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The Minister of Presidency of the Government of the Region of Murcia, María Dolores Pagán, has signed with the Mayor of Sewell, Joaquín Buendía, at the Center for Citizen Participation in our town, the collaboration agreement between the Autonomous Region Murcia and the City Sewer, where the commitment to promote citizen participation, within the framework and promoting REGIONAL NETWORK oF MUNICIPALITIES fOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION set.
In the same also attended by the Director General of Citizen Participation, European Union External Action, Manuel Pleguezuelo, the Director General of Local Government and Institutional Relations, Diego Manuel Pardo and the Director General of Security and Emergency, Manuel Duran, all the management team of the Ministry, together with our Councillor for Citizen Participation and Modernization, Juan Manuel Gomez, along with other members of the Municipal Corporation, associations and organizations that have participated in the preparation of the Regulation of Citizen Participation Sewer, approved in last full and pending its publication in the BORM.
Upon completion exposure on the Rights and European Citizenship "I European Citizen" on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Spain's entry into the EU was presented.
Exhibition that takes place from the Directorate General for Citizen Participation, European Union External Action of the Ministry of Presidency of the Region of Murcia and starts in Alcantarilla round tour visits throughout the Region of Murcia.
After signing the agreement, the City Sewer adheres to this regional initiative that is promoted and coordinated actions on citizen participation experiences between administrations are exchanged and joint actions are proposed with the aim of promoting the involvement of society in public life.
In this regard, the City Sewer commitment to update the rules in order to promote an active and effective participation of citizens in public policy, and to facilitate public participation processes before launching public measures of special interest for the population, as is well realizing it our city Council since last May 19 the Plenum of the Municipal Corporation approved the Regulation of Citizen Participation of Sewell, now pending its publication in the Official Gazette of the Region of Murcia, have thirty public exposure to potential claims and enter it as soon as possible.
Given that it has been built with the support and participation of associations and alcantarilleras entities since early January, along with input from local political groups, in an initiative that the City Council, through the Office of Participation citizen and Transparency has been developing in recent months.
The agreement also encourages the strengthening of citizen participation instruments for the effective participation of citizens in the processes of decision making, committing the Ministry of Presidency, to support and advise on the implementation and development of municipal regulations adapted to encourage citizen participation, facilitating a space in transparency Portal Community website linked to municipal transparency of city Sewer.
Maria Dolores Pagán highlighted the progress on Open Government is taking the City Sewer, which already has a regulation Citizen Participation approved by the council last May, with input from residents of the municipality, and created a Office of Citizen Participation and Transparency.
"The involvement and participation of citizens in decision-making generates higher quality public policies that will have an extra legitimacy, counting from the beginning with the support of the citizens", said the minister.
The Minister recalled that the policies of transparency and citizen participation developed by the regional government "go beyond the legal obligations with a process of continuous improvement, because we have the will to bring the institutions closer to the people through their municipalities".
The Mayor of Sewell, Joaquín Buendía, praised "the participatory process that started in January, the first to be carried out in our area, with the aim of establishing the regulatory framework for future participatory processes. Citizen participation is without doubt a fundamental aspect and think that in any participatory process we have with our neighbors and associations. Their contributions are valuable and should be taken into account. "
Buendia has also indicated that "the city is closest to the citizen administration and we must put in place the necessary mechanism to encourage participation of residents in decision-making, in the section of the municipal website intended for associations may, among other options, consult the associations that exist in our municipality, download document templates, links or see how to create a partnership. "
I finished said, "we firmly believe that our neighbors should be able to contribute and comment on the decisions being adopted at City Hall, both individually and collectively."
The Minister of Presidency has also visited the Center for Public Safety Sewell, where are our Local Police, Civil Protection Volunteers at the municipal level and the Fire Consortium for Fire Fighting and Rescue Directorate General of Public Safety and Emergency of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, while facilities UME 2, the Specialized Medical Unit Murciano Health Service, also located in the building and takes calls not only Sewer, but ten others close to our thirteen districts of the capital Murcia municipalities.
The visit of the Minister of Presidency, Maria Dolores Pagán, ended in Pinar Josefina Street, next to the municipal sports facilities, to meet one of the possible projects subsidized by such counseling within the Works and Services Plan for this year.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Alcantarilla
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