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Busan Metropolitan City Seeks Institutions to Provide Group Digital Literacy Training for People with Disabilities in 2026

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Busan Metropolitan City Mayor Park Heong-joon announced that the City is openly recruiting, through January 16, institutions to operate the “2026 Group Digital Literacy Training for People with Disabilities” program on a commissioned basis.

The “2026 Group Digital Literacy Training for People with Disabilities” is a support program that provides free, level-based and tailored digital literacy education to people with disabilities, who are a digitally vulnerable group. The program aims to strengthen digital competencies among people with disabilities and ensure their access to information.

This year, a total of four institutions will be selected. Eligible applicants include nonprofit corporations and social welfare corporations established under relevant laws, organizations and groups with equivalent qualifications, and university-affiliated lifelong education centers.

Selected institutions must provide an environment in which at least 10 trainees can participate simultaneously and must have the necessary infrastructure for digital literacy education, including internet and mobile-based training.

Through the public call for proposals, Busan Metropolitan City will review submitted documents and then finalize the selected institutions following evaluation by an assessment committee and deliberation and resolution by the Local Subsidy Management Committee. The selected institutions will receive support for instructor fees and program operating expenses.

Institutions wishing to participate may apply online through the Integrated Management System for National Subsidies (gosims.go.kr).

Busan Metropolitan City provides digital competency training every year for registered persons with disabilities. The program is operated to include training that enhances the ability to use practical, everyday digital services that are essential in daily life, such as using unmanned terminals and kiosks, mobile banking, and more.

This year’s training will be offered over nine months, from April through December, for registered persons with disabilities and their immediate family members. The four institutions selected through this call will recruit trainees through their own promotional activities, and all courses will be provided free of charge.

Each institution will operate at least 720 hours of training per year, and, in accordance with the common guidelines for digital literacy curricula, courses will be structured as follows: ▲Beginner (Internet and Hangul, within 20%) ▲Intermediate (Excel and PowerPoint, at least 10%) ▲Advanced (certification programs, at least 10%). In particular, at least 60% of the overall curriculum will be dedicated to mobile utilization courses.

In addition, to prevent social harm and strengthen digital safety competencies, each course will include education on preventing voice phishing (+smishing) and on protecting personal information.

Citizens who wish to participate in the training can contact the nearest of the four selected institutions for detailed guidance.

Park Keun-lolk, Director General of the Administrative Management Bureau, said, “Busan Metropolitan City continues to develop a wide range of digital literacy education programs that people with disabilities can use in their daily lives, so that they can participate in society on an equal footing as digital citizens. We will continue to actively pursue diverse policies to expand digital access rights and opportunities for social participation for people with disabilities.”

Meanwhile, in 2025, the “Group Digital Literacy Training for People with Disabilities” program aimed to serve 2,047 participants, and 2,615 people actually took part, achieving 127.7% of the target.