Edmundston: New Formula for the Participatory Budget Programme

For its third year of existence, the participatory budget of the city of Edmundston will be deployed differently than in the first two editions.

Participatory processes have been in vogue in recent years, especially in Basque administrations, provincial governments and municipalities. They are one of the main pillars of the new governance model, but not all institutions organize them with the same passion and generosity. Some do it out of conviction, and others because it is now their turn. Participatory processes are not launched when there is a lot at stake and when they are projects w…