordinator of the local finance theme-ProDeGoL/GIZ Togo.

eric ilboudo
togo

Regional Expert in Local Finance-Cabinet Eco Consult/ProDeGoL/GIZ Togo.

kouraich jaouahdou
tunisia

Expert Consultant in Communication / Development (Media-NGO-IO) -  L'Action Associative.

ahmed guidara
tunisia

Independent Expert and Evaluator.

north america

Cynthia Michel
​México

Has been Professor at the Center for Research and Teaching on Economics (CIDE) since 2013. She holds a MA in Administration and Public Policy from CIDE. 

Guillermo M. Cejudo
​ Mexico

Is provost at the Center for Research and Teaching on Economics, CIDE, in Mexico City, where he has been professor at the Public Administration Department since 2006

Oliver Meza
 Mexico

Is currently research-professor in the Public Administration Division at the Center for Research and Teaching on Economics (CIDE) in Central Region (Aguascalientes).

Loren Peabody
united States of America

is a doctoral candidate in sociology at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

 Latin america

cristian adaro 
argentina

Graduate in Social Policy (UNGS), he was part of the National Participatory Budget Program and is coordinator of the PB at the National University of General Sarmiento.

​EMILIANO ARENA,
​ARGENTINA

Graduate in Political Science (UBA), he was part of the National Program for Participatory Budget and is the editor of the Revista Democracia Participativa.

​LÍGIA HELENA HAHN LÜCHMANN
BRAzIL

Is a professor at the Department of Sociology and Political Science and at the Graduate Program in Sociology and Political Science of the Federal University of Santa Catarina.

​WAGNER ROMÃO
​BRAzIL

Professor at the Political Science Department of the University of Campinas. Coordinates the Research Center on Participation, Social Movements and Collective Action.  ​​

RICARDO JARAMILLO RINCÓN
​COLOMBIA

Economist, Master in Human Rights and Democratization, he is a Senior Advisor of Corporation Viva la Ciudadanía. ​​

egos montecinos
​Chile

PhD in Social Science Research with a specialization in Political Science. Director of the Institute of Administration and the Center for Regional Studies at the Universidad Austral de Chile. 

alicia veneziano
uruguay

mariano suárez
uruguay

PhD in Social Studies of Latin America. Professor at UdelaR. Member of the National System of Researchers.​

gerry gonzález
dominican republic 

Politologist, Responsible for the area of social participation and participatory budget of the Dominican Federation of Municipalities. 

MANUEL VALLE
COSTA RICA

Software Analyst & Developer entrepreneur passionate for Civic Tech, co-founder of PIC citizen movement 

asia

ANNA SUKHOVA
RUSSIA​

Social Protection Specialist, World Bank

​Coordinator of the World Bank national and regional level activities aimed at developing participatory budgeting in Russia.

IVAN SHULGA
RUSSIA

Senior Social Protection Specialist, World Bank
​Project leader of the World Bank Participatory Budgeting activities in Russia, including the Project with Ministry of Finance on Strengthening PB in Russia.

Stéphanie Tawa Lama-Rewal
india

She is a CNRS Senior Research Fellow in political science at the Centre d’Etudes de l’Inde et de l’Asie du Sud, Paris.

URSZULA MAJEWSKA
GEORGIA

Practitioner of PB, is working in Social Innovation Lab in Gdynia (Poland). Collaborated with Solidarity Fund in Georgia.​

​VOLODYMYR ABRAMIUK
GEORGIA

3 years ago joined the team of experts Solidarity Fund PL in Georgia and supports the development of PB in Georgia.​

POE YU-ZE WAN
TAIWAN

Professor at the Department of Sociology, National Sun Yat-sen University.​

hae-in lee
south korea

Graduated with a Ph.D. in Economics from Fukuoka University, Japan. Currently she works in Participatory Budgeting Division at Ministry of Finance Korea. 

xiang hao
china

Xiang Hao is the senior analyst in the World and China Institute. She has been working with the implementation of PB projects in many different cities across China. 

li fan
china

Li Fan is the founder and director of the World and China Institute and the editor in chief of the journal World and China Affairs. PB is one of WCI’s world-known efforts.

alexander faramazian
armenia

The World Bank PB Russia team, WB CDD IT consultant since 1996.

anastasia fadeeva
armenia

A member of the World Bank PB Russia team since 2012, a resident of Armenia.

Chamara Kuruppu
sri lanka

He is an Associate Professor at the University of South-Eastern Norway. Email cku@usn.no.

Dayananda Ambalangodage 
sri lanka

He is a senior lecturer, Department of Accounting, Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. Email: dayananda27@sjp.ac.lk.

Hsin-Yi Yeh 
taiwan

She is an assistant professor at the Department of Sociology, National Taipei University. She has devoted to promote deliberative democracy since 2002, and begins to play roles in the PB boom in Taiwan since 2015.