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The last supplement of the legislation related to participatory budgeting was introduced in 2018, with the provision stipulating that a municipality is to determine the amount of funds used to finance projects proposed by citizens in drawing up a municipal budget proposal. Municipalities still decide autonomously on whether they are to introduce participatory budgeting or not. The introduction itself varies from one municipality to another; some apply several process phases; in some municipalities, the amount is determined for the narrower units of the municipality, which then freely dispose of these funds; in some municipalities, questionnaires are distributed throughout households. It is estimated that 12% of all municipalities in Slovenia have introduced participatory budgeting in all fundamental phases.
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The authors acknowledge the financial support received from the Slovenian Research Agency (research core funding no. P5-0093). We also thank anonymous referees and the editor for their useful comments and suggestions for improvement.
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Klun, M., Benčina, J. (2022). Participatory Budgeting in Slovenia. In: De Vries, M.S., Nemec, J., Špaček, D. (eds) International Trends in Participatory Budgeting. Governance and Public Management. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79930-4_14
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