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The Councilor of Economy and Finance of the City of Lorca, Juan Francisco Martinez, reported this morning that the Municipal Plenary of the Consistory Lorca has unanimously approved that the municipal budgets next year include for the first time the model of participatory budgets.
Juan Francisco Martinez said that "participatory budgets will start immediately, incorporating in the municipal budgets of 2018, specifically within the area of ​​Municipal Works and Services as a pilot experience, which will be extended to other councils in a gradual manner. The development of this process begins with the elaboration by the municipal technical services of a draft regulation of operation in which they establish the phases for its implementation and evolution.
The Councilor for Economy added that "according to similar models that are already being implemented with positive results, the different social groups in the municipality channel the citizen proposals and these are transferred to a technical team that determines their viability. will be published in the new participation portal that will be put to work for effect at www.lorca.es where citizens will have the opportunity to vote directly on the option they like best.
Martínez explained that "we are talking about a tool for citizen participation and participatory democracy, with which citizens can directly decide the destination of a portion of public resources, so that we can all seek the best solutions to existing needs In addition, this modality presupposes a decisive step in the firm conviction that the walls of the City council of Lorca are of glass in the transparency, in the participation and in the open government. The participatory budgets allow to offer a greater transparency and effectiveness to the management of public resources, opening a dialogue between citizens, their political representatives and the technical staff of the Administration on issues such as where and how public money will be invested. "
The Edil de Economía has stressed that "Lorca will intensify its commitment to citizen participation, redoubling the line of work we have been carrying out during the last years by this Municipal Administration. In fact we have implemented measures to make of Lorca a model to follow, in which all citizens can directly decide and influence management at different levels. We are making our city an example to follow in participation, transparency and decision making in a continuous, not only every 4 years. "
Juan Francisco Martínez has stated that "these participatory budgets are a new opportunity to make possible the shared management of municipal resources, which will benefit securely in the concretion of municipal accounts capable of addressing all the needs of citizens. Lorca is a more open, more participative and better management city ".
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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