Crowdbudget addresses Municipalities and broader regions, as well as the private sector (eg Corporate Social Responsibility actions -CSR). Citizens can pick and vote for the projects of the organizations. Furthermore, they can monitor and assess them when they are about to begin.
The platform is an electronic service aiming to shape the budget of a public organization. The latter, presents the projects suggested and invites the citizens to state their preference voting on the projects of their choice.
Key features of success in Public Administration:
- Understanding of the significance of politics by the ruling power - Commitment
- Institutionalization and institutional compatibility
- Support for the project by the executive officers - Active participation
- Follow up - Accountability - Update and results utilization
- Awarding - Human network and society formulation
- Harmonization of international good practices and cooperation networks (eg Open Government Partnership)
- Moral awards motivation (eg gamification)
- Technological and operational openness
The design of the platform reinforces the inclusiveness of the citizens through a useful, easily adaptable and friendly structure in private and public sector.