total of pb processes
​

102

local government
​

102

regional, state
​and national governments

0

other type of institution

1

large cities

1

capital cities

0

Outstanding innovation
​_

There are no real innovations, but there is a new trend towards ‘earmarked’ budgets, especially designed for a policy field (e.g. youth) in a community and it’s needs. It is open for public competition; the best project proposal will be selected publicly and in a transparent process.

Principal tendencies detected
​​_

​The number of Participatory Budgets in Germany has increased over the last years due to the emergence of citizen budgets. The citizen budget offers a limited amount of money to the best project idea. The best project is chosen in a participatory process.

Participatory budgeting processes promoted by other type of institution
​​_

​There are very few examples where local or NGO’s promoted and initiated the PB, one example is the city of Solingen.

number of participatory budgeting initiatives developed by capital cities
​​_

None. Berlin is not counted as one city but rather the single parts (Bezirke) of the city are taken into consideration.

c o m m u n i t y

capital

Berlin

population

82 927 920

language

German

currency

Euro

P O S I T I O N   O N   I N D E X E S

DEMOCRACY

13
FLAWED DEMOCRACY

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

5
VERY HIGH

CORRUPTION PERCEPTION

11/180

WORLD HAPPINESS

17/156