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Busan Metropolitan City Audit Committee Holds “Citizen Auditor Capacity-Building Workshop,” Pledging Integrity and Safety in Busan!

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The Busan Metropolitan City Audit Committee (Chairperson: Yoon Hee-won, hereinafter referred to as “the Committee”) announced that it held the “Citizen Auditor Capacity-Building Workshop” yesterday (September 8) at 3:00 p.m. in the International Conference Room of City Hall.

The workshop was attended by approximately 60 participants from six organizations: Busan Metropolitan City, Busan Transportation Corporation, Busan Metropolitan Corporation, Busan Tourism Organization, Busan Infrastructure Corporation, and Busan Environmental Corporation.

This workshop was designed to strengthen the capabilities of citizen auditors, establish citywide partnerships, enhance expertise, and promote exchanges and cooperation.

The program proceeded in the following order: introduction of outstanding reports and recognition of contributors, a special lecture on enhancing citizen auditors’ capacity through audit cases, sharing of exemplary practices by each institution, and a session for listening to opinions and Q&A.

In its quarterly evaluation of reports, the Committee selected citizen auditors who had achieved outstanding results, presented their reporting cases, and awarded them the “Secret Royal Inspector Boogie” in recognition of their contributions to preventing corruption and addressing grievances.

In the capacity-building lecture, Shin Young-il, Standing Auditor of the Gadeokdo New Airport Construction Corporation, introduced audit cases conducted by the Committee that improved citizens’ quality of life, including a targeted audit on the management of public pedestrian facilities (such as decked walkways), a targeted audit on safety management around school commuting routes, and a targeted audit on publicly accessible open spaces of buildings, which received a very positive response.

Subsequently, institutions shared the current status of their citizen auditor operations and outstanding activity cases, and engaged in in-depth discussions on operational measures and diverse ideas to enhance integrity.

The Committee announced its plan to strengthen citizen auditors’ capabilities further, incorporate outstanding reports into next year’s audits, and reinforce inter-institutional exchanges and cooperation among citizen auditors.

Meanwhile, the Busan Metropolitan City Citizen Auditor System was introduced in 1997 to “enhance the transparency and reliability of audit administration.” Since then, it has expanded citizen participation in audit administration by accepting reports on citizens’ inconveniences and local issues. Currently, 40 citizen auditors from the 15th class are active.

Chairperson Yoon Hee-won of the Committee stated, “This year, the Audit Committee is prioritizing safety in advancing audits and integrity policies. I hope citizen auditors, as watchdogs of the community, will continue to play an active role in addressing corruption-prone areas, unreasonable systems and practices, and everyday inconveniences. The Committee will also do its utmost to build a clean and safe Busan.”