Анцыферова Инна Сергеевна

A comparative analysis of a new generation of practices involving citizens in addressing issues of public infrastructures is being made: an Active citizen of Moscow, a local initiatives supporting program of the World Bank, Budget Commissions of citizens of the European University St. Petersburg and participatory design actively used in modern urban studies. The basis for comparison is 1) a direct or representative model of democracy, and 2) whether decisions are made on the direction of budgetary expenditures by citizens or authorities.

Following up how the procedures of initiative (participatory) budgeting in the format of the Local Initiatives Support Program determine the social project of participatory budgeting the project of social co-organization and the development of a common position on the direction of budget expenditures. As the main elements are highlighted: competitive nature, co-financing of the citizens, the criteria and points for co-organization, the construction of its own organizational project by each settlement. Understanding of constructive elements of the social project is important for developing new formats of participatory budgeting.

Given a representation of the model of social change that should occur as a result of the initiative (patricipating) budgeting according to the authors the Ministry of Finance and the world Bank; describe the research program of the world Bank; sets out the first results, which give an idea about the mechanisms of effects and their relationship to design practice proactive budgeting.