Инициативное бюджетирование в малых городах и сельской местности как механизм вовлечения граждан в решение вопросов местного значения

Abstract

An example of integrated development of the territory in the context of budget deficit at the grassroots level is the practice of initiative budgeting. Based on statistical data, the article reveals territorial patterns of development of local practices in Non-Chernozem municipalities. The paper summarizes the forms of implementing initiative budgeting in Russia by the degree of public participation. The article analyzes the number and cost of implemented projects within the framework of the program for support of local initiatives (PPMI) over a 5-year period from 2014 to 2018 in the Kirov, Tver and Nizhny Novgorod regions. It was revealed that the Nizhny Novgorod region surpasses the Kirov and Tver regions in terms of funds raised and the number of projects due to the high volume of regional subsidies, as well as a lower level of minimal co-financing from the population and business. In the Nizhny Novgorod and Kirov regions, the average project amounts are higher in urban districts than in rural and urban settlements, and vice versa in the Tver region. The specifics of projects in the regions differ: in the Kirov and Nizhny Novgorod regions, priority areas are road repairs and water supply, in the Tver region – water supply and sanitation. Factors that affect the activity of citizens in the territory – geographical location, institutional and information support, income of the population.