In 2021, SEPC joined an international collaboration on documenting the specific experiences of participatory budgeting in six cities and regions [Chengdu, China; St Petersburg Federal District and Stavropol Region in Russia; Seberang Perai, Penang State in Malaysia; Surakarta/Solo in Indonesia and Hwaesong in Korea]. This report follows up the Networking Session on Participatory Budgeting in Asian and Russian cities and regions that took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia during the World Urban Forum in February 2018 organized by Kota Kita Foundation (Indonesia), The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, University College London (United Kingdom) and the International Observatory on Participatory Democracy, based in Barcelona, Spain.
With Prof. Yves Cabannes [The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, University College London] coordinating the collaboration collaboration Zhuang Ming, Jing Ping and Min Chen from SEPC [Chengdu case and PB in China] collaborated with Vladimir Vladimirovich Vagin, Nadezhda Gavrilova, Ivan Shulga, Anna Sukhova and Larisa Kalinchenko [Russia and Stavropol Region PB/LISP / Initiative Budgeting]; Lev Shilov and Oleg Pachenkov [St Petersburg PB, Russia]; Shariza Kamarudin, Rohana Weiler and Ong Bee Leng [Penang and Seberang Perai PB, Malaysia]; Ahmad Rifai, John Taylor, Paulista Surjadi, Bima Pratama Putra, Kaori Ota Cabrera and Rizqa Hidanayi [Solo – Surakarta PB and Musrenbang in other Indonesian cities]; Kang In Choen, Denise K.H.Yoon and Choi Seung Woo [Hwaesong PB case and PB in Korea]; Adrià Duarte [international perspective].