Buk-gu Gwangju Announces 2 Billion Won Resident Participatory Budget Project Contest

Proposals for Resident Participatory Budget Accepted Until June 20
Residents Can Directly Suggest Policy and Daily Life Improvement Projects

Gwangju Buk-gu is inviting proposals for its "Resident Participatory Budget Proposal Project" with a total budget of 2 billion KRW. Residents can submit their own proposals, which will then be reviewed and allocated by the administration. The aim is for residents to directly address essential needs and inconveniences in their daily lives.

Buk-gu announced on the 2nd that it will be accepting proposals for the Resident Participatory Budget until June 20. Any resident who has an address or living area in Buk-gu is eligible to submit a proposal.

Gwangju Bukgu District Office building exterior.

The "Resident Participatory Budget System" is a system that allows residents to directly participate in the local government budgeting process, thereby increasing transparency and fairness in budget allocation and management. Buk-gu was the first in the nation to enact related ordinances in 2004 and has actively promoted this system since then.

The total scale for this call is 2 billion KRW, divided into district policy projects (600 million KRW) and local pending projects (1.4 billion KRW). "District policy projects" are single-year projects with a budget of less than 100 million KRW that impact the entire district or more than two neighborhoods, including policies for youth, young adults, welfare, culture, and safety. "Local pending projects" are smaller-scale projects aimed at resolving inconveniences in residents' daily lives or addressing specific local issues, with a budget of less than 50 million KRW per project.

Submitted proposals will undergo a feasibility review by relevant departments, after which the Resident Participatory Budget Committee and the public-private council will deliberate on whether to include them in next year's budget. District Mayor Moon In stated, "This call for proposals is a meaningful attempt to make residents the main actors in the budgeting process. I hope many proposals will be submitted that residents can truly feel in their daily lives."