The civil budget, obligation to prepare a written list of councillors’ votes, obligation of broadcasting and recording of the meetings of statutory and control bodies as indications of increased participation of members of local self-government communitie

Abstract

One of the goals of the amendment of local self-government statutory acts, which was introdu-ced by the Act of 11th January 2018, was the increase in participation of citizens (members of local self-government communities) in the process of functioning and controlling local self-government bodies. In the article an analysis is made of the provisions establishing the institutions of the civil budget, the obligation to prepare a written list of councillors’ votes, the obligation of broadcasting and recording of the meetings of statutory and control bodies and an attempt has been made to assess the implementation through these institutions of the objectives set by the authors of the amendments.