Warsaw’s participatory budget lets residents propose projects and vote on which ideas the city should fund. The 2026 edition is administered by the City of Warsaw; the city’s Warszawa 19115 information service provides residents with guidance, while the official results and project progress are published through the city’s participatory-budget portal.24
A change approved by the Warsaw City Council on 17 October 2024 reshaped the process into three tiers: local projects receive 50% of the available funds, district projects 30%, and citywide projects 20%. Residents need five supporting signatures for a local proposal, ten for a district proposal and 15 for a citywide one. In voting, each person may select up to five projects in each tier.2
For the 2026 cycle, residents chose from 1,373 proposals competing for more than PLN 120 million. The city announced the winning projects in July 2025, selecting 551 for implementation in 2026—338 local, 156 district and 17 citywide. Mokotów had the largest number of selected projects, with 48.23 More than 73,000 Warsaw residents voted. Women made up over 63% of voters, and people aged 35–44 were the largest age group, accounting for 34%.2
The results show how the revised structure directs a substantial share of funding to neighbourhood-scale ideas while retaining district and citywide choices. The city says implementation takes place in the year after selection, and residents can follow progress through its project portal.24