Training of local facilitators on the Participatory Budgeting in Gafsa
During the month of April 2015, the Associative Action organized a training session for the members of local CSOs in Gafsa to become local facilitators of Participatory Budgeting.
The role of the local facilitators is to collaborate with the members of the local authorities to successfully implement the awareness and communication campaign aimed to invite the citizens to participate in the citizen forums of the PB, as well as to organize the citizen forums (moderating the debate between municipal officers and citizens, facilitation of the citizens work groups, organization of the voting and election process related to the citizen projects ideas and citizen delegates).
Training on communication for the local CSOs of Gafsa
In march 2015, the Associative Action organised a training session for the local CSOs of the municipality of Gafsa in the framework of the Participatory Budgeting of 2015. The aim of this training session was to build the capacities of the local CSOs in terms of communication, as well as to prepare a communication plan related to the awarness and invitation campaigns for the citizens in order to participate in the citizen forums of the Participatory Budgeting.
Signature of the Participatory Budgeting Partnership agreement of the municipality of Gafsa
On the 19th of March 2015, the municipality of Gafsa signed an officiel partnership agreement with the local NGOs to implement the Participatory Budgeting process. The partnership agreement included all the tasks and responsabilities of each stakeholders during the process (see the document below).
Official Announcement related to the Participatory Budgeting in the municipality of Gafsa
On the 25th of February 2015, the municipality of Gafsa announced officially the implementation of the Participatory Budgeting process in 2015, regarding the municipality budget of 2016. This announcement was communicated through an official release.
The Participatory Budgeting Process is a citizen participation tool which allows citizens to take part in the decision making process at the local level, regarding basic infrastructure projects.
