Obviously it is not participatory budgeting, but this rather short list that I have compiled provides an idea of the variety of online initiatives type budget simulators / games. This might be useful to some of those interested in the use of ICTs in Participatory Budgeting experiences.

If you know of other similar initiatives please let me know.

(originally posted in Facebook’s Participatory Budgeting group)

The Budget Allocator:

http://bangthetable.com/products/budget-allocator/ 

Budget Simulator

http://www.budgetsimulator.com/

Croatian state budget calculator

http://proracunskikalkulator.com

Calgary iPhone Budget App

http://www.calgarycitynews.com/2011/03/calgary-business-plan-budget-app.html

Stabilize the Debt

http://crfb.org/stabilizethedebt/

FloodSim

http://www.floodsim.com/

The Maryland Budget Game

http://iat.ubalt.edu/MDBudgetGame/budgetmap.html 

Hamburg (Germany)

http://www.buergerhaushalt-hamburg.de/

Federal Budget Challenge

http://www.concordcoalition.org/learn/educators/online-version-principles-and-priorities-budget-game

Colorado Backseat Budgeter

http://www.backseatbudgeter.com/

California Budget Challenge

http://www.next10.org/budget/challenge.html

Cyber-Budget (France)

http://www.cyber-budget.fr/

Minnesota Budget Balancer

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/projects/2007/03/budget_balancer/

Kansas T-Link Calculator

http://www.kansastlink.com/calculator/

M assachussets Budget Game

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/specials/budget_game/

Spending Public Money

http://citizensnetwork.accenture.com/SpendingPublicMoney/

Budget Hero:

http://officeofstrategicinfluence.com/budget/

Montgomery County Budget Game (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/interactives/montgomery-budget/

Budget Explorer:

http://www.kowaldesign.com/budget/index.html

The New York City Budget Game

http://www.gothamgazette.com/budgetgame/budgetgame.html

The Guardian Budget Game

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Budget_Game/0,4263,675654,00.html

Stateman’s Budget Game

http://www.statesman.com/insight/content/norails/budget_game

National Budget Simulation

http://www.nathannewman.org/nbs/longbudget06.html

Council for Economic Education Budget Simulation

http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.php?lesson=EM306&page=teacher

Cumbria County Council Budget Simulator

http://bit.ly/2BYoU

City of Austin FY2010 Budget Simulation Exercise

http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/budget2010/index.cfm