PB Works together with Development Trust NI are hosting a joint webinar on Tuesday 23 November 2021 from 12
noon until 2pm. The webinar will explore how participatory budgeting (PB)
can put the ‘community’ into Community Wealth Building.
We
will draw from experience in Scotland where both community wealth building and
PB practice are well established tools for community empowerment.
This will include:
- North Ayrshire Council’s
progress in embedding CWB practices.
- the
renewed commitment to mainstream PB from local and central government in
Scotland, meeting and exceeding the target of allocating 1% of local
authority budgets via PB.
- Mainstream
PB’s role in recovery and renewal from the pandemic.
- the
recent framework for the future of PB in Scotland developed by the National
Strategic PB Group.
The
panel and delegates will consider this learning through Q&A and seek to
draw out lessons for policy and practice in NI.
Confirmed
speakers include:
- Cllr
Joe Cullinane, North Ayrshire Council. Joe was appointed Leader of North
Ayrshire Council on 30 August 2016 and on 17 May 2017 following a change
in administration. Following a Cabinet reshuffle in June 2020, it was
agreed that his portfolio would be for matters relating to Community
Wealth Building, as well as areas such as the budget and the Ayrshire
Growth Deal.
- Kathleen
Glazik, Scottish Government. Kathleen leads the Community Empowerment Team
and is a member of the National Strategic PB Group.
- Elidh Brown, tsi Moray. Elidh is Partnership
Development Lead and a member of the National Strategic PB Group.
- Louise O'Kane, Community
Places and PB Works. Planner and Head of Engagement at Community Places
which is the co-ordinating body for the Participatory Budgeting Works
project.
Save your spot now for PB & Community Wealth Building, Tuesday 23rd November