Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education Operates 'Citizen Participation Budget School'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] The Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education announced on the 23rd that it operated the '2020 Citizen Participation Budget School' over two sessions on the 15th and 22nd.

This budget school, aimed at citizen participation budget committee members and citizens interested in the citizen participation budget system (around 20 people), covered the concept and cases of the participation budget system and examined the citizen participation budget system and Gwangju education finances under the theme "Participation Budget I Am Curious About" in the first session.

The second session, conducted in a workshop format under the theme "Participation Budget I Try," involved writing project proposals and prioritizing them.

In this budget school, instructors Choi Seungwoo and Kim Mincheol from the "Together Citizen Action Good Budget Center" participated.

A citizen who participated in the citizen participation budget school said, "This 'Citizen Participation Budget School' was very helpful in understanding the citizen participation budget system, and it was good to have the experience of directly writing a project proposal."

A representative from the Office of Education's Citizen Participation Team said, "We will continue to actively collect citizen proposals and opinions and reflect citizens' voices in important decision-making processes from budget formulation and execution to settlement."

For further inquiries, please contact the Citizen Participation Team of the Citizen Participation Officer at the Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education.

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