Productivity Headquarters Collaborates with 11 Major Bangladeshi Corporations in Industry-Academia Partnership

Technical Training Also Promoted to Address Domestic Labor Shortage

KPC Korea Productivity Center (Chairman An Wanki, hereinafter KPC) announced on the 27th that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Bangladesh Manpower Employment and Training Authority (BMET) and 11 local major companies to develop industry-specific training courses at vocational training institutes under BMET.

At the signing ceremony held locally in Bangladesh on the 19th, Ahmed Munirus Salehin, Deputy Minister of the Bangladesh Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment (MoEWOE), representatives of 11 local companies leading the Bangladesh automotive industry, electronics industry, garment industry, and mobile phone industry, Saleh Ahmed Mujapo, Director General of BMET, Kim Taeyoung, Head of KOICA Bangladesh Office, and KPC PM Kim Yongsik attended.

This MOU aims to develop and operate industry-customized technical training at vocational training institutes under BMET to provide trainees with quality jobs. In particular, it plans to conduct welding technical training and skill verification that meet international standards, expecting to expand the workforce network for domestic foundational industries and shipyards that are experiencing chronic labor shortages.

KPC plans to contribute to alleviating the domestic industrial workforce shortage by linking domestic industries facing manpower difficulties with Bangladesh vocational training institutes based on its industry-academia cooperation platform.

KPC PM Kim Yongsik said, "Through cooperation between domestic industries and Bangladesh vocational training institutes, we expect to simultaneously achieve the cultivation of skilled workers needed in various domestic industrial fields beyond welding and the promotion of employment for Bangladeshi youth."

Meanwhile, since 2019, KPC has formed a consortium with Korea Polytechnic University and Sangmyung University to carry out the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)'s Official Development Assistance (ODA) project, ‘Bangladesh Technical Education and Youth Employment Enhancement Project.’ Through this project, it supports capacity building of three vocational training centers in key regions of Bangladesh and the cultivation of mid-level skilled workers and youth employment enhancement through industry-customized technical training programs.

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