Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Elena M. Mrachek Author-Email: mrachek@krasimr.ru Author-Workplace-Name: Institute of State and Municipal Administration under the Government of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Krasnoyarsk 660009, Russian Federation Author-Name: Irina V. Valyushitskaya Author-Email: irina@krasimr.ru Author-Workplace-Name: Institute of State and Municipal Administration under the Government of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Krasnoyarsk 660009, Russian Federation Title: The Role of Project Centers in the Development of Participatory Budgeting: The Practice of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Abstract: Over the past decade, the practice of participatory budgeting has been getting increasingly widespread in Russian regions, its implementation taking place through a variety of methods. Using the Project Center of the Krasnoyarsk Territory as an example, the article examines the experience of information, methodological and educational support of the Program to Support Local Initiatives. The authors describe the structure and development of the integrated support system as well as the approaches to the implementation of educational support, highlight the specific features of information and methodological support for program participants, and summarize the results of the implementation of the regional Program to Support Local Initiatives. Classification-JEL: H41, H72 Keywords: participatory budgeting, project center, additional professional education, Program to Support Local Initiatives Journal: Finansovyj žhurnal — Financial Journal Pages: 70-82 Issue: 2 Year: 2021 Month: April DOI: 10.31107/2075-1990-2021-2-70-82 File-URL: https://www.finjournal-nifi.ru/images/FILES/Journal/Archive/2021/2/statii/05_2_2021_v13.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:fru:finjrn:210205:p:70-82