'Resident Participation Budget Support' Eunpyeong-gu Participatory Budget 10th Anniversary 'Grand Debate' Held

Publication of a White Paper Documenting 10 Years of History and Achievements... Major Debate at 10 AM and Talk Concert at 3 PM on the 11th

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Eunpyeong-gu is the first to implement the resident participatory budgeting system, where residents create the neighborhood budget. In 2010, during the 5th local government term, Kim Woo-young, then Mayor of Eunpyeong-gu (currently Deputy Mayor for Political Affairs of Seoul), introduced the resident participatory budgeting system nationwide for the first time, and this year marks its 10th anniversary.

Eunpyeong-gu (Mayor Kim Mi-kyung) will hold a commemorative "Grand Debate" at 10 a.m. and a "Talk Concert" at 3 p.m. on the 11th to celebrate the 10th anniversary of participatory budgeting in Eunpyeong-gu.

This event commemorates the 10th anniversary of the enactment of the first "Resident Participation Basic Ordinance" in Seoul in 2010 and the implementation of the resident participatory budgeting system.

Over the years, Eunpyeong-gu has led the nation’s resident participatory budgeting by pioneering various initiatives such as the first nationwide participatory budgeting residents' assembly, introduction of mobile voting, youth-led youth assemblies, implementation of neighborhood-level participatory budgeting, adoption of roundtable discussion formats in residents' assemblies, and a complete overhaul of the resident proposal system.

This year, despite the COVID-19 crisis, to realize the core values of deliberation and public discourse inherent in the Eunpyeong-style resident participatory budgeting system, an online communication promotion manual was developed, an online deliberation group was operated, and the residents' assembly was held online for the first time nationwide.

Building on these 10 years of achievements, a grand debate titled "The Present and Future of Resident Participatory Budgeting" will be held to set the development direction for the next decade of Eunpyeong-gu’s resident participatory budgeting. Experts from various fields across the country will be invited to present and discuss.

At the participatory budgeting 10th anniversary "Talk Concert," Mayor Kim Mi-kyung and residents who have passionately worked in various fields will look back on the 10-year history and celebrate the publication of the 10th anniversary white paper on resident participatory budgeting.

The event will be held online to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and can be participated in live via Eunpyeong-gu Office’s YouTube channel.

Additionally, from the 9th to the 13th, a 10th anniversary photo exhibition will be held in the lobby of the main building on the first floor of Eunpyeong-gu Office, and various events are ongoing through the Eunpyeong-gu resident participatory budgeting Facebook page.

Kim Mi-kyung, Mayor of Eunpyeong-gu, said, “The honor of the 10th anniversary of Eunpyeong-gu participatory budgeting was made possible by the interest and participation of residents. We will continue to actively support the growth of Eunpyeong as a city of resident participation by incorporating diverse voices of residents.”

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