Jinju City, Final Selection for Next Year's Resident Participatory Budget Proposal Projects

A total of 1.836 billion won allocated for 64 cases in the main budget

Jinju City, Gyeongnam Province, announced on the 2nd that it held a Residents' Participatory Budget Committee meeting at the City Hall Citizen Hall to make the final selection of participatory budget projects for 2025.

As a result of the committee meeting, a total of 64 projects amounting to 1.836 billion KRW were selected as Jinju City's participatory budget projects for 2025.

To discover a wide range of ideas from citizens, the city held an open call for proposals from May to June, receiving a total of 129 project submissions worth 4.3 billion KRW. The relevant departments then reviewed the proposed projects for legal and regulatory compliance and further refined the project details.

The Resident Participation Budget Committee is being held in the Citizen Hall of Jinju City Hall for the final selection of the 2025 Resident Participation Budget Contest Projects.

For projects deemed eligible by the departments, the Participatory Budget Local Residents' Meetings in each town and neighborhood, as well as the city’s subcommittees, evaluated the necessity, urgency, and public value of each project based on specific assessment criteria, and selected the first round of priority projects.

The projects selected in the first round underwent a second review by the Operations Committee on August 8 and a final review by the full Residents' Participatory Budget Committee, resulting in the final selection of 64 projects, including the “Installation of Safety Railings on the Access Road to Modeok Sports Park.” Among the selected projects, there is also one new type of project designed to ensure the participation and rights of children and youth.

The projects finally selected by the Residents' Participatory Budget Committee will be reflected in next year's main budget proposal, confirmed after the city council's budget deliberation, and implemented in 2025.

Mayor Cho Gyu-il stated, “Since most of the projects selected through the participatory budgeting process are aimed at resolving inconveniences experienced by citizens in their daily lives, we will make every effort to ensure their smooth implementation.”

Meanwhile, the participatory budgeting system is a system that enhances transparency and democracy in fiscal management by allowing residents to directly participate in the budgeting process. Jinju City established its Residents' Participatory Budget Committee in 2019 and has held open calls for projects every year since. Up to this year, the city has implemented a total of 328 participatory budget projects amounting to 8 billion KRW. Details on project selection results and implementation status can be found on the city’s website.