Deadline extended for Participatory Spending proposals

foto-2020-consell-d-entitats1Formentera’s office of citizen participation has rolled back the clock on its previous deadline for project ideas in the 2020 round of “Participatory Spending” (Pressupostos Participatius), signalling that island groups will have until 10 February to submit proposals. Nineteen proposals came in before the original application period concluded on Friday 31 January.

As citizen participation councillor Vanessa Parellada put it: “Precious little time remained in January by the time the holidays had wound down, and we wanted to make the submission process as easy, inclusive and dynamic as possible”. Parellada called on local groups to “share their bright ideas on how to make Formentera a better place”.

Groups have until 10 February 2020 to submit proposals to www.conselldeformentera.cat (AKA the OVAC, or Virtual Citizen’s Information Office) or in person at the OAC (carrer de Ramon Llull, 6, Sant Francesc Xavier). The citizen participation office has sent out a template proposal to Formentera groups to facilitate the application process. Results will be announced at a late-February or early-March session of the Council of Entities (Consell d’Entitats) once proposals have been reviewed and, if necessary, legal and technical appreciations formulated. The Formentera government has allocated €325,000 to fund Participatory Spending projects in 2020.

3 February 2020
Department of Communication
Consell de Formentera