Lessons from Brazil: Implementing Participatory Budgeting in Albuquerque
Professor Marcelo Nerling
Tuesday, September 10, 2024 | 03:00 pm - 05:00 pm
Latin American and Iberian Institute (801 Yale Blvd NE)
801 Yale Blvd NE (campus building #165)
About:
Participatory budgeting is a democratic process in which community members directly decide how to allocate a portion of a public budget, giving them a say in funding decisions that affect their lives.
Participatory Budgeting is being implemented in ABQ’s 6th City Council District. This form of participatory democracy originated in Porto Alegre, Brazil in the late 1980s, and has spread throughout the world. However, PB can be a very different political project depending of the city and its wider relationships with the state and capitalism.
This panel will examine key questions and issues in PB through a collaborative and generative discussion, with the goal of contributing to the creation of a transformative PB in ABQ.
The Panel will feature Councilor Rogers from the 6th District along with Marcelo Nerling from the University of Sao Paulo, who was deeply involved in the Porto Alegre PB (and elected to City Council at 18 years old). The panel will also include Jennifer Tucker (UNM CRP), Andreas Hernandez (UNM Sustainability Studies), and an ABQ policy analyst and District 6 Community leader (both to be announced soon).
Professor Marcelo Nerling is a distinguished scholar with a focus on public policy management through budgetary frameworks. His research is centered on the structure and functioning of local government, with a special interest in participatory budgeting, which he views as a critical reflection of environmental, social, and governance aspects in the 'constitutional city.'
For the past 18 years, Professor Nerling has been a faculty member at the University of São Paulo, where he is affiliated with the undergraduate program in Public Policy Management at the School of Arts, Sciences, and Humanities. At the graduate level, he is a member of the Interdisciplinary Program in Humanities, Rights, and Other Legitimacies within the Faculty of Philosophy, Languages, and Human Sciences.Professor Nerling holds a Ph.D. in State Law, a Master's degree in Political and Legal Institutions, a specialization in University Pedagogy, and a post-doctoral degree in Knowledge Engineering and Management. His commitment to science and education drives his use of active methodologies and curricular flexibility in adult continuing education. He advocates for an educational approach that is immanent, cognitive, constructivist, and connectivist, aimed at fostering citizenship within a constitutional, intelligent, and environmentally sustainable society. He was voted City Council Member in the City of Ijui at 18 years old.
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Co-sponsored by the LAII and the Western Hemisphere Center of the Guadalupe Institute. This event is free and open to the public.
