The Ministry of Labor and Social Development signed on Tuesday eight memoranda of understanding with employment companies and offices aiming to increase cooperation on the employment and training of social security beneficiaries, which took place at the ministry’s HQ in Riyadh. The signing ceremony was led by Dr. Ibrahim Al-Shafiei, deputy minister for social security at MLSD, and recruitment officials. Al-Shafiei said the MoU is in a bid to achieve the objectives of Saudi Vision 2030 through the empowerment of social security recipients in the workforce in order to turn them into productive and independent individuals, as well as providing job and training opportunities them that make them rely on their potentials with developing their skills and investing in them. The partnership with the private sector and the nonprofit sector will offer rehabilitation, employment and training opportunities, Dr. Al-Shafiei added. According to the MoU, the employment agencies would offer job and employment opportunities for the social security recipients of both gender, develop their skills to be in sync with the labor market needs and provide work for those who are able to work under the approved programs.