Borys Martela

A researcher, freelancer and social activist. An advisor and moderator of meetings with the residents of Łódź during the campaign promoting civic budgeting in Łódź in 2013. He was also a member of the team responsible for creating regulations for participatory budgeting for the city.

Economy, Society

Civic Budgeting? This is Not Going to Happen… And yet it did!

BY Borys Martela / August 12, 2014

Contrary to the opinion of many sceptics, civic budgeting in Łódź turned out to be a great success in 2013. 908 projects were submitted by the residents of the city and 129.000 votes were casted what has resulted in the case of Łódź being widely discussed and analysed. How was it achieved?