The Impact of Digitalization on the Initiative Budgeting Processes

DOI

10.2991/aebmr.k.210213.003How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Participatory budgeting, Initiative budgeting, Digitalization, E-participation, E-democracy, E-government

Abstract

The digital transformation of interaction between local governments and the population is becoming an increasingly urgent task in the field of public administration. One of the areas where information and communication technologies are being rapidly introduced is the sphere of initiative budgeting. With the development of electronic citizen participation, the requirements for digital tools are becoming more stringent. The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of electronic public participation tools on the development of initiative budgeting in Russia. As a result of the study, no connection was found between the amount of funding for initiative budgeting projects and the level of electronic interaction between the authorities and society, which can be explained by the low level of electronic participation mechanisms implementation in the Russian Federation regions at the moment. A statistical analysis of Internet solutions implementation in Russian Federation regions for 2018 and 2019 showed that there is a gradual increase in Internet tools implementation in the initiative budgeting procedure, but this is not enough to talk about the appearance of information and communication technologies driving force in initiative budgeting. Recommendations are made, the implementation of which will enhance the role of electronic tools of participation in strengthening trust between the authorities and society, which will contribute to the population involvement in initiative budgeting processes.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Valentina Derbeneva
AU  - Natalia Starodubets
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/02/15
TI  - The Impact of Digitalization on the Initiative Budgeting Processes
BT  - Proceedings of the XV International Conference "Russian Regions in the Focus of Changes" (ICRRFC 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 14
EP  - 20
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.210213.003
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.210213.003
ID  - Derbeneva2021
ER  -