Participatory Budget: Call for Projects

All residents and cross-border workers over the age of 16, as well as groups or associations, can propose a project.

Projects can be submitted by individuals or groups, with one responsible person per project and a maximum of one project per person. A digital form will be made available to residents and cross-border commuters.

Elected representatives and members of the Supervisory Committee cannot be project initiators.

The project application can be completed online or downloaded and sent to the Vivre Ensemble office.

Ville de Differdange
Département du vivre ensemble
16-18, avenue de la Liberté
L-4601 Differdange

• Fill in online form
• Download form

Projects will be reviewed by municipal departments for eligibility and legal, technical and financial feasibility. To be eligible, projects must meet all of the following criteria:

• They must be located in a public place or be a service at the municipal level.
• They must be of general interest and accessible to all free of charge.
• They must fall within the competence of the municipality.
• There must be no operating costs (services, personnel costs) beyond ongoing maintenance.
• They must be technically and legally feasible.
• They must not already be under development.
• They must not exceed the maximum amount of 25,000 euros per project.
• They must not be the subject of project-related financial remuneration from the project sponsor or its organization (conflict of interest).
• They must not contain political, religious or discriminatory elements.
• They must respect the principles of sustainable development.

Projects will be validated or rejected by the Supervisory Committee on the basis of the eligibility criteria.

Applicants with similar ideas will be invited to join forces for a possible merger.

The project selection will be made in two phases. An initial selection of validated projects will be made by the Supervisory Committee during the process, with a limit of no more than half of the participatory budget. The projects will be evaluated according to their impact on community life, the participation of residents, distributive justice at the community level, and a social cost-benefit analysis. This initial selection will allow projects to be distributed throughout the year and implemented quickly.

A second selection will be made by a citizens’ vote (via the Hoplr platform) in June. See next section on project voting.

In June, a second selection of all the remaining confirmed projects will be made through public vote by the residents on the Hoplr platform. The projects with the highest approval will be selected until the citizens’ budget is exhausted.

The committee is made up of the municipal departments affected by the project. The composition of the committee may therefore vary from project to project.

The Supervisory Committee will oversee the proper implementation of all phases of the participatory budget procedure. The decisions of the Supervisory Committee will be reviewed and approved by the College of Aldermen.

The participatory budget process includes a strategy of communication and transparency.

Information on the participatory budget will be regularly published on the municipality’s website and social networks. The implemented proposals and projects will be presented in the form of inauguration ceremonies, detailed information, etc.

Citizens will be informed in advance about the different steps and planned deadlines.

The projects will be presented anonymously on the city’s various communication channels and their development will be monitored.

The participatory budget is worth a total of €100,000, €50,000 of which will be allocated by the committee and €50,000 by citizen vote (on the Hoplr platform).

2024 Participatory Budget: First selection

A first selection of projects will be made by the monitoring committee and a second selection by citizen vote on Hoplr.

1. Call for projects 01.03.2024-15.04.2024
2. Analysis of projects 01.03.2024-15.04.2024
3. Selection of projects by the committee 15.04.2024-30.04.2024
4. Implementation of projects 30.04.2024-25.10.2024

An initial selection of validated projects will be made along the way by the committee, with a maximum limit of half the participatory budget (50,000). Projects will be assessed on the basis of their impact on community life, on the participation of residents, on fair distribution at municipal level and on a social cost-benefit analysis. The proposals selected will be allocated a budget for their implementation. This initial selection means that projects can be spread throughout the year and implemented quickly. The first projects will be implemented by the working groups.

2024 Participatory Budget: Second selection

A first selection of projects will be made by the committee and a second selection by citizen vote on Hoplr.

1. Call for projects 01.03.2024-16.06.2024
2. Analysis of projects and selection of eligible projects 16.06.2024-30.06.2024
3. Citizen vote on projects 30.06.2024-15.09.2024
4. Communication of the results of the citizens’ vote 15.09.2024-20.09.2024
5. Implementation of projects 07.10.2024-15.12.2024

An initial selection of projects has been made by the committee. The second selection of all the other validated projects will be made through a participatory process involving residents on the Hoplr platform. The projects with the highest approval ratings will be retained until the participatory budget is exhausted.