Participatory Budget

In the late1980s, participatory budget first successful application in Porto alegre in Brazil. From then on, scholars from all over the world, government officials and ordinary people are very interested on it. Participatory budget won rapid development not only in Brazil, and gradually extended to Latin America, North America, Africa, Asia, central and eastern Europe, many countries and regions, many new mode of participatory budget development all over the world. In recent years, both at home and abroad under the influence of multiple factors, some local governments in China also began to bold participatory budgeting model experiments. Such as Wenling, Zhejiang, Jiangsu Wuxi, Heilongjiang Harbin, Shanghai Minhang model, etc., citizens for participatory budget also reached a new height. So-called participatory budget, it is in the budget stage, review stage, stage of decision-making, execution and supervision, with the introduction of innovation mechanism, expanding public participation, guarantee citizens’ right to know, the budget for budget information investment direction suggestion decision-making and the execution and supervision of the budget items. The implementation of the participatory budget to ensure that the budget investment direction reflects the will of citizens, which helps to expand the political participation of citizens, improve citizen participation awareness and participation ability; And is advantageous to the change of government function, promoting government scientific decision-making, reflect public opinion, promote dialogue and cooperation between government and citizens. Necessity and value at present, although the participatory budget approval in domestic, but there is no denying the fact that China’s participatory budget in the depth and breadth and the effect of comprehensive aspects there are some problems, such as public participation consciousness is weak, lack of system design, the subjective understanding insufficiency or deviation, participatory budget reform need to constantly improve and perfect. Participatory budgeting started earlier countries abroad, such as Brazil, Canada, the United States, etc., after its model after years of development and perfection, has been increasingly mature and stable, its brings the comprehensive effect is more significant. His mountain, can offend jade. By studying the advanced experience of foreign participatory budget, for China’s participation in budget provide beneficial reference to reform and perfect. Therefore, this article selects the early start, mature operation mode, the comprehensive effect is relatively good Canada Guelph, participatory budget as investigation object, the participatory budget pattern carries on the comprehensive analysis, tries to find out under this mode, mechanism, by which organizations to make a reasonable and orderly citizen participation, to the interests of the community residents to fully express their needs; In the project budget priority selection, fair and reasonable allocation of funds, to make decisions; And ultimately on the budget implementation and supervision and ensure the whole process of citizen participation. Based on the above analysis, this article finally has carried on the related thinking, summarizes the participatory budget in Guelph development success factors and challenges faced, so as to promote participatory budget in our country in the future with perfect provide a useful train of thought.