Munich-Budget 2025: Citizens' ideas for the future of the city wanted!
Munich-Budget 2025: Citizens' ideas for the future of the city wanted!
An exciting experiment in citizen participation has recorded in Munich: With the new Munich budget 2025, a total of one million euros are available to promote ideas from the population. Mayor Dieter Reiter invites all Munichers from the age of 14 to actively participate and submit their own suggestions for urban design. Younger citizens can do this accompanied by their parents. The proposals must include concrete projects that are in the area of responsibility of the city and may cause a maximum of 100,000 euros. The aim is to use the diversity and creativity of the population to make the cityscape attractive, so süddeutsche.de.
Ideas can now be submitted via the platform our.muenchen.de. A first number of access has already shown that the citizen participation is well received - by May 27, 2025, 280 ideas have already been submitted, mostly in the categories "urban design" and "environment and sustainability". The spectrum ranges from suggestions to green the greening of streets to new playgrounds and garbage buckets. What could be a better incentive than the possibility of shaping your own neighborhood?
participation process and time frame
The deadline for submitting the proposals ends on June 9, 2025. This is followed by a voting phase in which the citizens can decide on their favorites between 17 and 30 June. The 20 proposals that receive the most votes will be checked for their feasibility from July to October 2025. A final vote will take place from October 15th to 31st, 2025. This ensures a transparent and participatory process - a model that has inspired numerous cities such as Paris and Barcelona. The concept was decided in November 2023, based on an application from 2021 and shows how important citizen participation is for urban development, as our.muenchen.de emphasized.
In contrast to the city district budget, which promotes local projects, the Munich budget aims at city-wide projects. This opens up new opportunities for holistic approaches in urban development, in which all responsible bodies and actors are included in the process. Such participatory models play a central role in sustainable urban development, as you can see in other cities, for example in the dragoons in Berlin or in projects in Lindlar and Lübeck, which are shaped by citizen participation Städebförderung.look into the future
The pilot test of the Munich budget extends over a total of three years and will be a valuable experience for the city administration and the citizens alike. The money saved for concrete projects should also not result in permanent expenditure, which does not affect the city's financial framework. For example, "The Green Bridge", a concept for a green roof over railway tracks towards Pasing and Obermenzing, could become a reality and show how profitable citizen participation can be. The connection between formerly separate districts could significantly improve mobility for pedestrians and cyclists.
The ball now lies with the Munich women: take the opportunity to bring in your ideas and actively influence the cityscape! The city can hardly wait to see the creative suggestions of the citizens.
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