Affiliation:
1. CEOS, ISCAP, Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal
2. ISCAP, Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal
Abstract
Participatory budgeting is a recent mechanism that is related to open innovation and crowdsourcing in public entities and allows the participation of society in governmental interests. This chapter aims to analyse the use of open innovation and crowdsourcing tools in the public sector in Portugal, in the form of participatory budgets, and also to understand the characteristics of the participatory budget processes used, as well as the motivations for their implementation and the difficulties faced. For these purposes, the investigation uses a quantitative methodology, by means of a questionnaire sent to Portuguese municipalities. The research carried out reveals influences between the size of municipalities and the use of participatory budget and its characteristics. The investigation also highlights the main motivations for its implementation, the greatest difficulties experienced, and the perceived barriers to non-implementation.
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