Data-driven equity and climate budgeting

The budget is one of the most powerful tools for influencing change. If you want to know what a government’s priorities are, look at how it spends its money.

Government budgets are where decisions about what’s important gets funded. It is the logical place to begin when building a strategy for tackling society’s biggest issues, from climate change and homelessness to equity and sustainability.

Sign up for this free email boot camp to learn how to develop and apply a Priority Based Budgeting framework to help local governments make the most of their resources AND make good on their promises. This methodology enables governments to apply Priority Based Budgeting for climate and equity focused data-driven decision making.

You'll receive:

• Six weekly email lessons that will take 30 minutes or less to complete from 10 May - 14 June
• Articles and videos with insights from seasoned practitioners
• Practical exercises to help consolidate your learning

You’ll cover:

• Lesson 1: Introduction to data-driven equity and climate budgeting
• Lesson 2: Developing a programme inventory
• Lesson 3: Allocating programme costs
• Lesson 4: Creating and applying a programme scoring matrix
• Lesson 5: How to align resources to equity and climate goals
• Lesson 6: Utilising a data-driven decision making and budgeting framework

Who should join:

This boot camp is for anyone working on climate and equity, including:

• Top appointed officials
• Budget and Finance departments
• Climate, Equity, and Resilience departments
• Performance, Innovation and Strategy departments
• Department staff, managers and directors

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