Recipe for game lending libraries. Participatory budget as a way of financing the creation of game lending libraries in Poland Cover Image

Przepis na ludoteki. Finansowanie wypożyczalni gier ze środków budżetu partycypacyjnego w Polsce
Recipe for game lending libraries. Participatory budget as a way of financing the creation of game lending libraries in Poland

Author(s): Marcin Łączyński
Subject(s): Economy, Library and Information Science, Other, Public Finances
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: participatory budgeting; boardgames; civic engagement; toy lending libraries; game lending libraries

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to discuss legal and organizational aspects of funding toy and game lending libraries with money from participatory budgets in Poland. It presents a case study of development and promotion of such project, based on a project “Wypożyczalnie gier planszowych w bibliotece” conducted in 2016 in six areas of Warsaw. The article pre-sents organizational and procedural aspects of the project development, execution and promotion within the participatory budget procedure and outside, as well as public opinion, reactions of city officials and of people responsible for the realization of the project after it was voted through, and its results.

  • Issue Year: 13/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 103-114
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish