Kong Moo-heon (second from right), director of the Nepal office of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), Swiss Ambassador to Nepal Danielle Meuwly (fourth from right) and Joint Secretary Jib Lal Bhusal (right) of the Nepalese Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security on Nov. 8 take a group photo at ministry's conference room in Kathmandu, Nepal, at the signing ceremony of a trilateral memorandum of understanding among KOICA, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, and the Nepalese ministry to help Nepalese resettle in their home country after working abroad. (KOICA)
By Yoo Yeon Gyeong
The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) will help Nepalese resettle in their homeland after working abroad.
KOICA on Nov. 11 said it signed a tripartite memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Nov. 8 on this with the Nepalese Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security and Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation at the ministry's conference room in Kathmandu.
Under the MOU, KOICA will jointly develop with the other two parties content such as information on jobs, startups and finance so that Nepalese can resettle in their home country after working abroad. An integrative system will support the workers throughout the process from before and after going overseas.
The Nepalese Department of Foreign Employment said most of its nationals who go abroad for work are of working age between 18 and 44. Though young enough to pursue economic activity, they seek employment abroad again after returning to Nepal due to lack of jobs and employment support in their country.
To resolve this issue, KOICA in 2022 launched the project Korea Returnee Migrants in Nepal (K-HaMi), which supports training in employment and startups for Nepalese civil servants, education for workers on jobs and startups, and startup loans for entrepreneurs who complete related education. The MOU was signed as part of K-HaMi.
Kong Moo-heon, director of KOICA's Nepal office, said, "Through this agreement, KOICA will do its best to cooperate with Nepal and Switzerland to ensure that Nepalese who return home after working abroad can stably resettle in Nepal."
