PARTICIPATORY BUDGET AND IT'S PEDAGOGICAL POTENTIAL. OPPORTUNITIES – POSSIBILITIES – BARRIERS

Abstract

The aim of this article is to present the concept of participatory budget as a pedagogical value hidden in social practice. The authors analyzing its pedagogical potential, on the one hand, indicate the possibilities of its use for developing and strengthening civic competences and building a culture of dialogue and mutual assistance to increase the involvement of Poles in the process of (deciding) the shape of local politics. On the other hand, its growing popularity has become an impulse for Authors to reflect critically on the processes of its implementation and implementation by local government units. Asking questions about the pedagogical values of the participatory budget and indicating possible barriers to their implementation is the basis of the discussion undertaken in the article.