Seoul City to Implement 600 Billion KRW 'Citizen Deliberative Budget' Created Through Citizen Participation

Expand and Develop Citizen Participation Budget
Deliberative 530 Billion KRW, Proposal-Based 70 Billion KRW Invested

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] Seoul City announced on the 12th that it will promote the 'Citizen Deliberation Budget,' which expands the citizen participation budget, to a total scale of 600 billion KRW this year. This is a threefold increase from the 200 billion KRW scale last year.

The Citizen Deliberation Budget is an expansion in scale and scope of the citizen participation budget initiated by Seoul City to institutionally guarantee citizen participation in the budget formulation process. It consists of two types: the proposal type, which selects new projects proposed by citizens, and the deliberation type, which focuses on designing existing projects.

This year, the Citizen Deliberation Budget totaling 600 billion KRW will be promoted with 530 billion KRW for the deliberation type and 70 billion KRW for the proposal type, respectively.

To this end, the 'Seoul Democracy Committee,' a collegial administrative body, was launched in July last year, and a pilot implementation of the Citizen Deliberation Budget totaling 200 billion KRW was conducted.

In 2021, there are plans to further expand the Citizen Deliberation Budget to a scale of 1 trillion KRW. The goal is to apply it to all policy projects of Seoul City.

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