當非營利組織遇見參與式預算：臺灣還我特色公園行動聯盟個案研究

When Non-profit Organizations Meet Participatory Budgeting: A Case Study of Taiwan Parks & Playgrounds for Children by Children (TPCC)

參與式預算（PB）是一種由居民和社區代表透過公民審議與協商，共同討論並決定公共預算支出的優先順序，讓公民在政府預算決策中直接參與，決定公共資源的配置方式。臺灣自2014年起引入試行，成為公民參與政府公共事務的正式途徑之一。實踐初期，一群希望改造公園為特色遊戲場的全職媽媽成立了「臺灣還我特色公園行動聯盟」（特公盟），積極參與PB以爭取公共資源實現她們的倡議目標。本文以特公盟為案例，探討非營利組織在公民參與機制中爭取資源的角色與功能。研究發現，特公盟在臺灣PB初期扮演了輔助者、監督者、倡議者及專業連結者等多元角色，提供資訊支援、溝通技巧及精神鼓勵，提升公民公共審議的能力。特公盟以熱情號召社區居民支持公園改造提案，提升兒童遊戲權及相關議題的關注度，展現PB促進社會正義的價值，尤其專業連結者與輔助者的角色尤為突出，並透過正面柔性的監督方式，對解決PB的稀缺性問題產生了積極影響。

Participatory budgeting (PB) is a mechanism in which residents and community representatives, through citizen deliberation and communication, collectively discuss the priority of public expenditures related to people’s lives. By proposing and voting, citizens are empowered to directly participate in and determine how public resources are allocated in the public decision-making process. Taiwan introduced the concept of PB in 2014, establishing it as a formal channel for citizen engagement in public affairs. In the initial stages, a group of full-time mothers who sought to transform parks into unique playgrounds formed the Taiwan Parks & Playgrounds for Children by Children (TPCC). They actively joined the PB process, striving to secure public resources to achieve their advocacy goals. This paper examines the role and function of Non-Profit Organizations (NPOs) in the process of acquiring resources through citizen participation mechanisms, using the TPCC as a case study. The research reveals that in the early stages of PB implementation in Taiwan, TPCC played a variety of roles, including facilitator, supervisor, advocate, and professional connector. It provided information assistance and support, taught communication skills, and offered spiritual support and encouragement, thereby enhancing the public deliberation capacity of citizens. Furthermore, with their passion for advocacy, the members actively campaigned to garner community residents’votes to support the park renovation proposal, increasing public awareness and participation in children’s play rights and park renovation issues. Upholding the organization’s core values of advocating for children, TPCC demonstrated the value of PB in realizing social justice and playing the role of a professional connector. Among these roles, professional connector and facilitator stand out. The members’use of positive, gentle supervision is also unique, positively impacting the solution of two critical PB challenges.