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Sustainability aspects of participatory budgeting at the municipal level in Slovenia
Nejc Brezovar* 
Tatjana Stanimirović*
Tatjana Stanimirović
Affiliation: Assistant Professor, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Public Administration, Ljubljana, Slovenia
 0000-0003-4528-8725
Article | Year: 2022 | Pages: 569 - 589 | Volume: 46 | Issue: 4 Received: April 2, 2022 | Accepted: August 30, 2022 | Published online: December 7, 2022
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REFERENCES
CROSSMARK POLICY
METRICS
LICENCING
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2015
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2016
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2017
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2018
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2019
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2020
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2021
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Number of municipalities |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
13 |
20 |
27 |
Categories of observation |
Number of municipalities
(of 212 total) |
PB mechanisms for proposals
(some municipalities had multiple choices) |
Form via e-mail |
24 |
E-form |
11 |
Form via ordinary mail |
7 |
Form on site |
25 |
PB used for part or whole of the municipality area |
More than 2 areas |
26 |
1 area |
4 |
Voting practice (some municipalities had multiple choices) |
Ballot on site |
20 |
Ballot by e-mail |
4 |
Ballot by ordinary mail |
2 |
Ballot in e-form |
13 |
SMS |
1 |
Voting practice during the Covid-19 epidemic |
In 2020 and 2021 voting took place |
13 |
Source: Authors (2022).
Nature of PB project |
Environmental |
Recreational
infrastructure |
Public
infrastructure |
Promotion of tourism
and culture |
Number of and percent of chosen
PB projects (of 518 total) |
45 8.7% |
146 28.2% |
236 45.6% |
91 17.5% |
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