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The Plenary Hall hosted the day of accountability of participatory budgets applied to the area of ​​Youth, a process in which 782 students participated in Secondary, High School and training cycles of the centers Our Lady of Consolation, Ginés Pérez Chirinos, San Juan de la Cruz and Oróspeda.

The proposals most supported by young people, for which the Department of Youth will allocate a line of 15,000 euros, are free Wifi areas in five points in Caravaca and one in Archivel;

A workshop of sewing, fashion and design;

A festival with a variety of musical styles and a photography workshop.

The students made a total of 116 proposals that, after passing the technical filter, were put to a vote.

In the day of accountability participated the mayor, Jose Moreno;

The president of the Transparency Council of the Region of Murcia, José Molina;

The Councilor for Youth and Education, Esther Poveda, and one of the promoters of the process coordinated by the University of Murcia, José Manuel Mayol, who valued this pioneering experience very positively, being one of the first municipalities in Spain where it is carried And the good involvement of both students and teachers.

The mayor said that "transparency and participation are one of the axes of the municipal government" and that the objective is to extend this pilot experience of participatory budgets to other areas in the municipal budgets of 2018. He also recalled other measures in this matter already set Such as the Municipal Office of Transparency and Citizen Participation, the neighborhood councils of the districts, the web portal of transparency or the draft regulations for citizen participation that will be submitted and will be put to a vote in plenary.

For her part, the head of the area of ​​Youth in the Consistory Caravaqueño, Esther Poveda, said that this experience has made it possible to know the priorities and needs of the youth population, for a better use of public funds.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Caravaca de la Cruz