Budżet obywatelski Opola narzędziem rozwoju miasta

The civic budget (CB) from year to year enjoys the interest of city residents, especially since it enables cooperation with local government authorities. When adopting the city budget, it is possible to allocate a certain amount of cash in Opole in the first edition of CB, it was PLN 2 million so that in 2019 (fifth edition) this amount would increase to PLN 4.3 million, that could be spent to implement t submitted and adopted. The selection of tasks depends on electronic or traditional (paper) voting. Projects that succeed the majority of voting are chosen to be realized until the exhaustion of funds. The formal and legal requirements of the civic budget of the city of Opole are regulated in the provisions of the CB for each year. Through CB, residents have an impact on the management of public funds and, engaging in this project they build civic base, become active within society and thus influence the development of the urban space not only of their district but of the entire city.