[Information collected by Luis Roberto Vera, trainee in the Centre for Public Policy PROVIDUS]
The text is available in the PDF format here (PBSpanishPortuguese)
Which Spanish/Portuguese speaking countries are running participatory budgeting events?
| 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | |
| Spain | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Portugal | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Brazil | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Mexico | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | no data | no data | no data | ✔ | ✔ | no data |
| Guatemala[6] | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| El Salvador | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data |
| Honduras | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | ✔ | ✔ | no data |
| Nicaragua | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | no data |
| Costa Rica | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | no data | no data | no data | no data |
| Panamá | no data | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data |
| Cuba | no data | no data | no data | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | no data | no data | no data |
| Dominican Republic | no data | ✔ | ✔ | no data | no data | no data | no data | ✔ | ✔ |
| Colombia | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | no data | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | no data |
| Venezuela | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | no data | no data | ✔ | no data |
| Ecuador | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Peru | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Bolivia | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data |
| Chile | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | no data |
| Argentina | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | no data | no data | ✔ | ✔ | no data |
| Paraguay | no data | no data | ✔ | no data | no data | ✔ | no data | no data | no data |
| Uruguay | ✔ | no data | ✔ | no data | no data | ✔ | no data | ✔ | no data |
Of all the listed countries, El Salvador applied PB in the early 90s as a series of “post-conflict initiatives seeking to repair societal divisions and build linkages to the state,” utilizing donations from USAID, not local funding[7].
Data on what resources (the amount) allocated by citizens in such events
| 2018 | |
| Spain
Madrid Other regions |
Around 100 million euros no data |
| Portugal | 5 million euros |
| Brazil
Porto Allegre Santos Caruaru Lagoa |
No data No data No data 300,000 euros |
| Mexico
Guadalajara
Mexico City |
220 million MXN [about 11.6 million USD] To be determined |
| Guatemala | 7 million GTQ[8] [about 935, 165 USD] |
| Costa Rica | no data |
| Argentina | no data |
| Dominican Republic | no data |
| Colombia | 209,000 million COP [about 7’185,211 USD] |
| Venezuela* | 32’600,000 VEF [around 271 USD] |
| Ecuador | no data |
| Peru | 151’288,245 PEN [around 46’162,582 USD] |
| Chile | 50 million CLP [around 77800 USD] |
| Uruguay | No data |
How many participatory budgeting events have been held in Spanish/Portuguese speaking countries during recent years?
| 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
| Spain
Madrid[1]
Other regions (mainly Andalucía, Murcia and Catalunya |
1, municipal level
At least 2 (Zaragoza, Valladolid) insufficient data |
1, municipal level
19, (approximately)[2] |
1, municipal level
No data |
| Portugal
(all regions) |
80, municipal level
1, national level |
50, regional level[3] | At least 1 (Braga), insufficient data[4] |
| Brazil
Porto Allegre Santos Caruaru Lagoa Other regions |
1, municipal level 1, municipal level 1, municipal level At least 5 |
Suspension of PB[5] 1, municipal level 1, municipal level 1, municipal level At least 5 |
1, municipal level 1, municipal level 1, municipal level 1, municipal level At least 5 |
| Mexico
Guadalajara
Mexico City |
1, municipal level
1, city-level (approved). To be implemented in 2019 |
1, municipal level
No data |
1, municipal level
[Test period 2015-16]
|
| Guatemala | At least 3, municipal level | At least 1, municipal level | At least 3, municipal level |
| Costa Rica | At least 1, municipal level | At least 1, regional level (7 towns) | At least 1, regional level (7 towns) |
| Panama | No data | At least 1, municipal level | At least 1, municipal level |
| Venezuela | 4, regional level | At least 2, regional level | At least 2, regional level |
| Ecuador | At least 2, municipal level | At least 1, regional level | At least 2, regional level |
| Peru | At least 1, regional level | At least 1, regional level | At least 3, regional level |
| Chile | 17, municipal level | At least 5, municipal level | At least 5, municipal level |
| Argentina
Buenos Aires Rosario Casilda |
No data 1, municipal level 1, municipal level |
1, municipal level 1, municipal level No data |
1, municipal level 1, municipal level No data |
| Uruguay
Montevideo |
At least 1, municipal level | No data | At least 1, municipal level |
| Paraguay | No data | No data | No data |
It is worth mentioning that while data is scarce, countries like Costa Rica, Paraguay, Ecuador and Peru have implemented PB policies aimed at indigenous peoples, with the intention of including them in decision-making practices, and to revitalize their trust in political institutions.
[1] Retrieved from: https://www.eldiario.es/madrid/madrilenos-pueden-proyectos-presupuestos-participativos_0_644285695.html
[2] Retrieved from: https://presupuestosparticipativos.com/2017/01/02/los-presupuestos-participativos-en-el-estado-espanol/
[3] Retrieved from: https://opp.gov.pt/winners2017
[4] The site http://www.encuentroiberico.com/ argues that in 2016, Portugal was the European country with most PB events. However, there is no hard data to back the claim.
[5] Retrieved from: https://gauchazh.clicrbs.com.br/porto-alegre/noticia/2017/04/suspensao-das-assembleias-coloca-em-xeque-orcamento-participativo-de-porto-alegre-9762659.html
[6] Retrieved from: https://cerigua.org/article/complace-formulacion-de-presupuesto-participativo/
[7] Blair, Harry (2013). “Participatory budgeting and local governance” in The Imperative of Good Local Governance: Challenges for the Next Decade of Decentralization (Tokyo: United Nations University Press, 2013), 145-178.
[8] Retrieved from https://www.pressreader.com/guatemala/prensa-libre/20180413/281865824054508
* Developed by donations from the Banesco bank, not public funds.
