Jinju City Holds Steering Committee Meeting of the 'Resident Participatory Budget Committee'

2022 Jinju-si Resident Participation Budget Contest Project Selection Review

Resident Participation Budget Committee Steering Committee
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Jinju City in Gyeongnam announced on the 8th that it held an operations committee meeting in the city hall situation room to select the 2022 Jinju City Resident Participatory Budget Contest Projects.

At the committee meeting, out of a total of 136 projects worth 4 billion KRW solicited from citizens in June, projects that had undergone feasibility review by the relevant departments and first reviews by the Resident Participatory Budget Subcommittee and the eup/myeon/dong local resident meetings were deliberated, resulting in the selection of 68 projects worth 1.555 billion KRW.

By type, projects aimed at resolving resident inconveniences and closely related to daily life were selected, including 6 projects such as the Jinju-type Citizen Culture School under the city participation type, and 61 projects including the Munsan-eup LED security light replacement project under the eup/myeon/dong participation type.

The Resident Participatory Budget System is a system that guarantees residents' direct participation in the budget formulation process through communication with residents, ensuring transparency and democracy in financial management. Since 2019, the city has been organizing the Resident Participatory Budget Committee and promoting participatory budget contest projects.

Shin Hansik, chairman of the city’s Resident Participatory Budget Committee, said, “By having citizens directly discover projects needed in the region, they can most effectively change the area where they live,” and added, “I ask the committee members to actively work so that the Resident Participatory Budget System can be widely known and revitalized.”

Meanwhile, the projects selected by the operations committee will be finalized after the general meeting of the Resident Participatory Budget Committee and will be included in the 2022 Jinju City budget proposal to be submitted to the council.

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