Four years ago, Malaysia’s Social Security Organization (SOSCO/PERKESO) launched the country’s first Return to Work Program. Since then, Malaysia has made monumental strides in improving disability management knowledge and practices in the region. Now, SOSCO is taking another step in solidifying its leadership role in disability management among Asian nations by hosting the International Forum on Disability Management in Kuala Lumpur in 2016.
Stay tuned for more on emerging themes for the Forum and the launch of a new website. In the meantime, the IDMSC Communique caught up with the Head of Operations, Edmund Cheong of SOSCO’s Return to Work Section; he had this to say about the IFDM in 2016. IFDM 2016