Date Published: 14/10/2024

Decisions on Jumilla budget spending put out to public roundtables

Residents in Jumilla’s outlying areas are deciding on how an investment of 9,000 euros is spent as the participatory budgeting process begins

This autumn, the small outlying districts, or ‘pedanías’, of Jumilla will take part in a participative democracy initiative that allows residents to have a direct say in the allocation of funds for community activities.

The participatory budgeting process, coordinated by the Department of Citizen Participation, invites citizens to be actively involved in decisions affecting their local areas.

Over the course of two weekends, forum-assemblies will be held in all the districts to determine how to invest a total of 9,000 euros, which has been set aside for activities in these rural communities.

Participative democracy, also known as semi-direct democracy, is a governance model where citizens engage directly in political decisions rather than being solely represented by elected officials.

The advantages of this method are greater transparency, accountability and collaboration within communities. Through direct communication, individuals can work together without the need for government intermediaries, taking full responsibility for shaping their community’s future.

For the 2024 participatory budgeting process in Jumilla, the residents themselves will decide on the best use of the 1,000 euros allocated to each of the nine districts.

The forum-assemblies, where community members will propose and discuss various ideas, began this weekend. The schedule includes a series of meetings that will run between October 11 and 20 in each of the districts.

This grassroots initiative empowers local residents to shape their environments and ensures that the allocated funds are used in ways that reflect the true priorities of those living in these rural areas.

Through these assemblies, the people of Jumilla’s pedanías are given the tools and platform to make decisions that directly benefit their communities.

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Oficina de Turismo Jumilla

The tourist office in the centre of Jumilla is easily found by driving straight into the centre of the town along the Avenida de Murcia and following the signposts. The tourist office is alongside the Parque de Don Albano Martínez Molina, where there are a number of parking spaces.

Jumilla, in the north of the Region of Murcia, has become internationally famous over recent decades due to the quality of the wines produced in the municipality, and wine tourism has begun to attract visitors from other parts of Spain and the rest of Europe.

The tourist office is happy to provide a range of maps and leaflets showing the different bodegas which can be visited within the municipality. Some of these form part of the Rutas del Vino de Jumilla, the Jumilla wine route, and can either be visited as a guided tour or sell their produce directly to the public.(see feed below for more details)

However, the town and the surrounding countryside have plenty of other attractions for visitors, and the popularity of Jumilla wines is leading more and more people to discover other facets of the tenth largest municipality in Spain.

Jumilla Tourist Office

These include the spectacular countryside and birdlife in the Sierra del Carche, the historic remains which range from cave paintings and a Roman mausoleum to the castle, the Iglesia de Santiago, the Town Hall and the Teatro Vico, and the gastronomy: rich stews are accompanied not only by the wines of the area but also by Jumilla pears, which also enjoy Denomination of Origin status.

Tourism in Jumilla is not as seasonal as it is in the coastal areas of the Region of Murcia, but the town is at its liveliest during the fiestas in Holy Week and the August Fair, which incorporates the grape harvest celebrations and the Moors and Christians parades.

The Altiplano of the Region of Murcia, which consists of the municipalities of Jumilla and Yecla, is only just over an hour by car from the Mar Menor, Cartagena, Mazarrón, Torrevieja and Alicante, and anyone wishing to visit real inland Spain and world-class wineries is advised to include Jumilla in their schedule.