Eunpyeong-gu Resident Participatory Budgeting System Selected as Seoul City's Top Grade for 4 Consecutive Years

Secured 1.1 Billion KRW for 2022 Participatory Budget Projects... Achieved Highest Grade in Overall Resident Participatory Budget System and Operation Evaluation

Photos from the 10th Anniversary Participatory Budgeting Event Held in November 2020

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Eunpyeong-gu (Mayor Kim Mi-kyung) has been selected for the highest grade for four consecutive years in the 2021 Seoul Metropolitan Government Autonomous District Participatory Budgeting Evaluation, securing 1.1 billion KRW for participatory budgeting projects in 2022.

This evaluation was conducted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government targeting 25 autonomous districts to strengthen and revitalize the participatory budgeting capabilities of the districts. Eunpyeong-gu was selected as the highest grade in the overall evaluation of the participatory budgeting system and its operation.

This year's evaluation included an assessment of the performance of citizen participatory budgeting at the district-level plan operation, and the differential support amount for autonomous districts according to the grade increased from a maximum of 100 million KRW to 200 million KRW.

In December last year, Eunpyeong-gu was also selected as the best autonomous local government in the nationwide participatory budgeting evaluation hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, securing a special grant of 160 million KRW.

Meanwhile, despite the constraints of COVID-19, Eunpyeong-gu has been steadily promoting online citizen forums and online youth forums, recognized as representative cases of non-face-to-face deliberation and public discussion. To further develop these achievements, the district is promoting the establishment of an online platform where residents can participate 'easily anytime, anywhere, and by anyone.'

Kim Mi-kyung, Mayor of Eunpyeong-gu, expressed gratitude to the residents and participatory committee members for their active participation leading to good results in various evaluations, and stated her ambition, “We will continue to make greater efforts to lay the foundation for Eunpyeong as a participatory city and take the lead in revitalizing and developing the participatory budgeting system.”

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