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e-Participatory Budgeting as an initiative of e-requests: prospecting for leading cases and reflections on e-Participation/e-Orcamentos Participativos como iniciativas de e-solicitacao: uma prospeccao dos principias casos e reflexoes sobre a e-Participacao/e-Presupuestos Participativos como iniciativas de e-solicitud: una prospeccion de los principales casos y reflexiones sobre la e-Participacion

This article goes prospecting for some of the main experiences of using e- participatory budgeting (e-PB) that occurred between 2001 and 2013. We used the snowball technique to map out these occurrences. The aim of the study was to contribute to a better understanding of how such e- PB relates to ot...

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Published in:Revista de administração pública (Rio de Janeiro) 2016-11, Vol.50 (6), p.937
Main Author: Sampaio, Rafael Cardoso
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:This article goes prospecting for some of the main experiences of using e- participatory budgeting (e-PB) that occurred between 2001 and 2013. We used the snowball technique to map out these occurrences. The aim of the study was to contribute to a better understanding of how such e- PB relates to other e-participation projects, in terms of participants, activities and the possibility of using mixed methods (online/on location) to mitigate any digital exclusion. The results indicated that there were 170 e-PB initiatives operating in 101 locations, of which 139 were mixed initiatives. Contrary to what is suggested in literature on the subject, most of these e-PBs do not address decision-making processes directly, but instead deal with the suggestions and requests of citizens (e-requests). The conclusion was then that the addition of ICTs to the e-PBs did not necessarily lead to an improvement in such processes. Nevertheless, one can argue that e-PBs can indeed offer new avenues and questions of relevance to the study of e-participation. Keywords : e-participatory budget; e-democracy; e-participation; e-governance. Este artigo realiza uma prospeccao das principais experiencias de orcamentos participativos eletronicos (e-OPs) realizadas entre 2001 e 2013. Foi utilizada a tecnica "bola de neve" para mapear as principais ocorrencias. O estudo visa contribuir para a compreensao de como os e-OPs se relacionam a outros projetos de e-participacao, no que tange a participantes, atividades e a possibilidade de uso de metodos mistos (online/presencial) para mitigar a exclusao digital. Os resultados indicam a existencia de 170 iniciativas de e-OPs em 101 localidades, sendo 139 iniciativas mistas. Ao contrario do que e apontado pela literatura, significativa parte dos e-OPs nao concerne a decisao politica diretamente, mas sim ao envio de sugestoes e solicitacoes pelos cidadaos (e-Solicitacao). Conclui-se que a adicao de TICs aos OPs nao levou, necessariamente, a uma melhoria de tais processos. No entanto, defende-se que e-OPs podem oferecer novos caminhos e questoes para os estudos de e-participacao. Palavras-chave: orcamentos participativos digitais; democracia digital; e- participacao; governanca eletronica. En este articulo se lleva a cabo una prospeccion de las principales experiencias de presupuestos participativos electronicos (e-PPs) realizadas entre 2001 y 2013. La metodologia para encuentro de los casos es la tecnica "bola de nieve". El estudio trata de dar su o
ISSN:0034-7612
DOI:10.1590/0034-7612152210