Every year, millions of citizens around the world get to have a direct say in how their communities’ budgets are spent.

It’s called Participatory Budgeting (PB), a process that fosters transparency, collaboration and innovation.

“revolutionary civics in action”- The New York Times -

What started in Brazil in 1989 has since exploded with over 1,500 initiatives across all continents.

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In many cases, technology has been part of this civic revolution: from open data, to social media and mobile apps...

… technology is leveraging the wisdom of the crowds with unheard levels of citizen engagement in public budgets.

If you let us, we’ll tell you a lot more about this exciting new trend and how you can get involved.; )

Thank you. See you at SXSW 2013!

Founder and CEO of Intellitics, an online community engagement startup based in San José, CA.

Vallejo City Councilwoman who spearheaded bringing Participatory Budgeting (PB) to the City of Vallejo, '%�ERH�QEOMRK�MX�XLI�ƊVWX�GMX]�[MHI�PB process in the United States.

Open Government Specialist at the World Bank implementing Digital Participatory Budgeting projects in Africa and Latin America.

Tim BonnemannMarti BrownTiago Peixoto@participatory @VtownMartiBrown @planspark