Table 1

Administrative burdens regarding citizen proposals in participatory budgeting

CitizensPublic officials
Learning costs
  • Identify the benefits and requirements for submitting proposals

  • Navigate proposals to participate in deliberation and voting

  • Summarise the contents and themes of submitted proposals to support deliberation

Compliance costs
  • Develop ideas into proposals to participate in PB

  • Elaborate or synthesise proposals to prepare for the voting process

  • Screen submitted proposals for eligibility, legality, and redundancy

  • Consult citizens to improve the quality of proposals

Note(s): This table was inspired by Madsen et al.’s (2022: 101653) work, which summarises administrative burdens associated with digital self-service

Source(s): Author’s own work

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