School Participatory Budgeting: A tool to foster school democracy
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This comparative report explains how students can participate in school budgeting.
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The Growth of School Participatory Budgeting in the US 2013-2025
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This report provides an overview of School PB in the United States.
Read MoreParticipatory Budgeting in Social Housing: 10 ideas for better engaging with tenant and resident groups
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A manual that summarizes years of learning on how social housing providers (housing associations, cooperatives, and councils) can use participatory budgeting
Read MoreParticipatory budgeting at scale: Mainstreaming PB for service commissioning and investment
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A refreshed 2025 guide aimed at helping local authorities and public bodies in the UK transition from small-scale grant-making to mainstreaming participatory budgeting (PB) as a tool for large-scale service commissioning and investment.
Read MoreBest practice guide on good governance and participatory budgeting
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A Romanian guide for local authorities on implementing good governance and participatory budgeting.
Read MoreThe influence of Aberdeenshire’s children and young people on climate change
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A short case study of a participatory project in Aberdeenshire, Scotland to fund school projects related to climate change and carbon reduction.
Read MoreBallymena schools PB focused on Wellbeing of Young People
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A case study and video of a school participatory budgeting project in Northen Ireland.
Read MoreParticipatory budgeting with children and adolescents: Capacity booklet
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A guide published by UNICEF España that supports local governments in involving children and adolescents in participatory budgeting processes.
Read MoreFacilitation of Deliberation in the Classroom
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This paper explores how classroom deliberation can be made more inclusive through facilitation practices and design choices.
Read MoreDoing Democracy to Green Your School Community
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This video and ready-to-use presentation explain the use of PB to address the climate crisis in school communities.
Read MoreParticipatory Budgeting in Lithuanian Schools
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A case study of how Lithuanian schools have implemented participatory budgeting (PB) initiatives, engaging students in decision-making over school budget expenditures.
Read MoreParticipatory budget for schools in Brno
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A youth-engagement initiative by the Brno City Municipality in the Czech Republic which enables primary school pupils to have a direct role in budgeting decisions about their school environment.
Read MoreInclusive civic education and school democracy through participatory budgeting
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This journal article examines how youth-led participatory budgeting (PB) initiatives in school settings affect student empowerment, decision-making capacity, and democratic engagement.
Read MoreSchool PB Playbook
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A guide with open questions designed to help schools implement a participatory budgeting process where students directly engage in decision-making over a school’s budget.
Read MorePB in Schools Evaluation Toolkit – Why Data Matters
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A guidance document from the Participatory Budgeting Project (PBP) that explains why evaluation is important in school-based participatory budgeting (PB) and outlines what kind of data to collect and how.
Read MoreParticipatory Budgeting in Schools and Districts: A Policy Scan
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A landscape report by the Participatory Budgeting Project that examines how school and district policies support—or hinder—youth-led participatory budgeting (PB) efforts in U.S. K-12 settings.
Read MoreWhat Is Participatory Budgeting? Guide for Schools
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A step-by-step curriculum prepared by the Participatory Budgeting Project for educators to run a youth-led participatory budgeting (PB) process in a classroom or school setting.
Read MoreWhat’s Next for PB in Your Schools
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A practical guide from the Participatory Budgeting Project for U.S. schools and districts outlining how to move from pilot efforts in participatory budgeting (PB) to more established, sustainable practices.
Read MoreGuide for participatory budgeting in Estonia
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A practical Estonian guide for municipalities on how to implement participatory budgeting, with legal templates and communication advice.
Read MoreUsability study of existing participatory budgeting web pages
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Assessment of usability and accessibility of 50 participatory budgeting websites to improve digital civic participation.
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