Falun on the road to becoming a ‘Democracy City’ in Sweden

Costs and savings

Great ambitions, little money

Clearly, citizen participation requires resources. However, the financial resources required for the development of a citizen participation infrastructure are relatively small – the local council has allocated an annual budget of €75,000 for co-ordinating the action plan. In addition, €100,000 euros will be invested in the two new Democracy Navigator posts. Other key elements will have to be financed within existing budgets (e.g. education).