Strengthening Young Citizen Participation Through Participatory Budgeting: The Case of Cascais

Participatory Budgets are intrinsically related to democracy and participation. These processes began in the late eighties in Brazil. This article introduces the issue of Participatory Budgets in schools, presenting the practical case of the municipality of Cascais, which differs from the others because it is articulated with the Cascais Participatory Budget (PB). In this way, this project in schools allows involved young people to simultaneously present proposals to the school (OPJ) and the community. This only happens in the municipality of Cascais, and it appears that several projects presented within the scope of the OPJ, in the community aspect, were winners within the scope of the Cascais PB. In terms of methodology, surveys were used to understand whether participation in this process gives the students involved a greater sense of democracy and participation.