Sejong City Announces Call for Proposals for 'Citizen Participation Budget' Projects

[Asia Economy (Sejong) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Sejong City is calling for citizen proposal projects to be reflected in next year's citizen participatory budget.

According to the city on the 17th, the proposal projects are implemented to guarantee citizen participation in the budget formulation process and to enhance the soundness, transparency, and fairness of finances.

The target of citizen proposal projects are projects under the city's jurisdiction necessary to solve community problems, excluding projects subsidized by the national treasury, national direct projects, ongoing projects, and projects detrimental to public interest.

The submission period is from the 20th of this month to June 30th, and any Sejong citizen can participate through the Citizen Participatory Budget System website, etc. Workers, students, and members of non-profit organizations located in Sejong City can also participate.

After the submission deadline, from July, the city will review laws, ordinances, and project feasibility, and after deliberation by the Citizen Participatory Budget Subcommittee, the selected citizen proposal projects will be finally included in next year's budget formulation.

Jeong Jin-gi, the city's budget officer, said, "We will strengthen promotion through various channels so that many citizens can participate in the citizen participatory budget proposal projects," and added, "We will also do our best to ensure that citizens can feel the results of the citizen participatory budget projects."

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