Articulated for citizens to the municipal administration proposed the adoption of certain agreements or receive this information from their actions.
Nerea Martinez, Councillor for Citizen Participation, recalls that "as mandata Regulation of Citizen Participation, within three months of its entry into force by the full procedure for the dissemination of the call must be approved by the corporation and holding public hearings ", adding that" this procedure is brought to full, just days after the entry into force of the Regulation, although it establishes a period of three months for this. An example of this council will facilitate the implementation and exercise of the forms of participation contained in the regulation. "
"These hearings," says edila, "always convened upon request of citizens and to be backed by a minimum of 350 accredited signatures of residents aged 16 years or for one or more associations that support to have more than 150 partners and initiative city ​​Council whenever deemed appropriate offer citizens information on municipal action programs, local ordinances or municipal budgets. "
Martinez insists noting that "this is an invaluable tool for participation in public life, as it allows addressing issues and topics that residents considered appropriate or relevant and increases the flow of communication between political representatives and citizens, channeling management to the real concerns of the neighbors. "
He continues to explain the councilwoman that "this procedure is made in order to provide standards for proper operation, so that this mechanism of participation can be fully exercised from now. In particular, the place and time is adjusted for holding the AP preferably evening to facilitate the attendance of neighbors and the operating rules of the sessions, regulating shifts word in it, all within margins enjoyed some flexibility. "
On the other hand, reports the Department of Citizen Participation, "it has also approved the procedure for registration in the Municipal Register of Citizen Entities, which aims to enable the council to knowledge of the associations existing in the municipality, its objectives, representativeness and number of partners, and these partnerships ensure the exercise of rights under the Regulation of Citizen Participation and the law ".
To conclude, Nerea Martinez has stated that "begins thus its journey the newly approved Regulation of Citizen Participation of the City of Cieza, from now hope that citizens and associations gradually become more familiar with it, begin to give use and use it for public life more democratic and pluralistic ".
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cieza