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● projectScaled · subnational · 2007
Planeación Local y Presupuesto Participativo de Medellín (PLyPP)
Institutionalized process through which the citizens of Medellín's 16 comunas and 5 corregimientos plan the development of their territory and decide, through an annual vote, the allocation of 5% of the municipality's discretionary investment budget.
illustrative atlas image · Sora Shimazaki / PexelsADAlcaldía de Medellín - Secretaría de Participación CiudadanaALAlberto León Gutiérrez Tamayo
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01 The context
It operates in four phases (planning, prioritization, execution, monitoring). Legal basis: Acuerdo 043 of 2007, Acuerdo 028 of 2017 and Decreto 0473 of 2024. In 2024 the vote (16-24 Nov) allocated close to 439.000 million pesos for 2025 projects.
02 How it works
03 What it stands on
Evidence level
Own experience
Grounded in published theory
Documented evidence elsewhere
Independently evaluated here
Peer-reviewed research documents this project: the strongest evidence level in the atlas.
The evidence 2 ›
EvidenceAnálisis del Presupuesto Participativo en Medellín 2024Concejo de Medellín · 2025
EvidencePotencial social y político de la planeación local y el presupuesto participativo en Medellín (Colombia) para fortalecer la democracia latinoamericanaRevista EURE (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), vol. 42, n. 125, pp. 205-224, DOI 10.4067/S0250-71612016000100009 · 2016