According to the press release, Dumbravica (Timis County) is the municipality with the largest annual allocation for the participatory budgeting program in the country, worth 1 million lei, surpassing such large municipalities in the country as Pitesti, Mercure-Cuc, Rymniku-Vilca or Tulcea. from the UDR.

Dumbrăvița ranks 5th in the top 10 participatory budgeting programs at the national level in 2022.

“Across the country, only 13 county seats have launched such programs, which shows how many administrations ignore the involvement of citizens in decision-making at the local level and do not consider citizens or NGOs as partners for dialogue,” he said. Goriya Bugarin, the mayor of the Ukrainian SSR.

In the first edition, 675 residents of Dumbaravi voted (a total of 1,802 votes), and the following projects were announced as winners:

– smart school – 266 votes: 25 classes equipped with smart boards (diagonal 165 cm and touch screen) and 4k quality web cameras, 5 3D printers;

– bus for school transport – 228 votes;

– pedestrian on Mures Street – 211 votes;

– Octavian Goga street park – 183 votes.

The “Smart School” was fully implemented in 2022, the pedestrian path in Mures is in the approval stage, and the bus and park in Goza are in the procurement stage, the quoted source said.

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