Civic Budget 2025 in Gdynia
In Gdynia’s 2025 Civic Budget, the total amount of funds available was PLN 12,637,621. As a result of the vote, 85 projects were approved for implementation: 77 district projects and 8 city-wide projects in two thematic areas. In addition, eleven extra district projects were also approved for implementation. Three of them were awarded as part of the “Project +1” bonus for districts with the highest turnout. The remaining projects will be co-financed by district councils, and one will be co-financed by a private donor.
The BO2025 fund consisted of PLN 10,612,530 in base allocation and PLN 2,025,091 carried over from BO2024. Of this amount, PLN 10,637,621 was distributed among Gdynia’s districts, while the remaining PLN 2 million was allocated to city-wide projects: PLN 1 million for the Climate Civic Budget and PLN 1 million for the Jubilee Civic Budget.
The voting stage lasted from September 1 to 16, 2025, and residents could cast their votes via the website bo.gdynia.pl. A total of 18,361 people participated, representing 8.47% of those eligible to vote. Of these, 18,310 people (8.44%) voted for district projects, and 16,966 (7.82%) voted for city-wide projects. Women accounted for 59% of voters. The largest age group was 40–49 years (25%), while minors represented 16%.
As a result of the vote, residents selected 77 district projects, 7 Jubilee Civic Budget projects, and 1 Climate Civic Budget project, with a combined value of PLN 10,068,080 (including PLN 7,609,756 for large district projects, PLN 903,624 for small district projects, PLN 998,670 for the Climate Civic Budget, and PLN 556,030 for the Jubilee Civic Budget).
Additionally, 11 extra projects from BO2025 will be implemented:
- Three under the “Project +1” bonus for districts with the highest turnout. The most active district was Wielki Kack, with a turnout of 23.76%, where an additional large project will be implemented. Babie Doły (19.71%) and Mały Kack (18.27%) ranked second and third, respectively, and will each receive an additional small project. The total value of these bonus projects is PLN 482,330, funded from the city budget outside the Civic Budget pool.
- Further projects will be co-financed by Civic Budget funds, seven District Councils, and a private donor. These projects will be implemented in Cisowa, Dąbrowa, Działki Leśne, Grabówek, Leszczynki, Mały Kack, Obłuże, and Wielki Kack.
The unused amount from BO2025, PLN 1,685,930, will be added to the next edition’s pool.
In total, 96 projects were approved for implementation in BO2025. Residents could choose from 241 projects submitted for voting: 7 under the Jubilee Civic Budget, 2 under the Climate Civic Budget, and 232 district projects (including 151 small and 81 large district projects).
The project submission stage lasted from January 27 to February 25, 2025, with residents submitting a total of 322 proposals.
All annexes: submitted and selected projects, legal basis, archival downloads are available here in Polish.