Among other measures, the members of this advisory body proposed actions in municipal parks, workshops and activities, and alternative leisure to disconnect from new technologies.
Last Saturday the members of the sector council of childhood and adolescence met the municipal proposals to allocate 200,000 euros of the municipal budget for the year 2020.
The Councilor for Social Welfare, Fuensanta Garcia and the Councilor for Citizen Participation, Zoilo Ballester, accompanied by the technicians of the area encouraged the activity in which primary and secondary representatives of all schools in the municipality participate.
The representatives of this citizen participation body verified in the first person the complicated task of managing a municipal budget and discussed what proposals to choose with a budget of 200,000 euros in municipal investments.
Many were the proposals they made related to providing municipal parks with the most appropriate equipment for adolescents, ecology workshops, equality activities, activities and alternative leisure activities to disconnect from new technologies.
After the information and debate phase, the members of this council raised their voices, unable to express their vote for being under 16, expressing that the proposal that best met their needs was the renewal of the emerging arts center.
To provide this space with necessary infrastructure so that young people can enjoy it throughout the year, as well as limiting space for healthy leisure.
To finalize the workshop they received information on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as well as the Declaration of the Rights of the child to get to know and participate in their rights.
The information and proposal collection phase for participatory budgets remains open.
All the neighborhood registered in the Municipality and over 16 years of age may vote their favorite proposal in the week of November 18-22, in the face-to-face points and on-line that will be installed for this process.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Pedro del Pinatar