What is Participatory Budgeting?
Participatory budgeting is a form of urban planning democracy that allows communities to decide which improvements the local government should fund.
Aligning with UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s)
Key issues were categorized to align with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s).


Community Meeting 1
The first workshop is meant to both inform residents and gather their votes on top priorities. Residents were presented census information about their neighborhood. They were then asked to mark areas on a map that were important to them, or where they would like to see improvements. Then the group voted on which issues were most important to them.

(Right) District level infographic for community meetings.


Community Meeting 2
After the first workshop, Kota Kita creates a “Mini Atlas” of the neighborhood, which summarizes the resident’s input, and displays the census data.
At the second workshop, the Mini-Atlas is presented to the community to summarize its consensus, and to discuss next steps.
