Suwon Selects 116 Citizen Participatory Budget Projects (Draft) for 2023

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Suwon announced on the 12th that it has selected 116 projects totaling 4.838 billion won in the '2023 Citizen Participatory Budget Projects (Draft)'.

The Citizen Participatory Budget system is a system that legally and institutionally guarantees citizen participation in the budget compilation process.

The Suwon Citizen Participatory Budget Committee held meetings on the 1st (first deliberation) and 7th (second deliberation) at the conference room of City Hall to finalize next year's projects, including 'city administration participatory priority projects (subcommittees, youth committee)', 'district administration participatory projects (district regional councils)', and 'dong-level autonomous planning projects (resident autonomous association pilot dongs)'.

Citizen participatory budget proposal projects involve proposing projects that residents wish to be reflected in Suwon's budget compilation, such as small-scale projects that improve inconveniences felt by residents in their daily lives, resident autonomous projects tailored to neighborhood characteristics, and projects that enhance residents' welfare and quality of life.

Projects proposed by subcommittees (general administration, culture and welfare, urban environment, and construction development) include 10 projects such as 'Paldalsan ground maintenance project' and 'tool rental for home repair at Godeung-dong 24-hour village power plant', while youth committee proposal projects include 2 projects such as 'youth heart-healing visiting performances' and 'shade installation at Homaesil District riverside park'.

Projects proposed by the four district regional councils include △wall mural repair at Samik underground passage (Jangan-gu) △creation of safe environment at Gosaek industrial complex walking trail (Gwonseon-gu) △free wheelchair rental at Godeung-dong administrative welfare center (Paldal-gu) △expansion of rest facilities at Maetan 3-dong sharing garden (Yeongtong-gu), totaling 67 projects.

Dong-level autonomous planning projects (resident autonomous association pilot dongs) include 37 projects such as △operation of energy self-sufficiency practice classes in Yulcheon-dong △improvement of green space across from youth culture center in Ingye-dong △improvement of early childhood forest experience area at Gwanggyo 1-dong wellbeing town open park.

Previously, the Suwon Citizen Participatory Budget Committee solicited next year's citizen participatory budget projects from citizens until May 31st and received 708 resident proposal projects.

The finalized citizen participatory budget projects (draft) are scheduled to be included in the 2023 final budget following deliberation by the Suwon Special City Council.

Meanwhile, Suwon enacted the 'Suwon Citizen Participatory Budget System Operating Ordinance' in 2009, and fully revised the ordinance in 2010 to formally implement the system beginning in 2011.