Korea Employment Agency for Persons with Disabilities signs MOU to boost research, cooperation on disability employment

The Employment Development Institute of the Korea Employment Agency for Persons with Disabilities signed an MOU Monday with the Korea Association of Vocational Rehabilitation Facilities for the Disabled at the association's office in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, to strengthen cooperation and advance employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

The agreement aims to leverage the expertise and resources of both organizations, strengthening the link between research and on-the-ground practice to better reflect field needs in future studies and collaborative initiatives.

Under the MOU, the two organizations will pursue five areas of cooperation: exchanging information on policies, systems, research and field trends related to disability employment; jointly hosting and operating events such as forums, seminars and consultative meetings; identifying investigation, research and education projects that reflect field demand; cooperating on training and human resource exchanges to build the capacity of experts and frontline workers; and sharing research and educational materials and field best practices, and disseminating research findings to practitioners.

Lee Dong-young, director of the Employment Development Institute, said the agreement "lays the groundwork for strengthening cooperation between research and the field on employment for people with disabilities."