Yerel Yönetimlerde Katılımcı Bütçeleme(Participatory Budgeting in Local Governments)

Katilimci butceleme, yerel yonetimlerin harcama onceliklerini halkin dogrudan katilimi ve tercihleri dogrultusunda sekillendirdigi bir butceleme surecidir. Bu anlamda, katilimci butceleme temsili demokrasiden katilimci demokrasiye gecisin en onemli demokratik adimlarindan biri olarak kabul edilmektedir. Ilk defa 1989’da Brezilya’nin Porto Alegre kentinde uygulanan katilimci butceleme modeli, daha sonraki yillarda Latin Amerika ulkelerinden baslayarak dunyanin bircok ulkesindeki binlerce kentte uygulanmistir. Katilimci butceleme ile yerel kamu hizmetlerinin sunumunda hizmetten faydalanan vatandaslarla yerel yonetimler arasinda dogrudan bir iliski kurulmaktadir. Bu yapisal iliski, hem yerel yonetimlerin halka hesap verme sorumlulugunu yerine getirmesi, hem de yerel yonetimler uzerindeki kamuoyu denetiminin saglanmasi icin elverisli bir ortam olusmaktadir. Bu nedenle, hem dunyada hem de ulkemizde katilimci butcelemenin yayginlasmasi, demokratik gelisim ve kaynak kullaniminda etkinligin saglanmasi acisindan son derece onemlidir. Participatory budgeting is shaped by local administratons that is a budgeting process in accordance with public priorities and preferences. In this sense, participatory budgeting is considered to one of the most important step in transtion from representative democracy to participatory democracy. In 1989 for first time applied in Brazillian city of Porto Alegre participatory budgeting model is that applied in thousands of cities and very successful results have been obtained. A structural relationship is established with citizens who benefit from the local services and local administrations in the provision of local services in participatory budgeting. This structual relationship is creates a favorable environment both to provide public accountability and ensuring public control in local governments. Therefore, the spread of participatory budgeting is extremely important in point of democratic development and ensuring efficiency of resoruce use.