African prize for the Participatory Budgeting in Tunisia

In December 2015, the municipality of la Marsa have been awarded an African prize related to the implementation of the Participatory Budgeting process in Tunisia. This conference named “Africities” was organized in Johannesburg, the capital of South Africa. The municipality of la Marsa participated in this conference by presenting its experience in the implementation of the Participatory Budgeting as a participatory mechanism to integrate citizens within the decision making process, related to infrastructure projects.

The Associative Action provided full technical assistance to the municipality of la Marsa in its implementation of the Participatory Budgeting in 2014, for the municipal budget of 2015.

– Summary report of “Sommet Africités 7, Johannesburg, 1er Décembre 2015” (page 11) :  http://mouvementcitoyen.org/sites/default/files/images/201609/Rapport%20Session%20%20BP%20africit%C3%A9s%20Joburg%202015.pdf