Gwangju Seo-gu Holds Resident Participatory Budget Committee Meeting... 68 Members Appointed

Published 13 Jul.2023 13:49(KST)

Seo-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Kim Ikang) announced on the 13th that it held the Resident Participatory Budget Committee Appointment Ceremony and Participatory Budget School at the Seo-gu Office Deulbul Hall on the 12th.

The Resident Participatory Budget Committee, composed of a total of 68 members through open recruitment and recommendations, will be divided into five subcommittees for efficient operation over two years: ▲Finance and Economy (13 members) ▲Information and Culture (13 members) ▲Autonomous Administration (14 members) ▲Social Welfare (13 members) ▲Environment and Development (15 members).

On the 12th, Seo-gu, Gwangju held the Resident Participation Budget Committee Appointment Ceremony and Participation Budget School at Deulbul Hall in the Seo-gu Office.
[Photo by Seo-gu]

The appointed members of each subcommittee will be responsible for reviewing and adjusting the priorities of resident-proposed projects discovered through business ideas from relevant district office departments related to each subcommittee’s project content, and deciding which projects to reflect.

Following the appointment ceremony, the Participatory Budget School was conducted with researcher Lee Hyunju from the Participatory Budget Center of the Regional Future Research Institute as the instructor, providing education on the significance and current status of the resident participatory budget system and the role of the Resident Participatory Budget Committee.

Seo-gu submitted the results to the city after selecting priorities and preparing evaluation sheets through subcommittee discussions on 17 projects (16 regional participation type, 1 neighborhood-level plan type) out of 102 citizen participatory budget proposals, which had been reviewed by the relevant departments for legal validity and urgency.

Seo-gu Mayor Kim Ikang said, “I hope that through the active participation of the committee members, the voices of various residents will be reflected, further activating the participatory budget system, and ultimately enhancing the transparency and fairness of financial management.”