MoEF, Launches 2020 Problem-Solving Public Participation Online Debate
[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Kwang-ho] The Ministry of Economy and Finance announced on the 13th that starting from the 15th, it plans to promote the discovery of citizen participation budget projects through intensive online discussions on five issues: activation of economic activities for the elderly and women, promotion of national mental health, response to the increase in single-person households, future core growth engines (DNA+Big3), and response to sex crimes.
This is the second stage of a problem-solving citizen participation process that utilizes collective intelligence for citizens to create solutions themselves. It expands the system piloted last year to complement the existing participatory budgeting system and enhance citizen participation.
This year’s issues were selected based on the results of a topic selection survey conducted on the Citizen Participation Budget website from February 1 to 28.
First, the enhancement of economic activities for the elderly and women will discuss measures such as expanding quality jobs for seniors, reemployment of women with career interruptions, and support for childbirth and childcare in response to the rapid decline in the working-age population due to low birth rates and aging.
The response to the increase in single-person households approaches the issue from the perspective of preparing countermeasures for the household type that constitutes the largest portion of our society, moving beyond sporadic support targeting vulnerable groups.
The response to sex crimes will discuss preventive education and post-support measures for vulnerable groups such as children, adolescents, persons with disabilities, and the elderly, as well as the increasingly serious issue of digital sex crimes.
The promotion of national mental health will discuss mental health management measures such as depression and suicide prevention tailored to policy targets including workers, vulnerable groups, and the elderly. The future core growth engines issue approaches from two perspectives: supporting the preemption of promising future technologies and fostering key talents to support them.
The online discussions will be conducted for one month through the Participatory Budget website, seeking to discover budget projects through discussions on subdivided topics for each issue.
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In particular, the discussion process will be monitored mainly by issue PMs, who will provide feedback on the factual accuracy of public opinions to ensure effective discussions. Projects discovered through the discussions will be reflected in the budget requests of each ministry after going through citizen participation forums involving related ministries, private experts, project proposers, and the general public.
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