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The mayor of Las Torres de Cotillas, Isabel María Zapata, presented on Friday, January 18 to the staff of municipal employees the project of participatory budgets 2019, which will be open to the entire population over 16 years of the municipality.
"We continue with our intention to promote citizen participation to improve the quality of decision-making at the local level," says the councilor, who recalled that this initiative will count for 2019 with 350,000 euros, which will be allocated to activities and / or financially sustainable investments.
After the pilot experience of participatory budgeting carried out in secondary schools, high school and training cycles of the municipality, Torreño City Council has decided to expand them to the entire population over 16 years of the municipality.
"We want to involve the citizens even more in the prioritization of the spending of municipal resources, since they will be able to participate in the debates and add their contribution in the decision making of the public budget," says Zapata, who points out that for this project with the supervision of the research team of the University of Murcia.
In various areas
These funds will be distributed as follows: two items of at least 10,000 euros for both the women's area and equality for the elderly, another of a minimum of 15,000 euros for the area of ​​people with diversity and another more than 30,000 euros at least for districts.
In addition, a maximum of 285,000 euros of free designation will be allocated.
In order for a proposal to be considered in this process, it must meet these six requirements: that it may be executed in 2019, that it be municipal competence, that it be legally and technically viable, that it does not exceed the amount of 100,000 euros, that at present it is not executing and that is of general interest.
Calendar
Thus, in the Torreño calendar of participatory budgets 2019, several dates stand out.
From February 4 to 12, various information sessions will be held in neighborhoods, districts and sectors, to set the collection of proposals on February 14.
At the end of March the public will proceed to publicize the proposals that will be voted on, which will take place on April 1.
Finally, on April 8 there will be a day of citizen participation to publicize the chosen projects.
"We want to increase citizens' knowledge of decision-making processes at the local level, elaborating a more effective and inclusive municipal budget," explains the mayor, who stresses that another objective is to integrate the participation of specific, more vulnerable sectors of the population. the population.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Las Torres de Cotillas
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