Gyeonggi Province Accepts Resident Proposal Projects...Up to 50 Billion Won to be Reflected in 2024 Participatory Budget

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park Noh-hoon] Gyeonggi Province will intensively accept resident proposal projects for 2024 budget allocation through April 14.

The province categorizes resident proposal projects into three types: projects under provincial jurisdiction or implemented across two or more cities and counties are classified as 'Provincial Participation Type'; projects requiring provincial support for regional problem-solving or pilot projects demonstrating leadership in other cities and counties are classified as 'Regional Support Type'; and projects proposed by non-profit private organizations and non-profit corporations located in Gyeonggi Province are classified as 'Public-Private Collaboration Type', with plans to allocate up to 50 billion won in participatory budget for 2024 for each category.

For the Provincial Participation Type, resident proposals are supplemented through public-private budget councils and roundtable discussions to increase adoption rates, while the Regional Support Type reflects local opinions through deliberation by city and county project departments and city and county participatory budget committees.

The Public-Private Collaboration Type materializes projects through agenda discovery and deliberation processes via public-private collaboration, thereby realizing the substantive collaborative effects between the public and private sectors.

The Public-Private Collaboration Type will be operated in two types: general type and youth participation type.

Submitted resident proposal projects will be reflected in the budget through project deliberation, project specification, participatory budget committee review, and online citizen voting, and will undergo deliberation by the Gyeonggi Province Assembly.

Project deliberation is a procedure pursued to ensure that valuable resident proposals are not discarded and are reflected in the budget to the maximum extent possible.

Any resident wishing to make proposals can participate, and mobile gift certificates worth 10,000 won will be provided to 100 randomly selected proposers. Additionally, outstanding proposers will receive gubernatorial commendations through screening.

Residents can apply through the Gyeonggi Province Participatory Budget website (yesan.gg.go.kr) or submit completed project application forms via email or mail.

While participatory budget project proposals can be received throughout the year through the Gyeonggi Province Participatory Budget website, proposals must be submitted by April 14, the intensive reception period, to be reflected in the 2024 main budget.

More detailed information regarding participatory budget project proposals can be found through the Gyeonggi Province website (gg.go.kr) or the Gyeonggi Province Participatory Budget website (yesan.gg.go.kr).

Meanwhile, in 2022, 537 resident participatory budget project proposals were received, and 60 resident-proposed projects totaling 22 billion won, including 'LED streetlight installation in rural areas' and 'learning support for out-of-school youth,' were included in the 2023 budget.