Roman Řípa's (Rozpočet obce) presentation at Prague Open Data Meetup #7: Linked Open Cities. The event was organised by Otakar Motejl Fund and LOD2 project. More info: bit.ly/open-cities-meetup

1. Explore & Influence
Your Municipality Budget
Start at Your Doors
to Improve the Whole Country

2. What We Want
• NO* public money
stolen & wasted
• ALL* public money
allocated efficiently to
cover citizen needs*
* For people 30+ „at least some“

3. How To Do It
Letting people to...
1. Be Informed
2. Understand
3. Act
4. Reach The Goal

4. Goal
Example: We need public kindergarden for our children......
...but there is no place for them.
Fotka dětí ve školce

5. 1. Be Informed
• How much do spend similar municipalities
for that (per citizen)?
• Are we best / worst / in middle?
• What are their investment and operational
expenses CAPEX/OPEX?
• What are their money sources?
- etc.

6. 1. Be Informed
Is it proportionally big/small amount of money in
the budget?
So how much does our municipality spend for
preschool activities?
What is the trend from the previous years?

7. 1. Be Informed
Size, Structure Trends of Income and Spending

8. •Teplice – 3758
...
• Hradec Králové - 2352
...
• Ústí nad Labem – 1234
1. Be Informed - Spending for pre-school activities
in cities of similar size (CZK/Citizen )

9. 2. Understand
COOKBOOK - How to read the municipality budget?
DISCUSSIONS – Ask for/provide the context

10. 3. Act
CONTACT MAJOR, Discuss, Share, Explore More...

11. Communicate
• Negative Stories
• We are still animals
seeking after the
danger subconsiously
to run out in time
• Positive Stories
• Not to poison yourself
• Show the direction
• Attractive Stories

12. What Does City A Spends More Than City B On?
TIP: Choose
the rival
cities, with
controversial
majors...
...
Hradec Králové
spends 138% more for
culture than Pardubice!

13. Which municipality
has the biggest / lowest income per citizen?
Modrava – 536.970 CZK
Bezděkov – 5.258 CZK
Modrava receives 100
times more/less Bezděkov
And what about
YOUR city?

14. Build Community
• Comments below
budgets
• Social networks
• Contacts in CRM &
e-mailing
• Offline meetings

15. Advertising
With Google
Grants
Social
Networks
Blog
Comments
E-mailing to
municipalities
and fans

16. See You At...
www.rozpocetobce.cz
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