Changwon Special City Holds Resident Participation Budget Evaluation Meeting This Year

Awarding Certificates to Outstanding Project Proposers

Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam held the '2023 Resident Participation Budget Evaluation Report Meeting' at the Citizen Hall on the 5th.

2023 Resident Participation Budget Evaluation Meeting Held.

The evaluation report meeting was organized as a closing event for the resident participation budget activities carried out throughout the year, with about 80 participants including members of the Resident Participation Budget Committee. Certificates were awarded to eight outstanding project proposers, and time was also spent sharing excellent cases such as the 'Installation of Shared Fire Extinguisher Boxes in Residential Areas and Public Markets.'

This year, the city reflected 151 citizen-proposed projects in the budget and implemented them throughout the city. Based on on-site inspections by the monitoring team, self-evaluations by project departments, and online citizen voting results, eight outstanding projects were finally selected.

Jang Geum-yong, the first deputy mayor, stated, “We will operate the resident participation budget system more substantively, which starts with citizens' proposals, and strive harder for Changwon's transformation and citizens' convenience through citizen participation.” He added, “We will strengthen the institutional foundation to guarantee practical citizen participation and promote the vitality of Changwon Special City.”

Meanwhile, the city established a Youth Subcommittee to actively reflect the voices of youth and young adults, the future generation leaders, and discovered three youth and young adult policy projects.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.