Aspire Academy signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (KSOC) to effectively develop bilateral co-operation for the advancement of sports science and to ensure the improvement of mass sports and high-performance sports in both countries. 
The agreement was signed by Aspire Academy Director General Ivan Bravo and Kee Heung Lee, president of the Korean Sports & Olympic Committee and an IOC Member. 
The MoU aims to have the two parties co-operate on providing mutual support for training and education of high performance and youth athletes. Make training facilities available for exchange and performance improvement and exchange sports medicine and sports science related research and share details after consultation.  
Speaking after the signing, KSOC President, Kee Heung Lee started by thanking Aspire for the kind welcome he and his delegation had been accorded. “I have heard a lot about Aspire Academy from Korea Swimming Federation President and upon visiting Aspire I have found an outstanding and impressive place where sport and education are thriving as young people are being developed. I think there are lots of things that KSOC can assist Aspire Academy with in areas like education and sport science. We believe we can explore opportunities of holding and running training camps and other exchanges between our athletes involving Jincheon National Training Center, in Korea. It is one of the largest National Sports Training Centers in the world and covers more than 37 Olympics sports. We look forward to useful collaboration with Aspire Academy,” he said.