Turnov: Participatory budgeting with school parliaments 
The engagement and participation of children and youth is important for Turnov. It is possible to approach it in many ways. Turnov decided to use a proven tool - participatory budgeting. The city allocated an amount from it exclusively for youth projects. The pilot year of this "participatory youth budgeting" was a hit.
Basic information
| Name of the city/town/region: | Turnov |
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| Surname, firstname: | Jandová, Marcela |
| Organization: | Město Turnov |
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| Phone: | 739531124 |
| Subject: | Komunikace mezi veřejnou správou, občany a dalšími subjekty, participace Kvalita a prostupnost vzdělávání; inovativní aktivity škol; poradenství pro rodiče |
Description and outputs |
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| Is the activity related to any of your strategical document? | Plan for improving the Healthy City of Turnov LA21 for the year 2022 - the goal of the year was the development of citizen engagement. |
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| Start of activity: | 01.05.2022 |
| End of activity: | 01.12.2022 |
| Attachment | Metodika - Tvoříme Turnov 2022 PDF (667 KB) |
Budget |
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| What were the financial costs of carrying out the activity? | [tis. Kč] 206 |
| How was the activity funded? | From the budget of the city of Turnov. |
| Detailed schedule: | 200 thousand CZK participative budget set aside for school and city parliament projects 6 thousand CZK realization of video spots |
Recommendations and inspiration |
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| What recommendations / advice can be deduced from the implementation of your activities and provided to other municipalities with a similar intention? | Emphasis must be placed on a high-quality explanation of the possibilities of participatory budgeting for the given age category. The cooperation and interest of teachers and other workers who help to design proposals and motivate pupils to participate is essential. |
| Describe the main strengths of your activity / project during its realization? | Non-violent involvement of youth and motivation to take an interest in events in the city, real output from the activity of the youth parliament, involvement of the parliament in decision-making about the public space of the city. |
| Describe the main weaknesses of your activity / project during its realization? | The motivation of members of the parliament to get involved is conditioned by the interest of the teachers and coordinators of the parliament, the limited possibilities of the budget and the reality of the proposals based on the possibilities of the city. |
Monitoring and evaluation |
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| Has the impact of the implemented activity / project been measured and evaluated in any way? | Even when submitting proposals, the politician for the Healthy City of Turnov communicates with the proposers, thus receiving feedback directly from the coordinators of the parliaments. |
| Do you plan to further develop/maintain the activity/project? | The announcement of a category for children and youth parliaments is also planned for 2023. The Turnov schools and the Youth Parliament of the city of Turnov were notified of the possibility of participating so that they would have the opportunity to work on any proposals ahead of time. |
Partakers |
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| Name: | Město Turnov |
| Company number or other registration data: | 00276227 |
| Address: | Antonína Dvořáka 335 |
| Web: | https://www.turnov.cz |
