From 2019, the Occitanie Region (France) is dedicating part of the regional budget to citizen projects. The participatory budget enables many local initiatives to come to fruition thanks to the project leaders and all the citizens who support them and vote for their favourite projects so that they can obtain a regional grant. The 14 editions of the regional participatory budgets have supported more than 360 winning projects, all linked to issues supported by the Region: racism and anti-Semitism, opening up to the world, culture, the sea, the mountains, the climate and food. This project was financed as part of the ‘My solution for the climate’ participatory budget, following a vote by the general public.
To find out more about the Occitanie Region’s participatory initiatives: https://jeparticipe.