Expats Living in Budapest Can Now Vote on Proposals for City's Community Budget

  • 23 Aug 2024 11:22 AM
  • Hungary Matters
Expats Living in Budapest Can Now Vote on Proposals for City's Community Budget
Votes can be submitted about Budapest residents’ proposals for city development and budget planning until October 7, the Budapest mayor’s office announced.

All persons aged above 14 years, who live or study in Budapest ,are invited to cast their votes about the HUF 1 billion budget:

1) online at otlet.budapest.hu (Note: Hungarian language website) or

2) in person at various Budapest libraries and at the Budapest mayor’s office customer service desk.

It is not required to have a registered Budapest address to be eligible, the statement said.

Some 700 proposals were submitted last year, 175 of which has been selected by a professional jury and the votes can now be submitted on these proposals, it added.

The most popular proposals will be carried out from a total allocation of 1 billion forints (EUR 2.5m), it said.

Over the past three years, the Budapest city council carried out 17 public proposals submitted under the scheme.

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