public sauna realized under the Warsaw Participatory Budget
house for insects realized under the Warsaw Participatory Budget
outdoor gym realized under the Warsaw Participatory Budget
bicycle path realized under the Warsaw Participatory Budget
School Participatory Budget
Have you ever heard of the Participatory Budget?
This process involves the whole town,
whose residents decide how to allocate
a small part of its budget, e.g. 1%.
Sometimes such an event is organized in smaller communities, such as schools.
The students of this school are organizing one right now.
They got 100 euro from the headmaster for implementing their own ideas.
I associate the Participatory Budget with a possibility
of students influencing the school.
I didn’t know what the Participatory Budget was
until the idea came up at school.
The idea of the Budget is interesting, as the students,
who usually are not able to influence the school’s actions,
can really do something.
It is really exciting that something new comes up
and we will have some influence
and not only have to listen to imposed decisions.
I was so happy when I learned
about the Participatory Budget in our school,
because we could invest in some areas
so the school could function better.
Many ideas came up.
I wonder how other students want
to invest this money and what do they need.
The Students Council took up the task
of organizing the Budget.
The prepared the rules and regulations
and published the news via all available channels
to reach as many people possible.
Today in the hallway we made a newspaper
and presented how this whole process will look like.
We also included the rules
and regulations for the students.
To make sure the information reached everyone
the students visited every classroom
to dispel all doubts.
Hello, sorry for interrupting class,
I have an announcement to make.
Dear students and teachers,
we give you a possibility of real participation
in perfecting our school space.
We are starting the first edition
of our School Participatory Budget
We have 100 euro to use.
We encourage you to prepare projects
of how you would want to invest the money.
Prepare a plan and a cost calculation
and pass it on to the Council.
You will find more information, the dates,
rules and forms on our Facebook page,
as well as in the wall newspaper.
We invite you to participate
and look forward to your ideas.
Thank you and enjoy your class.
Then it was time for submitting ideas.
The students could do this
by filling out such a form.
Proposals which complied with the rules
and did not induce additional costs were chosen.
Zero boredom: a pool table, darts and board games for free periods
Blackout blinds
Sit comfortably: 21 bean bags in the hallways
Redo in the school shop
Benches for the patio: 8 tables, 16 benches, 7 bean bags for the hallways
Then came the ballot.
The Council’s representatives in twos
went around all classrooms and collected votes.
We gave out cards in each of the classrooms.
The students expresses their opinions
by marking their choice.
Now we will count the votes
and implement the chosen project.
The most popular proposals are the fifth project,
i.e. the patio benches, and the first one,
i.e. the pool table and board games.
It was clear that one of the projects gained most popularity,
but we had to count the votes, prepare the protocol
and only then publish the results.
Redo in the school shop – 46 votes
Blackout blinds – 75
Sit comfortably – 76
Zero boredom: a pool table – 96
Benches for the patio – 408
Altogether: 707 votes
Sorry for disturbing the class,
I have an announcement to make.
On Tuesday February 22nd we held a voting
for our Participatory Budget.
We had 5 projects,
and each one was very interesting and creative.
The winner is number 5 by Franek Szymański.
Franek suggested investing in benches and tables
for our school patio.
The remaining money was spent on
some bean bags for the hallways.
The project had 57% support.
The benches and tables were bought as soon as possible,
but we had to wait for spring
for opening the patio and using them.