Programme

International Conference
Participatory Budgeting in Europe and Asia
- Key Challenges of Participation

Sunday,   August 16

 

 

 

 

All day

Arrival of non-Hangzhou participants

 

 

 

 

 

 

17:45

Meeting at Hotel Lobby

 

 

18:00

Walk to the Restaurant - Welcome Dinner - hosted by FES

 

 

 

Venue: tbc

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monday,   August 17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

09:00 - 09:20                                 Opening

 

 

 

 

 

10 min

Greetings from Prof. YU Xunda, Vice-president, School of Public Administration, Zhejiang University

 

 

10 min

Greetings from Dr. Rudolf TRAUB-MERZ, Resident Director Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Shanghai Coordination Office

 

 

 

 

 

 

09:20 - 10:15                    Session I:  Themes and Concepts 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moderator: Prof. ZHANG Junhua, University of Zhejiang

 

 

 

 

 

 

20 min

Thematic Introduction: Development of  Participatory Budgeting and Criteria of Evaluation

Yves SINTOMER, Deputy director, Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin (Germany / France)

 

 

 

 

 

 

35 min

Discussion on Key Concepts of Participation:

Problems of translation and understanding between Chinese / Asian  and European languages and approaches

 

 

 

 

 

 

10:15-10:30

Coffee / Tea Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10:30 - 12:00               Session II:  Case Studies in their National Context - China

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moderator: Dr. Michelle MILLER

Research Fellow, Deakin University, (Australia)

 

 

 

 

 

 

10 min

Background and Introduction to Chinese Approaches in Participatory Budgeting

Prof. HE Baogang, School of Political and International Studies, Deakin University, Melbourne, (Australia)

 

 

 

 

 

 

15 min

Case Study: Jiaozuo

JIA Kang, Research Institute, Ministry of Finance (China)

 

 

 

 

 

 

15 min

Case Study: Shenzhen

Prof. TANG Juan, Professor of Department of Public Administration, Management College, Shenzhen University(SZU), (China)

 

 

 

 

 

 

10 min

Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

15 min

Case Study: Shanghai Minhang District

Dr. LIU Wei, Senior Researcher, Research Institute for Fiscal Science, Ministry of Finance (China)

 

 

 

 

 

 

15 min

The Context of  Public Participation from a Political Science View

Prof. Thomas HEBERER, University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12:00-14:00

Lunch Break - The Lakeview Restaurant, 8th Floor of Lakeview Hotel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14:00 - 15:00               Session II:  China   cont'd

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moderator: Dr. Michelle MILLER

 

 

 

 

 

 

15 min

Financial Transparency at Provincial-level in China - Assessment Report

Prof. JIANG Hong, Dean, School of Public Economics and Management,  Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

 

 

 

 

 

 

45 min

Discussion

 

 

 

 

 

 

15:00-15:15

Coffee / Tea Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

15:15 - 17:15              Session III:  Case Studies in their National Context - Asia  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moderator: Prof. Yves SINTOMER

Deputy director, Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin (Germany / France)

 

 

 

 

 

 

15 min

Japan: Participatory Budgeting in the City of Ichikawa

Akira MATSUBARA, Executive Director, Coalition for Legislation to Support Citizens' Organizations, Tokyo (Japan)

 

 

 

 

 

 

15 min

Korea: Participatory Budgeting in Dong-ku, Ulsan

Prof. AHN, Songmin, School of Social Science, The University of Ulsan (Republic of Korea)

 

 

 

 

 

 

15 min

Indonesia: Engendering Participatory Budgeting to Reach Poor People: Tanah Datar - Indonesia Experience

Sri MASTUTI, Senior Advisor in Civic Education and Budget Transparency Advocacy (CiBa), Univ. of Indonesia, Jakarta

 

 

 

 

 

 

10 min

Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

15 min

Thailand: Participatory Budgeting - Thailand Experiences

Prof. Charas SUWANMALA, Dean, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok (Thailand)

 

 

 

 

 

 

5-8 min

Comment

Jeremy HALL, Associate and consultant for The Participatory Budgeting Unit, Manchester UK (England)

 

 

 

 

 

 

40 min

Discussion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17:15

End of Day One

 

 

 

 

 

 

19:00

Dinner for Conference speakers (presenters, commentators, moderators)

 

 

 

Venue: tbc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday,   August 18

 

 

 

 

09:00 - 10:45        Session IV:  Case Studies in their National Context - Europe  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moderator: Prof. LI Jinshan

Dean, Public Policy Dept., School of Public Administration, Zhejiang University (China)

 

 

 

 

 

 

15 min

Germany: Berlin-Lichtenberg - Participation and Modernization

Dr. Carsten HERZBERG, Researcher, Centre Marc Bloch (Germany)

 

 

 

 

 

 

15 min

Spain / Italy: Participatory Budgets and the Question of Social Justice

Dr. Giovanni ALLEGRETTI,  Senior Researcher at the Center For Social Studies (CES) - Coimbra University (Portugal)

 

 

 

 

 

 

15 min

Poland: Participatory Budgeting in the City of Plock

Dr. Dorota DAKOWSKA, Assistant Professor in Political Science, University of Strasburg (France)

 

 

 

 

 

 

10 min

Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

5-8 min

Comment 

DING Chuanzong, Centre for Chinese Rural Studies, Huazhong Normal University, Wuhan (China)

 

 

 

 

 

 

40 min

Discussion

 

 

 

 

 

 

10:45-11:00

Coffee / Tea Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                    Session V: 

11:00-12:20          Who participates? Mobilization and Selection of Participants  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moderator: Prof. Yves CABANNES

Chair, Development Planning Unit, University College London  (England)

 

 

 

European cases

 

 

15 min

Mobilization of Citizens in Spanish Participatory Budgets

Dr. Ernesto GANUZA, Researcher, Instituto Estudios Sociales Avanzados. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (Spain)

 

 

 

 

 

 

15 min

Poitou Charentes: Participatory Budgets in the Schools of French Region

Marion BEN-HAMMO, Responsible for participatory democracy, Poitou-Charentes Region (France)

 

 

 

 

 

 

5-8 min

Comments

by ZHU Shengming, Senior lecturer, CCP school, Wenling

by Dr. David WESTENDORFF, Managing Partner urbanchina partners, llc

Shanghai PRC

 

 

 

 

 

 

30 min

Discussion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12:20-14:00

Lunch Break -"The Solmer Western Restaurant", 7th Floor of Lakeview Hotel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14:00-15:10                                       Session V:  cont·¯d        

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moderator: Prof. Yves CABANNES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asian cases

 

 

15 min

Indonesia: Participatory Budgeting in Aceh

Dr. Michelle MILLER, Research Fellow, Deakin University (Australia)

 

 

 

 

 

 

15 min

India: Democratic Decentralisation and Participatory Budgeting -The Kerala Experience

Dr. Sunny GEORGE, HUDCO Professor at Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA), Kerala,(India)

 

 

 

 

 

 

5-8 min

Comment

Dr. Carsten HERZBERG, Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin (Germany)

 

 

 

 

 

 

30 min

Discussion

 

 

 

 

 

 

15:10-15:25

Coffee / Tea Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                    Session VI:

15:25-17:00       Deliberative Expertise: Better Decision-making through Participation?  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moderator: Prof. AHN Songmin

School of Social Science, The University of Ulsan (Republic of Korea)

 

 

 

 

 

 

15 min

The Experience of Zeguo, China

Prof. HE Baogang, School of Political and International Studies, Deakin University, Melbourne, (Australia)

 

 

 

 

 

 

15 min

Planning Cells in Germany 

Nicolas BACH, research associate, nexus Institute for Cooperation Management and Interdisciplinary Research (Germany)

 

 

 

 

 

 

10 min

Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

5-8 min

Comments

by LI Fan, Director, World and China Institute, Beijing

by FENG Xingyuan, Rural Development Institute, Chinese Academy Of Social Sciences, Beijing

 

 

 

 

 

 

35 min

Discussion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17:00

                                    End of Day Two

 

 

 

 

 

 

19:45-20:55

 

 

Impression Westlake Evening Show (optional)

 

 

Wednesday,   August 19

 

 

 

 

09:00-11:05                          Session VII:    Using IT-Technology

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moderator: Dr. Sunny GEORGE

Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA), Kerala, (India)

 

 

15 min

Experiences from Cologne

Matthias TRÈNEL,  CEO Zebralog GmbH & Co KG, Berlin (Germany)

 

 

 

 

 

 

15 min

Experiences from China/Asia

Prof. ZHANG Junhua, School of Public Administration, Zhejiang University

 

 

 

 

 

 

5-8 min

Comments

by Prof. Yves CABANNES, Chair, Development Planning Unit, University College London(England)

by Prof. CHEN Shengyong, School of Public Administration, Zhejiang Industrial and Commercial University (China)

 

 

 

 

 

 

09:50-10:05

Coffee / Tea Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

60 min

Discussion

 

 

 

 

 

 

15 min

Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

11:20-11:50                                   Closing

 

 

 

 

 

10 min

Concluding Remarks Centre Marc Bloch

 

 

10 min

Concluding Remarks Dr. Rudolf TRAUB-MERZ, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

 

 

10 min

Concluding Remarks Prof. Lang Youping , School of Public Administration, Zhejiang University

 

 

 

 

 

 

12:00-13:00

Lunch - "The Solmer Western Restaurant", 7th Floor of Lakeview Hotel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                           End of Conference - Departure

 

 

15:00-18:30

Hangzhou Half Day Tour (optional)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[EXTERNAL LINKS]
[1] - Case study on the e-Participatory
Budgeting of the city of Belo
Horizonte (Brazil)

http://www.participatorybudgeting.org/
- general resource site on participatory
budgeting

http://www.participatorybudgeting.org.
uk/ - information on participatory
budgeting in the UK

[2] - study with cases of Participatory
Budgeting experiences in OECD countries

http://www.citymayors.com/finance/
participatory_budget.html - PB in Brazil

www.chs.ubc.ca/participatory
- links to participatory budgeting
articles and resources

http://fcis.oise.utoronto.ca/
~daniel_schugurensky/lclp/poa_vl.html
- links to participatory budgeting articles and resources

http://lists.topica.com/lists/
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- participatory budgeting listserv

http://www.nuovomunicipio.org/
- Rete del Nuovo Municipio, the Italian
project linking Local Authorities,
scientists and local committees
for promoting Participatory Democracy
and Active Citizenship mainly by way of PB