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Budżet Obywatelski: Warsaw's Participatory Budget, Voted Online

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Warsaw's participatory budget offered more than 120 million złoty in 2025. Voters fell from 166,892 in 2014 to 55,366 in 2026, about 3 per cent of residents.

Outcome🔄 Ongoing
Evidence📊 Independent
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Run byCity of Warsaw (Urząd m.st. Warszawy), which runs the ESOG online system and the vote; winning projects are delivered by the 18 district offices and city units
Scale🏙️ City-wide
FundingCity of Warsaw budget; since the Act of 11 January 2018 at least 0.5% of the city's expenditure in the last budget-execution report. More than 26 million złoty in the first edition, 83 million in 2019, more than 120 million in 2025.

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Since 2014 Warsaw's residents have proposed projects and then voted on which of them the city carries out the following year. The first edition shared out more than 26 million złoty across the 18 districts; since a national law of January 2018 a participatory budget is compulsory in Polish cities with county rights and must be at least 0.5% of the city's spending. Submission, the city's assessment, appeals and the vote run through an electronic system called ESOG; 99 per cent of votes in 2026 were cast online. District offices enter each winning project's progress there, and the city publishes it at bo.um.warszawa.pl. Any resident may vote; under the 2019 rules an online voter gave an e-mail address and personal data, and anyone who filled in more than one ballot had all their votes voided. Warsaw's ballots from 2017 to 2023 are in an open research library of participatory-budget data.

Live 📅 since 2014

📊 Impact

Turnout fell as the money grew. 166,892 people voted in 2014; the second edition set the record of 172,395; more than 105,000 voted for 83 million złoty in 2019, more than 73,000 for a pool of over 120 million in 2025, and 55,366 in June 2026, about 3 per cent of residents by Super Express's count. The city said in October 2019 that almost 2,500 projects chosen by residents had been carried out. Delivery has been audited only in samples: NIK, the Supreme Audit Office, rated the work of two district offices on the 2019–2021 editions positively, but found that Praga-Południe's office had not carried out one project from each of two editions, both halted by a planned paid-parking zone, and that Mokotów's office let a 924,210-złoty cycle path onto the 2020 ballot after an unreliable check of whether it could be built within one budget year; it won and was not built within that year.

🎓 Lesson

A participatory budget can grow on paper while its electorate shrinks: Warsaw's pool rose from 26 million złoty to more than 120 million while voters fell from 166,892 to 55,366. The city calls it the burn-out of a format more than a dozen years old, competing with other participation tools; the Miasto Jest Nasze association blames weak promotion, ideas rejected without clear reasons and winning projects that stay unbuilt for years. The online system makes every stage countable, but the only independent check of delivery, NIK's, covered two of the 18 districts.

🏛️ GovernanceCitizen participationDigital government

Sources

↗ Gość Warszawski — Wygrali... wszyscy: results of Warsaw's first participatory budget (11 Jul 2014)Updated 14 July 2014Report on the first edition's results: more than 26 million złoty to distribute, over 2,200 projects submitted, 1,390 put to the vote across the 18 districts, almost 167,000 voters casting 148,814 valid votes (106,701 online, 42,113 on paper), 336 winning projects to be carried out the following year.
↗ money.pl (PAP) — Budżet obywatelski w Warszawie. Rusza głosowanie na projekty w III edycji (14 Jun 2016)PAP report on the third edition: 1,752 projects on the ballot, more than 58 million złoty, any Warsaw resident may vote in one district, online or on a paper card handed in in person with ID; the second edition had 51 million złoty and 622 projects to be carried out.
↗ money.pl — Budżet obywatelski 2019 - Warszawa. Ostatni dzień na głosowanie (23 Sep 2019)Explainer on the 2019 vote: online voting starts with an e-mail address to which a voting link is sent, followed by personal data; paper voting at district offices with ID; up to 15 district and 10 citywide projects; filling in several ballots voids all of a person's votes.
↗ Bankier.pl (PAP) — W Warszawie powstaną kaczkomaty i skatepark. Dzięki budżetowi obywatelskiemu (3 Oct 2019)PAP report on the sixth edition's results: 1,425 projects, 83 million złoty, more than 105,000 voters with 99 per cent voting online, 29 citywide and 385 district winners; the city hall says almost 2,500 projects chosen by residents have been carried out.
↗ Super Express — Kryzys Budżetu Obywatelskiego w Warszawie. Pieniędzy jest więcej, ale mieszkańcy nie chcą głosować (22 Jul 2026)Report on the 13th edition: 55,366 voters, about 3 per cent of residents, against 166,892 in 2014 and the record 172,395 in the second edition; critiques from the Miasto Jest Nasze association and a Targówek councillor; the city hall's deputy spokesperson attributes the decline to the format's burn-out and competing participation tools.
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↗ Warszawa 19115 (City of Warsaw) — Budżet obywatelski na 2026 r.Updated 12 October 2026City knowledge-base page on the 2025 vote (projects delivered in 2026): rules adopted on 17 October 2024 (local areas, 20/30/50 split, up to five votes per level), 1,373 projects, a pool of more than 120 million złoty, 551 winners, more than 73,000 voters; progress tracked at bo.um.warszawa.pl.
↗ Warszawa 19115 (City of Warsaw) — Budżet obywatelski na 2027 r.Updated 12 October 2026City knowledge-base page on the 2026 vote (projects delivered in 2027): voting from 1 to 15 June 2026, 1,185 projects, 582 winners, 55,366 voters, 99 per cent of votes cast electronically.
↗ NIK (Supreme Audit Office) — post-audit statement I/21/005/KST, Praga-Południe district office (21 Dec 2021)Supreme Audit Office statement on the Praga-Południe district office, 2019–2021 editions: overall positive; projects submitted mainly through the ESOG system; the district pool was 7.1% of 0.5% of the city's expenditure; one project from each of the sixth and seventh editions not carried out, both suspended over a planned paid-parking zone.
↗ NIK (Supreme Audit Office) — post-audit statement I/21/005/KST, Mokotów district office (28 Feb 2022)Supreme Audit Office statement on the Mokotów district office, 2019–2021 editions: descriptive assessment; documentation of 54 of 55 project assessments examined kept unreliably or against internal rules; a 924,210-złoty cycle path admitted to the 2020 vote after an unreliable feasibility check and not delivered within one budget year; delivery of selected projects rated positively.
↗ Dziennik Ustaw 2018 poz. 130 — Act amending certain acts to increase citizens' participation (published 16 Jan 2018)The amending act that added participatory budgets to the Municipal Self-Government Act: residents decide annually by direct vote on part of the budget, the council may not remove or materially change winning projects, and in cities with county rights the participatory budget is compulsory and at least 0.5% of the municipality's expenditure.
↗ Faliszewski et al. — Participatory Budgeting: Data, Tools, and Analysis (arXiv, 18 May 2023)Paper presenting PABULIB, an open library of participatory-budgeting instances, most of them from Polish cities and in particular Warsaw; notes that Warsaw voters approve up to 15 local and up to 10 citywide projects, and analyses Warsaw's elections from 2017 to 2023.

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  1. Gość Niedzielny · pressGość Warszawski — Wygrali... wszyscy: results of Warsaw's first participatory budget (11 Jul 2014) · updated 14 July 2014
  2. money.pl · pressmoney.pl (PAP) — Budżet obywatelski w Warszawie. Rusza głosowanie na projekty w III edycji (14 Jun 2016)
  3. Sejm of the Republic of Poland (Dziennik Ustaw) · national governmentDziennik Ustaw 2018 poz. 130 — Act amending certain acts to increase citizens' participation (published 16 Jan 2018)
  4. money.pl · pressmoney.pl — Budżet obywatelski 2019 - Warszawa. Ostatni dzień na głosowanie (23 Sep 2019)
  5. Bankier.pl · pressBankier.pl (PAP) — W Warszawie powstaną kaczkomaty i skatepark. Dzięki budżetowi obywatelskiemu (3 Oct 2019)
  6. Najwyższa Izba Kontroli (NIK) · oversight bodyNIK (Supreme Audit Office) — post-audit statement I/21/005/KST, Praga-Południe district office (21 Dec 2021)
  7. Najwyższa Izba Kontroli (NIK) · oversight bodyNIK (Supreme Audit Office) — post-audit statement I/21/005/KST, Mokotów district office (28 Feb 2022)
  8. arXiv (preprint repository) · researchFaliszewski et al. — Participatory Budgeting: Data, Tools, and Analysis (arXiv, 18 May 2023)
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  1. Super Express · pressSuper Express — Kryzys Budżetu Obywatelskiego w Warszawie. Pieniędzy jest więcej, ale mieszkańcy nie chcą głosować (22 Jul 2026)

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Claim 1 clm-929e67c56fc6d040 quantitative
Since 2014 Warsaw's residents have proposed projects and then voted on which of them the city carries out the following year
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What the mapping says
The report on the results of the first vote, announced in July 2014, says the winning projects will be carried out the following year; more than 2,200 projects had been submitted by residents.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Gość Warszawski — Wygrali... wszyscy: results of Warsaw's first participatory budget (11 Jul 2014)
Claim 2 clm-4ed71de2e91b6189 quantitative
The first edition shared out more than 26 million złoty across the 18 districts
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What the mapping says
The article states that more than 26 million złoty was up for distribution and that 1,390 projects concerning Warsaw's 18 districts went to the vote.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Gość Warszawski — Wygrali... wszyscy: results of Warsaw's first participatory budget (11 Jul 2014)
Claim 3 clm-ffab19acacb4438f quantitative
since a national law of January 2018 a participatory budget is compulsory in Polish cities with county rights and must be at least 0.5% of the city's spending
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What the mapping says
The Act of 11 January 2018 adds to the Municipal Self-Government Act that in cities with county rights creating a participatory budget is compulsory and that it amounts to at least 0.5% of the municipality's expenditure in the last budget-execution report.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Dziennik Ustaw 2018 poz. 130 — Act amending certain acts to increase citizens' participation (published 16 Jan 2018)
Claim 4 clm-44364fe85e73227d descriptive
Submission, the city's assessment, appeals and the vote run through an electronic system called ESOG
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What the mapping says
The Supreme Audit Office records that projects were submitted mainly through Warsaw's electronic participatory-budget system ESOG, and that project authors were informed of assessments, appeals and voting results through it.
Caveat
The audit describes the 2019–2021 editions; the vote itself is not described in that passage.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. NIK (Supreme Audit Office) — post-audit statement I/21/005/KST, Praga-Południe district office (21 Dec 2021)
Claim 5 clm-d8cf84e202b101ea quantitative
99 per cent of votes in 2026 were cast online
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What the mapping says
The city's page on the 2026 vote (for 2027 projects) states that 99 per cent of votes were cast electronically.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Warszawa 19115 (City of Warsaw) — Budżet obywatelski na 2027 r.
Claim 6 clm-85fe59192389670f descriptive
District offices enter each winning project's progress there
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What the mapping says
The audit describes the district's participatory-budget coordinator as operating ESOG, including entering information on the state of delivery of projects in each edition.
Caveat
Shown for one district office (Praga-Południe) in the 2019–2021 editions.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. NIK (Supreme Audit Office) — post-audit statement I/21/005/KST, Praga-Południe district office (21 Dec 2021)
Claim 7 clm-612390f31f26212c descriptive
the city publishes it at bo.um.warszawa.pl
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What the mapping says
The city's page on the 2025 edition says progress on the winning projects can be followed at bo.um.warszawa.pl.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Warszawa 19115 (City of Warsaw) — Budżet obywatelski na 2026 r.
Claim 9 clm-e2ecbf9724a375f1 quantitative
under the 2019 rules an online voter gave an e-mail address and personal data
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What the mapping says
The article on the 2019 vote explains that online voting began with an e-mail address to which a voting link was sent, and that after marking projects the voter filled in personal data, which the city hall said would not be shared.
Caveat
Describes the 2019 edition; the data asked of voters in later editions is set by later council resolutions not quoted here.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. money.pl — Budżet obywatelski 2019 - Warszawa. Ostatni dzień na głosowanie (23 Sep 2019)
Claim 10 clm-1d168f41092d85a6 descriptive
anyone who filled in more than one ballot had all their votes voided
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What the mapping says
The 2019 rules: if a person filled in several ballots, on paper or online, all of that person's votes were voided.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. money.pl — Budżet obywatelski 2019 - Warszawa. Ostatni dzień na głosowanie (23 Sep 2019)
Claim 11 clm-2f3f3581aff23110 quantitative
Warsaw's ballots from 2017 to 2023 are in an open research library of participatory-budget data
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What the mapping says
The paper describes PABULIB, an open library of participatory-budgeting instances, most of them from Polish cities and in particular Warsaw, and analyses Warsaw's elections from 2017 to 2023.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Faliszewski et al. — Participatory Budgeting: Data, Tools, and Analysis (arXiv, 18 May 2023)
Claim 12 clm-5589ac72e1875249 quantitative
166,892 people voted in 2014; the second edition set the record of 172,395
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What the mapping says
The paper's comparison: 166,892 voters in 2014 and 172,395 in the record second edition.
Caveat
The first edition's report gives 'almost 167,000' voters, of whom 148,814 cast valid votes.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Super Express — Kryzys Budżetu Obywatelskiego w Warszawie. Pieniędzy jest więcej, ale mieszkańcy nie chcą głosować (22 Jul 2026)
Claim 13 clm-a63a4dae4b0185c0 quantitative
more than 105,000 voted for 83 million złoty in 2019
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What the mapping says
The report on the sixth edition, voted in 2019, gives 83 million złoty for residents' ideas and more than 105,000 voters, 99 per cent of them online.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Bankier.pl (PAP) — W Warszawie powstaną kaczkomaty i skatepark. Dzięki budżetowi obywatelskiemu (3 Oct 2019)
Claim 14 clm-5ab55743f3303965 quantitative
more than 73,000 for a pool of over 120 million in 2025
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What the mapping says
The city's page on the 2025 vote gives a pool of more than 120 million złoty, 1,373 projects on the ballot, 551 winners and more than 73,000 voters.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Warszawa 19115 (City of Warsaw) — Budżet obywatelski na 2026 r.
Claim 15 clm-9be9784de9af18bd quantitative
55,366 in June 2026
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What the mapping says
The city's page on the vote held from 1 to 15 June 2026 states that 55,366 people took part.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Warszawa 19115 (City of Warsaw) — Budżet obywatelski na 2027 r.
Claim 16 clm-5d6e5bd8b16fc786 quantitative
about 3 per cent of residents by Super Express's count
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What the mapping says
The paper converts the 55,366 voters of the 13th edition into about 3 per cent of the capital's residents.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Super Express — Kryzys Budżetu Obywatelskiego w Warszawie. Pieniędzy jest więcej, ale mieszkańcy nie chcą głosować (22 Jul 2026)
Claim 17 clm-6c254bacba045cbe quantitative
The city said in October 2019 that almost 2,500 projects chosen by residents had been carried out
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What the mapping says
PAP reports the city hall's statement that residents' votes had already led to almost 2,500 projects being carried out.
Caveat
A count reported by the city, not a share of winners delivered; no citywide delivery rate was located.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Bankier.pl (PAP) — W Warszawie powstaną kaczkomaty i skatepark. Dzięki budżetowi obywatelskiemu (3 Oct 2019)
Claim 18 clm-8a1891e45c3a2ae3 quantitative
NIK, the Supreme Audit Office, rated the work of two district offices on the 2019–2021 editions positively
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What the mapping says
Both post-audit statements rate the delivery of the selected projects positively: Praga-Południe's overall assessment is positive for 2019–2021, Mokotów's is descriptive with a positive rating of project delivery alongside findings on documentation.
Caveat
For Mokotów NIK also found unreliable documentation of 54 of 55 project assessments it examined.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. NIK (Supreme Audit Office) — post-audit statement I/21/005/KST, Praga-Południe district office (21 Dec 2021)
  2. NIK (Supreme Audit Office) — post-audit statement I/21/005/KST, Mokotów district office (28 Feb 2022)
Claim 19 clm-0f7784d442125bdf descriptive
Praga-Południe's office had not carried out one project from each of two editions, both halted by a planned paid-parking zone
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What the mapping says
The audit finds one unrealised project from each of the sixth and seventh editions among those run by the district office; the mayor explained both were suspended because a paid-parking zone was planned for their location.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. NIK (Supreme Audit Office) — post-audit statement I/21/005/KST, Praga-Południe district office (21 Dec 2021)
Claim 20 clm-345da56dfa4cfdac quantitative
Mokotów's office let a 924,210-złoty cycle path onto the 2020 ballot after an unreliable check of whether it could be built within one budget year; it won and was not built within that year
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What the mapping says
NIK found the office did not reliably check whether project no. 1498, a cycle path on Konstruktorska street estimated at 924,210 złoty, could be built within a budget year; it was admitted to the vote, selected and not delivered within one budget year.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. NIK (Supreme Audit Office) — post-audit statement I/21/005/KST, Mokotów district office (28 Feb 2022)
Claim 21 clm-955196762860ee1d quantitative
Warsaw's pool rose from 26 million złoty to more than 120 million while voters fell from 166,892 to 55,366
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What the mapping says
The first edition offered more than 26 million złoty (Gość Warszawski); the 2025 pool was more than 120 million (city); voters numbered 166,892 in 2014 (Super Express) and 55,366 in 2026 (city).
Caveat
The 2026 vote's total pool was not located; the comparison uses the 2025 pool.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Gość Warszawski — Wygrali... wszyscy: results of Warsaw's first participatory budget (11 Jul 2014)
  2. Warszawa 19115 (City of Warsaw) — Budżet obywatelski na 2026 r.
  3. Super Express — Kryzys Budżetu Obywatelskiego w Warszawie. Pieniędzy jest więcej, ale mieszkańcy nie chcą głosować (22 Jul 2026)
  4. Warszawa 19115 (City of Warsaw) — Budżet obywatelski na 2027 r.
Claim 22 clm-10fe55060627930e descriptive
The city calls it the burn-out of a format more than a dozen years old, competing with other participation tools
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What the mapping says
The city hall's deputy spokesperson told the paper the decline may be the natural course of things and the burn-out of the format after a dozen-plus years, with local initiatives, consultations and neighbourhood action competing with it.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Super Express — Kryzys Budżetu Obywatelskiego w Warszawie. Pieniędzy jest więcej, ale mieszkańcy nie chcą głosować (22 Jul 2026)
Claim 23 clm-2f987ea0f88203e1 descriptive
the Miasto Jest Nasze association blames weak promotion, ideas rejected without clear reasons and winning projects that stay unbuilt for years
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What the mapping says
The association's spokesman cites an ineffective information campaign, a bureaucratic wall that rejects ideas without clear reasons, and a winning cycle-path project in Białołęka that has stayed on paper for a decade.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Super Express — Kryzys Budżetu Obywatelskiego w Warszawie. Pieniędzy jest więcej, ale mieszkańcy nie chcą głosować (22 Jul 2026)
Claim 24 clm-eecfb7bc3e59baa2 quantitative
the only independent check of delivery, NIK's, covered two of the 18 districts
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What the mapping says
The audit's title restricts it to selected district offices of Warsaw; the two published post-audit statements cover Praga-Południe and Mokotów.
Caveat
Only these two statements from audit I/21/005 were located; no citywide NIK audit of delivery was found.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. NIK (Supreme Audit Office) — post-audit statement I/21/005/KST, Praga-Południe district office (21 Dec 2021)
  2. NIK (Supreme Audit Office) — post-audit statement I/21/005/KST, Mokotów district office (28 Feb 2022)
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City of Warsaw (Urząd m.st. Warszawy), which runs the ESOG online system and the vote; winning projects are delivered by the 18 district offices and city units
Actor types
city-government
Funding model
public
Funding description
City of Warsaw budget; since the Act of 11 January 2018 at least 0.5% of the city's expenditure in the last budget-execution report. More than 26 million złoty in the first edition, 83 million in 2019, more than 120 million in 2025.
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Gość Warszawski — Wygrali... wszyscy: results of Warsaw's first participatory budget (11 Jul 2014) warszawa.gosc.pl · 3 linked claims

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2014-07-11
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2014-07-14
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Report on the first edition's results: more than 26 million złoty to distribute, over 2,200 projects submitted, 1,390 put to the vote across the 18 districts, almost 167,000 voters casting 148,814 valid votes (106,701 online, 42,113 on paper), 336 winning projects to be carried out the following year.

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money.pl (PAP) — Budżet obywatelski w Warszawie. Rusza głosowanie na projekty w III edycji (14 Jun 2016) money.pl · 1 linked claim

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PAP report on the third edition: 1,752 projects on the ballot, more than 58 million złoty, any Warsaw resident may vote in one district, online or on a paper card handed in in person with ID; the second edition had 51 million złoty and 622 projects to be carried out.

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money.pl — Budżet obywatelski 2019 - Warszawa. Ostatni dzień na głosowanie (23 Sep 2019) money.pl · 2 linked claims

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Explainer on the 2019 vote: online voting starts with an e-mail address to which a voting link is sent, followed by personal data; paper voting at district offices with ID; up to 15 district and 10 citywide projects; filling in several ballots voids all of a person's votes.

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Bankier.pl (PAP) — W Warszawie powstaną kaczkomaty i skatepark. Dzięki budżetowi obywatelskiemu (3 Oct 2019) bankier.pl · 2 linked claims

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PAP report on the sixth edition's results: 1,425 projects, 83 million złoty, more than 105,000 voters with 99 per cent voting online, 29 citywide and 385 district winners; the city hall says almost 2,500 projects chosen by residents have been carried out.

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Super Express — Kryzys Budżetu Obywatelskiego w Warszawie. Pieniędzy jest więcej, ale mieszkańcy nie chcą głosować (22 Jul 2026) se.pl · 5 linked claims

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Report on the 13th edition: 55,366 voters, about 3 per cent of residents, against 166,892 in 2014 and the record 172,395 in the second edition; critiques from the Miasto Jest Nasze association and a Targówek councillor; the city hall's deputy spokesperson attributes the decline to the format's burn-out and competing participation tools.

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Warszawa 19115 (City of Warsaw) — Budżet obywatelski na 2026 r. warszawa19115.pl · 3 linked claims

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City knowledge-base page on the 2025 vote (projects delivered in 2026): rules adopted on 17 October 2024 (local areas, 20/30/50 split, up to five votes per level), 1,373 projects, a pool of more than 120 million złoty, 551 winners, more than 73,000 voters; progress tracked at bo.um.warszawa.pl.

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Warszawa 19115 (City of Warsaw) — Budżet obywatelski na 2027 r. warszawa19115.pl · 3 linked claims

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City knowledge-base page on the 2026 vote (projects delivered in 2027): voting from 1 to 15 June 2026, 1,185 projects, 582 winners, 55,366 voters, 99 per cent of votes cast electronically.

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NIK (Supreme Audit Office) — post-audit statement I/21/005/KST, Praga-Południe district office (21 Dec 2021) nik.gov.pl · 5 linked claims

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Supreme Audit Office statement on the Praga-Południe district office, 2019–2021 editions: overall positive; projects submitted mainly through the ESOG system; the district pool was 7.1% of 0.5% of the city's expenditure; one project from each of the sixth and seventh editions not carried out, both suspended over a planned paid-parking zone.

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NIK (Supreme Audit Office) — post-audit statement I/21/005/KST, Mokotów district office (28 Feb 2022) nik.gov.pl · 3 linked claims

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Supreme Audit Office statement on the Mokotów district office, 2019–2021 editions: descriptive assessment; documentation of 54 of 55 project assessments examined kept unreliably or against internal rules; a 924,210-złoty cycle path admitted to the 2020 vote after an unreliable feasibility check and not delivered within one budget year; delivery of selected projects rated positively.

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Dziennik Ustaw 2018 poz. 130 — Act amending certain acts to increase citizens' participation (published 16 Jan 2018) api.sejm.gov.pl · 1 linked claim

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The amending act that added participatory budgets to the Municipal Self-Government Act: residents decide annually by direct vote on part of the budget, the council may not remove or materially change winning projects, and in cities with county rights the participatory budget is compulsory and at least 0.5% of the municipality's expenditure.

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Faliszewski et al. — Participatory Budgeting: Data, Tools, and Analysis (arXiv, 18 May 2023) arxiv.org · 1 linked claim

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Paper presenting PABULIB, an open library of participatory-budgeting instances, most of them from Polish cities and in particular Warsaw; notes that Warsaw voters approve up to 15 local and up to 10 citywide projects, and analyses Warsaw's elections from 2017 to 2023.

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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Budżet Obywatelski: Warsaw's Participatory Budget, Voted Online” — Warsaw, Poland. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/warsaw-participatory-budget/ (last verified 2026-10-17). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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