The article analyzes current trends in the development of participatory budgeting in Russia and the Republic of Bashkortostan. The process of competitive selection of public infrastructure development projects based on local initiatives was described. The results of the regional initiative budgeting projects "Our village", "Real affairs", "Bashkir courtyards" involving local people and implemented on the cofinancing terms are analyzed. It was revealed that in 2020 the number of projects of the

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... Real Affairs" program significantly decreased due to the spread of COVID-2019. The same trend was observed for the "Our Village" program; the number of applications submitted decreased by more than three times. New directions for the development of proactive budgeting practices are offered: implementation of proactive budgeting projects based on the initiatives of schoolchildren and youth; implementation of initiative budgeting projects through the information and telecommunications network "Internet" in the face of the spread of COVID-2019; implementation of initiative budgeting projects involving historical and cultural places and expanding the tourist potential; improvement of expert consulting, creation of new communities, schools of initiative budgeting for developing initiative budgeting skills in citizens.