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OpenStad (Amsterdam's open source platform) and westbegroot.amsterdam.nl site

Practices that use it

West Begroot (participatory budgeting, Amsterdam-West)Neighborhood participatory budgeting in the West district (stadsdeel) of Amsterdam: residents propose plans to improve their neighborhood and then vote on how to distribute an annual budget of 300.000 euros. In the 2025 round, 8.816 residents aged 12 and up voted among the proposed plans and 21 plans are being implemented (half 'activities', half 'physical'). It relies on digital participation tools (OpenStad lineage, Amsterdam's open source platform). It is one of several 'Begroot' schemes in the city.● Active· scale local