"Subsidy Transparency UP"... Yangju City Holds Local Subsidy Capacity Building Training

Gyeonggi Yangju City (Mayor Kang Su-hyun) announced on the 2nd that it conducted the ‘2025 Local Subsidy Capacity Building Training’ on the 1st at the ‘Gyeonggi Textile Comprehensive Support Center’ for over 150 local subsidy officials and subsidy project operators.

Yangju City conducted the "2025 Local Subsidy Capacity Building Training" on the 1st at the "Gyeonggi Textile Comprehensive Support Center" for over 150 local subsidy officials and subsidy project operators. Photo by Yangju City

Local subsidies are funds provided by local governments to support projects carried out by corporations, organizations, individuals, etc., in accordance with laws or ordinances, making systematic management and transparent execution essential.

To enhance the transparency and accountability of local subsidy projects, Yangju City invited Choi Ki-woong, Director of Budget and Accounting Practice at the Seoul Institute, who was selected as a ‘Master of Local Administration’ in the budget and accounting field in 2014, as a one-day lecturer.

On this day, Director Choi conducted training on ▲the basic concepts of local subsidies, ▲how to use the Botaem-e system, ▲precautions for subsidy execution, and ▲procedures for settlement work processing.

In particular, this training was divided into two parts and tailored by separating the trainees. In the training for public officials, the role and responsibility of local subsidy supervisors were emphasized, and cases to enhance budget operation transparency were shared.

Additionally, in the training for private subsidy project operators, the use of Botaem-e was explained along with highlighting common mistakes made during subsidy execution, receiving great responses.

A Yangju City official stated, “Since local subsidies are operated with citizens’ taxes, they must be executed more carefully and responsibly,” adding, “We will strengthen education and inspections so that both public officials and subsidy project operators can fully understand the operating principles and realize trusted administration.”