A second participative budget for Gaspé - Radio-Gaspésie

For the first edition of its participatory budget, the City of Saint-Sauveur is launching a call for applications to its citizens to form a citizen project selection committee. The selection committee, composed of six members, will be asked to analyse the projects submitted by the Sauverois and to select those which will be submitted to the vote of the citizens. To be eligible, it is necessary to be at least 12 years old; to live in Saint-Sauveu…

The City of Gaspé launched its second edition of the participatory budget with an amount of $100,000. Last year the sum had been set at $50,000 and the St-Paul School of Saint-Maurice-de-l'Échouterie had won the contest with a game module project. This year, citizens and organizations are invited to submit their files by May 31, 2025. Mayor Daniel Côté states that the projects submitted must be sufficiently structured and demonstrate feasibility…

The first trial was successful. The City of Gaspé decided to re-offend by re-launching its participatory budget, which will be increased from $50,000 to $100,000, but will be spread over two fiscal years.