The regular plenary session of the month of January of the City Council of Dénia that will be held on Thursday 28 in the afternoon will approve the creation of some of the councils of? Sectoral citizen participation that both PSOE as Compromís They committed to form during this term.
If all goes as planned, the City Council expected in April and will be operational culture councils, foreign residents and youth, three of the areas that involve greater citizen participation and, according to the council Óscar Mengual, They have meant "A challenge".
These are consultative bodies linked to the councils that are born with the aim of responding to the concerns of the groups they represent, and that will have the participation of associations and individuals interested in becoming part of them. In addition, from the government team it has been marked as obejtivo that the proposals have receptivity in the municipal departments to which they are linked and that the meetings are held on a quarterly basis.
Council of foreign residents
Councilman Óscar Mengual will be in charge of this Consell, which aims to be a forum for integration of the community of foreign residents in Dénia, as well as establishing an exchange of cultures and impressions with the members of the council.
According Mengual, in the field of foreign residents there are specific problems to be solved from this advice. The regulation has already been presented to more than twenty foreign associations in Dénia shown that an "good reception".
Culture Council
Rafa CarrióCouncilman culture and education, will take over the Council of Culture, nonexistent so far, and born with the intention to stimulate cultural life of the city from proposals that conform associations.
The Consell de Cultura? Help to reflect together, discuss and establish an observatory of cultural life of Dénia, always in local key.
Youth Council
The Youth Council, a vindication of the local youth, will be chaired by Councilwoman Cristina Morera. This consultative body will bring together the youth associations of the city and boys and girls between 16 and 35 who want to be part of it to put their proposals and concerns on the table.
To Morera in this sector to do deeper work because "you don't get to connect with them from the institutions"So it will be a flexible and dynamic organ in which besides working groups will join the quarterly meetings that are scheduled will be created.
Councilwoman youth has shown commitment "study and evaluate all the proposals, implement those that are possible and motivate those that do not prosper". And is that Morera wants "respond to their needs and explain why some proposals cannot get ahead ".
Other consells up
Parallel to the creation of these participatory councils, the city council is working on the creation of a Sports Council, one for the environment, a specific Council for children and the updating of the "obsolete" regulations of the Consell de la Dona.
In addition, work is also being done on the elaboration of an organic citizen participation regulation that regulates, among other things, public interventions in the plenary sessions. It will be an update of the citizen participation letter that was published in 2006 and that will adapt to the new times and the idea of citizen participation that the City wants to carry out.
