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Bugetare Participativă: Alba Iulia's Online Participatory Budget

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Claims, one by one

The text below is copied verbatim from the published record. Each claim names the source dossiers that carry it; caveats stay attached to the claim they qualify.

Claim 1 clm-1a238070df72bbd0 quantitative
Alba Iulia's participatory budget let residents aged 18 or over who live, work or study in the city propose and vote on projects
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
The city hall's 2022 rules open the process to everyone aged 18 or over who has their residence, works or studies in Alba Iulia.
Caveat
The 2020 rules mention only residents aged 18 or over; the wording on work and study is from the 2022 edition.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Alba24 — Primăria Alba Iulia lansează o nouă etapă de bugetare participativă (1 Sep 2022)
Claim 2 clm-32c49535d8177ad4 quantitative
worth 1,000,000 lei, VAT included, per edition
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What the mapping says
The 2020 rules and the 2022 call both set the budget at 1,000,000 lei including VAT.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Alba24 — Cetățenii din Alba Iulia vor decide cum se cheltuiește un milion de lei din bugetul local (23 Jul 2020)
  2. Alba24 — Primăria Alba Iulia lansează o nouă etapă de bugetare participativă (1 Sep 2022)
Claim 3 clm-98efe2bfeb2338ca descriptive
proposals were filed online, screened by the city hall, and voted on only online, from a validated account, one project per domain
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What the mapping says
The 2020 rules say proposals are filed on the platform and validated by the local authority, that projects can be voted on only online, and that each citizen with a valid account may vote for one project in each domain.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Alba24 — Cetățenii din Alba Iulia vor decide cum se cheltuiește un milion de lei din bugetul local (23 Jul 2020)
Claim 4 clm-0bad324b462992d1 quantitative
The first edition opened in September 2020.
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What the mapping says
The council paper of July 2020 says the participatory-budgeting process would begin in September 2020.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Alba24 — Cetățenii din Alba Iulia vor decide cum se cheltuiește un milion de lei din bugetul local (23 Jul 2020)
Claim 5 clm-aa0a16011b810790 quantitative
Interest peaked in 2021, with 51 proposals, 24 validated and 17,970 votes cast.
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What the mapping says
The city hall reports 51 proposals in 2021, 24 validated and 6 winners after 17,970 votes.
Caveat
No vote total for the 2020 edition was found; 'peaked' compares 2021 with the editions that followed.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Alba24 — Primăria Alba Iulia lansează o nouă etapă de bugetare participativă (1 Sep 2022)
Claim 6 clm-dfe992a69b0395df quantitative
In 2022, 18 proposals were filed and 9 found eligible
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What the mapping says
The platform says the third edition, in 2022, collected 18 proposals, of which 9 met the conditions and 3 won.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Primăria Municipiului Alba Iulia — Bugetare participativă Alba Iulia (platform home page)
Claim 7 clm-0bbc527b56b61fd7 quantitative
in 2023, 12 were proposed, six passed the evaluation commission, and those six drew 2704 votes
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What the mapping says
The city hall says 12 projects were proposed in 2023, six passed the evaluation commission, and the six were supported with 2704 votes.
Caveat
The source gives the vote count for the six projects on the ballot, which is not necessarily the same measure as the 2021 total of all votes cast.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Alba24 — Bugetarea participativă la Alba Iulia: cele șase proiecte vor fi aplicate din 2024 (19 Dec 2023)
Claim 8 clm-15a1320a5d0ab2a4 quantitative
The platform lists editions from 2020 to 2023 only, and its home page still carries the 2023 call.
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What the mapping says
The platform menu offers project pages for 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 only, and its home page still asks for submissions between 1 September and 16 October 2023.
Caveat
No source states that the programme was stopped; this is what the platform showed on 5 November 2026.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Primăria Municipiului Alba Iulia — Bugetare participativă Alba Iulia (platform home page)
Claim 9 clm-358115c73bbd1b76 quantitative
Of the five 2020 winners, the 'green stands' to clean the air were dropped after even a cheaper alternative proved too expensive, the proposer putting the price at triple his estimate
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What the mapping says
The city hall told the newsroom it dropped the 'Aer mai curat' green stands because even the substitute was too expensive; the proposer agreed, the price being triple his estimate.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Alba24 — Realitatea din spatele bugetării participative la Alba Iulia (16 Jun 2022)
Claim 10 clm-ec333423a303d6b0 quantitative
in June 2022 a local newsroom found that, after two editions, only the easier projects had been delivered, while the rest sat at procurement, specification or discussion stage
Published field
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What the mapping says
Alba24's review of the 2020 and 2021 winners says only the projects that were easier to implement had become reality; the rest were in public procurement, at the specification stage or still under discussion.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Alba24 — Realitatea din spatele bugetării participative la Alba Iulia (16 Jun 2022)
Claim 11 clm-fb4a1c99ba73c045 quantitative
the 2022 winner Re-Creația, a schoolyard at the Avram Iancu school, was handed over by October 2024
Published field
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What the mapping says
A platform news item dated 28 October 2024 reports that the works on Re-Creația, the 2022 winner for the Avram Iancu schoolyard, had been formally received.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Primăria Municipiului Alba Iulia — Bugetare participativă Alba Iulia (platform home page)
Claim 12 clm-780d1c48097a9c33 quantitative
in April 2025 two participatory-budget proposals, a multisport pitch and an inclusive play area, became part of a 3,015,066.7-lei park contract in the Recea district
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What the mapping says
The city handed the Recea site to the contractor for a park with a multisport pitch and an inclusive play area, both described as the result of residents' participatory-budget proposals; the contract is worth 3,015,066.7 lei.
Caveat
The post does not say in which edition the two proposals were chosen.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Primăria Municipiului Alba Iulia — Parc multisport și loc de joacă pentru copii cu dizabilități în cartierul Recea (1 Apr 2025)
Claim 13 clm-bbe9d2948b7ba150 quantitative
the city opened its 2022 call while most of the 2021 winners were still being finished
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
The September 2022 report says the new ideas would sit on top of last year's, with most of the six 2021 winners still at various stages of completion.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Alba24 — Primăria Alba Iulia lansează o nouă etapă de bugetare participativă (1 Sep 2022)
Claim 14 clm-db3fce8ff2f76df8 quantitative
In 2021 the local press also reported that four of six winners came from members or supporters of the USR party or from people close to the mayor and deputy mayor
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What the mapping says
Alba24 reported that four of the six winning 2021 projects were proposed by, or had on their teams, a USR councillor, two party members and a businessman close to the party, and that the winners included people close to mayor Gabriel Pleșa and deputy mayor Emil Popescu.
Caveat
This is a newspaper's finding about the proposers' affiliations; it does not allege any irregularity in the vote count.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Alba24 — Bugetare participativă acaparată de USR la Alba Iulia (19 Dec 2021)
Claim 15 clm-a97d83eab49bb997 descriptive
which the mayor put down to the proposers' own lobbying
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What the mapping says
The mayor told the newsroom the vote ran normally and that it was most likely lobbying done by the projects' proposers.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Alba24 — Bugetare participativă acaparată de USR la Alba Iulia (19 Dec 2021)
Claim 16 clm-710da103fd4f2c0d quantitative
Proposals fell from 51 to 18 to 12
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
The three figures come from three sources: 51 proposals in 2021 (city hall via Alba24, September 2022), 18 in 2022 (the platform) and 12 in 2023 (city hall via Alba24, December 2023). No single page states the series.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Alba24 — Primăria Alba Iulia lansează o nouă etapă de bugetare participativă (1 Sep 2022)
  2. Primăria Municipiului Alba Iulia — Bugetare participativă Alba Iulia (platform home page)
  3. Alba24 — Bugetarea participativă la Alba Iulia: cele șase proiecte vor fi aplicate din 2024 (19 Dec 2023)

Source dossiers and revision state

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Governance facts carried by the record

Operator
Primăria Municipiului Alba Iulia (Alba Iulia city hall)
Actor types
city-government
Funding model
public
Funding description
Alba Iulia's local budget: 1,000,000 lei including VAT per edition. The platform's footer credits the Administrative Capacity Operational Programme project 'Municipiul Alba Iulia – Administrație inteligentă' (SIPOCA 637).
Cost
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Ownership
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Decision rights
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Exit conditions
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7 source dossiers

Alba24 — Cetățenii din Alba Iulia vor decide cum se cheltuiește un milion de lei din bugetul local (23 Jul 2020) alba24.ro · 3 linked claims

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Stable source ID
src-9b5eee3758a7ec9b
Publisher
Name not classified · alba24.ro
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2020-07-23
Updated
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Record last verified
2026-11-05
Dossier created
2026-11-05
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The rules put to the council for the first session: online proposals on bugetareparticipativa.apulum.ro from September 2020 by residents aged 18 or over, screening by the city hall, voting only online from a valid account with one project per domain, and a budget of 1,000,000 lei including VAT.

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Alba24 — Bugetare participativă acaparată de USR la Alba Iulia (19 Dec 2021) alba24.ro · 2 linked claims

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Stable source ID
src-b905c3726953dadf
Publisher
Name not classified · alba24.ro
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2021-12-19
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Record last verified
2026-11-05
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2026-11-05
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Open the recorded source note

Reports that four of the six 2021 winners were proposed by, or had on their teams, a USR local councillor, two party members and a businessman close to the party, and that the evaluation commission was chaired by a USR vice-president who advised the mayor; the mayor attributed the result to the proposers' lobbying.

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Alba24 — Realitatea din spatele bugetării participative la Alba Iulia (16 Jun 2022) alba24.ro · 2 linked claims

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Stable source ID
src-4f037abbc5233af2
Publisher
Name not classified · alba24.ro
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2022-06-16
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Record last verified
2026-11-05
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2026-11-05
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A review of what was built from the 2020 and 2021 votes: only the easier projects were delivered, the rest were at procurement, specification or discussion stage; the 2020 'green stands' project was dropped because even the alternative was too expensive, its proposer putting the price at triple his estimate.

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Claims linked
Alba24 — Primăria Alba Iulia lansează o nouă etapă de bugetare participativă (1 Sep 2022) alba24.ro · 5 linked claims

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Stable source ID
src-d90de20722ac6017
Publisher
Name not classified · alba24.ro
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2022-09-01
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2026-11-05
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2026-11-05
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The city hall's figures for 2021 (51 proposals, 24 validated, 6 winners, 17,970 votes), the status of each 2021 winner, the 2022 calendar and eligibility rules (residence, work or study in Alba Iulia, aged 18 or over), and the remark that the new ideas would sit on top of last year's, most of which were still being finished.

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Claims linked
Alba24 — Bugetarea participativă la Alba Iulia: cele șase proiecte vor fi aplicate din 2024 (19 Dec 2023) alba24.ro · 2 linked claims

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Stable source ID
src-7b2e0a3825b868a8
Publisher
Name not classified · alba24.ro
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2023-12-19
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Record last verified
2026-11-05
Dossier created
2026-11-05
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The 2023 edition: 12 projects proposed, six passed the evaluation commission and were supported with 2704 votes; all six, together 1,081,300 lei, to be implemented from 2024.

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Primăria Municipiului Alba Iulia — Bugetare participativă Alba Iulia (platform home page) bugetareparticipativa.apulum.ro · 4 linked claims

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Stable source ID
src-9ff8700367f17235
Publisher
Name not classified · bugetareparticipativa.apulum.ro
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
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Record last verified
2026-11-05
Dossier created
2026-11-05
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The platform itself: its menu lists projects for 2020 to 2023 only, the 2022 edition had 18 proposals of which 9 were eligible and 3 won, the home page still invites submissions for 1 September to 16 October 2023, and a news item reports the handover of the 2022 winner Re-Creația.

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Claims linked
Primăria Municipiului Alba Iulia — Parc multisport și loc de joacă pentru copii cu dizabilități în cartierul Recea (1 Apr 2025) bugetareparticipativa.apulum.ro · 1 linked claim

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Stable source ID
src-26c7d84a44464792
Publisher
Name not classified · bugetareparticipativa.apulum.ro
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2025-04-01
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Source last checked
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Record last verified
2026-11-05
Dossier created
2026-11-05
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Open the recorded source note

The city handed the Recea site to the contractor for a park with a multisport pitch and an inclusive play area, both the result of participatory-budget proposals; the contract is worth 3,015,066.7 lei and runs for 10 months.

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