Damyang-gun, Operation of Resident Participation Budget School

Enhancing Understanding of Resident Participatory Budgeting Through Case-Based Education

[Damyang=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] Damyang County in Jeonnam recently announced on the 20th that it operated a visiting Resident Participatory Budget School to increase understanding of the resident participatory budget and encourage participation.

This year's Resident Participatory Budget School was conducted with an education method focused on case studies tailored to residents' perspectives, such as understanding the resident participatory budget system and excellent cases of resident participatory budgeting. Omideok Oh, Director of the Resident Participatory Budget Center at the Regional Future Research Institute, and researcher Hyunju Lee were in charge of the education.

Originally, the visiting Resident Participatory Budget School was planned for all 12 towns and townships, but due to the escalation of COVID-19 quarantine measures, the schedule for 5 townships was inevitably postponed.

The county's resident participatory budget reflected in next year's budget totals 1.1 billion KRW, operated with 500 million KRW for policy projects leading regional development and 600 million KRW for local participation projects such as small-scale resident convenience projects.

Residents who wish to apply for projects in the resident participatory budget can submit project proposals by the 20th of next month through the county website's 'Wishes for Resident Participatory Budget,' or at the town and township offices, or the county office's Sustainable Management Planning Office.

Submitted projects will be reviewed by the Resident Participatory Budget Deliberation Committee and finalized in September, and are expected to be reflected in next year's budget plan.

A county official said, "For the activation of the resident participatory budget where residents can directly participate and voice their opinions, active participation and interest are above all necessary," and added, "We will continue to carry out participatory budget education to increase residents' understanding in the future."

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