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Montevideo Participatory Budget and Its Online Vote (Montevideo Participa)

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Created the first structured Evidence Passport with 15 claims and 3 source dossiers.

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publication dates recorded
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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-068fde39ed3d8d3e descriptive
lets residents propose works and social services for their area and then decide by secret ballot which ones are paid for from the Intendencia's budget
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
The catalogue entry says the participatory budget gives residents the right to propose and then decide by secret ballot works and social services of neighbourhood interest, financed from the Intendencia's budget.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Catálogo de Participación Ciudadana (gub.uy) — Presupuesto Participativo - Montevideo
Claim 3 clm-4b0e8466a554802a quantitative
anyone aged 16 or over can propose and vote
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
The catalogue entry says everyone over 16 can submit proposals and vote; younger people can propose with the backing of someone over 16 but cannot vote.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Catálogo de Participación Ciudadana (gub.uy) — Presupuesto Participativo - Montevideo
Claim 4 clm-06c6c45cf0cec897 quantitative
It first ran in 1990
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
The column states that the participatory budget was implemented in Montevideo for the first time in 1990.
Caveat
The year comes from an opinion column, not from an official record of the programme.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Montevideo Portal — Alejandro Andrada, Opinión: Los desafíos del Presupuesto Participativo de Montevideo (23 Apr 2023)
Claim 5 clm-40340fccf7b7a846 descriptive
its cycles now take place every two years
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
The CONSUL use-case page says participatory budget cycles in Montevideo take place every two years.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Consul Democracy — Use cases: Montevideo (Montevideo Participa)
Claim 6 clm-ca44944725f2a7e0 quantitative
Since 2018 residents can also vote online
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
The page says the first participatory budget cycle on CONSUL was in 2018, adding electronic voting to the in-person vote.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Consul Democracy — Use cases: Montevideo (Montevideo Participa)
Claim 7 clm-ffb8727324b83e44 quantitative
CONSUL, the open-source participation software Montevideo adopted after a delegation from Madrid visited in 2017
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
The page says CONSUL came to Montevideo when a delegation from Madrid visited in 2017 and a collaboration agreement was signed; the city official cites open-source software and its municipal origin as reasons.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Consul Democracy — Use cases: Montevideo (Montevideo Participa)
Claim 8 clm-acffeeb19aebe420 quantitative
casting a participatory-budget vote online requires a level-3 verified account through AGESIC, Uruguay's e-government agency
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
The page says an integration with AGESIC uses verified accounts, and voting in participatory budgeting requires level 3.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Consul Democracy — Use cases: Montevideo (Montevideo Participa)
Claim 9 clm-41b08cfaf2341583 quantitative
renamed from Montevideo Decide to Montevideo Participa after a new local government took office in 2020
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What the mapping says
The page says that with the arrival of a new local government in 2020 the project's name changed from Montevideo Decide to Montevideo Participa.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Consul Democracy — Use cases: Montevideo (Montevideo Participa)
Claim 10 clm-ea07b71a935882e6 quantitative
Online votes rose from 602 in 2018 to 3,256 in 2021 and 7,942 in 2023
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
The page gives 602 online votes in 2018, 3,256 in 2021 and 7,942 in 2023.
Caveat
Online votes only; in-person ballots, cast in the same cycles, are not included.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Consul Democracy — Use cases: Montevideo (Montevideo Participa)
Claim 11 clm-37a979e715904941 quantitative
A 2023 column by Alejandro Andrada, a community activist from Casavalle
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The column, published on 23 April 2023, is signed by Alejandro Andrada, presented as a human-rights activist, cultural promoter and member of Casavalle de Pie.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Montevideo Portal — Alejandro Andrada, Opinión: Los desafíos del Presupuesto Participativo de Montevideo (23 Apr 2023)
Claim 12 clm-b55382cc4b598e2a quantitative
40 of the 382 proposals approved between 2006 and 2018 were still unfinished
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The column says it was reported in 2021 that, of 382 proposals approved between 2006 and 2018, 40 were unfinished.
Caveat
Second-hand: the column does not name who reported the figure.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Montevideo Portal — Alejandro Andrada, Opinión: Los desafíos del Presupuesto Participativo de Montevideo (23 Apr 2023)
Claim 13 clm-33100496e2dc5d09 quantitative
By his count in April 2023, five of the 54 works chosen in the 2021 cycle had been completed
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
The column says that, at the time of writing in 2023, five of the 54 works of the 2021 cycle were finished.
Caveat
The author's own count at the time of writing; not an official figure.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Montevideo Portal — Alejandro Andrada, Opinión: Los desafíos del Presupuesto Participativo de Montevideo (23 Apr 2023)
Claim 14 clm-67274ba1cfb25978 quantitative
Montevideo's online votes grew in each cycle from 2018 to 2023
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
Online votes were 602 in 2018, 3,256 in 2021 and 7,942 in 2023.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Consul Democracy — Use cases: Montevideo (Montevideo Participa)
Claim 15 clm-cc8aac30bfffede4 descriptive
the works residents chose kept arriving late
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
The column documents unfinished works from the 2006–2018 cycles reported in 2021 and only five finished of 54 from the 2021 cycle by 2023.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Montevideo Portal — Alejandro Andrada, Opinión: Los desafíos del Presupuesto Participativo de Montevideo (23 Apr 2023)

Source dossiers and revision state

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15
of 15 claims mapped
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source dossiers
2
publication dates recorded
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archives linked
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exact locators
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content captures hashed

Governance facts carried by the record

Operator
Intendencia de Montevideo with the city's municipalities; the online platform runs on CONSUL Democracy software, maintained with the Gran Canaria company Usabi
Actor types
city-government
Funding model
public
Funding description
The works and services chosen are paid for from the Intendencia de Montevideo's budget; the amount per cycle is not stated in the sources read.
Cost
Not recorded
Ownership
Not recorded
Decision rights
Not recorded
Exit conditions
Not recorded

3 source dossiers

Catálogo de Participación Ciudadana (gub.uy) — Presupuesto Participativo - Montevideo gub.uy · 3 linked claims

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Stable source ID
src-61f0bbba2b7d2174
Publisher
Name not classified · gub.uy
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2017-12-04
Updated
2024-04-17
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-11-07
Dossier created
2026-11-07
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Entry in the national catalogue of citizen-participation bodies, maintained for the Intendencia. It describes the participatory budget as the right of Montevideo's residents to propose and then decide by secret ballot works and social services financed from the Intendencia's budget; the decision is binding, and everyone over 16 can submit proposals and vote.

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Claims linked
Consul Democracy — Use cases: Montevideo (Montevideo Participa) docs.consuldemocracy.org · 7 linked claims

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Stable source ID
src-9e43a55c73e0e659
Publisher
Name not classified · docs.consuldemocracy.org
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
Not recorded
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-11-07
Dossier created
2026-11-07
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Use-case page of the CONSUL Democracy project, quoting two Intendencia officials. It says CONSUL came to Montevideo after a Madrid delegation's visit in 2017, became the Montevideo Decide platform, and was renamed Montevideo Participa after the new local government of 2020; participatory budget cycles take place every two years; online votes were 602 in 2018, 3,256 in 2021 and 7,942 in 2023; voting requires a level-3 account verified through AGESIC; the platform is maintained with the company Usabi.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Montevideo Portal — Alejandro Andrada, Opinión: Los desafíos del Presupuesto Participativo de Montevideo (23 Apr 2023) montevideo.com.uy · 5 linked claims

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-9a4e6b80bcdd86c4
Publisher
Name not classified · montevideo.com.uy
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2023-04-23
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-11-07
Dossier created
2026-11-07
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Opinion column by a community activist. It says the participatory budget was first implemented in Montevideo in 1990, that figures reported in 2021 showed 40 of 382 proposals approved between 2006 and 2018 still unfinished, and that five of the 54 works of the 2021 cycle were finished when he wrote; it argues the process has lost its link to zonal development plans.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
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  • Existing source notes are descriptive locators, not page- or paragraph-exact citations.
  • A missing archive, publication date or content hash is shown as null rather than inferred.
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