International Partnerships
SCE also has a dedicated International Partnerships Team to spearhead partnerships with Inter-Governmental Organisations (IGOs) and their developing member countries to provide a convenient single window access to Singapore expertise. These IGOs include the Asian Development Bank, Commonwealth Secretariat, United Nations Development Programme and World Bank Group.
The team also works very closely with local philanthropic organisations, such as the Temasek Foundation (TF), to bring together possible co-financing solutions in providing relevant advisory services and customised training programmes to support knowledge transfer and capacity development for the foreign governments in the developing countries.
The following non-exhaustive list gives an indication of the type of projects that SCE is working on or have completed to-date in partnerships with the IGOs and TF:-
Commonwealth Secretariat
- Third Country Training Programme on achieving competitiveness in the service sector for Commonwealth countries.
- Third Country Training Programme on enhancing SME Competitiveness through technology acquisition for Commonwealth countries.
Temasek Foundation, Singapore
- Bhutan
Establishment of Beacon Schools for the Royal Education Council of Bhutan.
- Cambodia
Capacity building programme on affordable housing and urban management (building and construction) for the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction.
Capacity building programme on public administration and info-comm technology for the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications.
- China
Capacity building programme on the governance of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) infrastructure projects for the Kunming Municipal Government in Yunnan Province.
- India
- Capacity building programme on urban governance management and partnership for the local self-government institutions in Kerala
- Capacity building programme on sewage wastewater planning and Public-Private Partnership (PPP) transactions, development of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) framework and tender document for the Coronation Pillar Water Reuse Project for the Delhi Jal Board.
- Capacity building programme on developing capabilities for alternate sources of water through recycle and reuse of treated wastewater in V Valley and water management for the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board.
- Capacity building programme on urban water management for the Public Health Engineering Department of the Government of Rajasthan.
- Capacity building programme on tourism and hospitality for the Department of Tourism, Government of Rajasthan.
- Capacity building programme on urban and waste water management for the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog).
- Capacity building programme on industrial wastewater recycle and reuse for the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation.
- Capacity building programme on urban management multi-modal transport for Pune Municipal Corporation.
- Indonesia
- Capacity building programme on the governance of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) infrastructure projects for the Ministry of Finance.
- Capacity building programme on urban management (water and waste) for the Ministry of Finance.
- Capacity building programme on urban management and urban planning for the Makassar City Government.
- Capacity building programme on civil service development for the Provincial Government of South Sulawesi.
- Capacity building programme on e-commerce logistics for POS Indonesia.
- Laos
Capacity building programme on public finance modernisation and governance for the Ministry of Finance.
- Malaysia
Capacity building programme on urban transportation (e-mobility), public administration, trade and negotiation for the Ministry of International Trade and Industry.
- Maldives
Capacity building programme on the implementation and management of Goods and Services Tax for the Government of the Republic of Maldives.
- Mongolia
Capacity building programme on the implementation of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) transactions for the Government of Mongolia.
- Myanmar
- Construction of tube-wells to provide safe and drinkable water in the Kawhmu and Kungyangon townships in Yangon.
- Capacity building programme on urban management for the Ministry of Construction.
- Philippines
- Capacity building programme on the implementation of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) transactions for the Government of the Republic of The Philippines.
- Capacity building programme in Public-Private Partnership (PPP) framework for Department of Health for the Republic of Philippines.
- Rwanda
Capacity building programme on human capital growth and human resource management for the Rwanda Development Board.
- Sri Lanka
- Capacity building programme on urban planning and governance for the Ministry of Urban Development, Water Supply and Drainage.
- Capacity building programme in digital tourism for the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau.
- Capacity building programme on export development for the Export Development Board (EDB) of Sri Lanka.
- Vietnam
- Capacity building programme on transportation planning and management for the City of Danang.
- Capacity building programme on Public-Private Partnership (PPP) public administration for the Department of Planning and Investment of the People’s Committee of Danang.
- Capacity building programme on financial frameworks for infrastructure developments for the Ministry of Finance.
The World Bank Group
- Armenia
Study visit on public sector modernisation for the Government of the Republic of Armenia.
- Bangladesh
Study visit on “Ease of Doing Business” and “One-stop Shop” for the government of Bangladesh.
- China
Advisory on the re-packaging of toll road assets for divestment/privatisation for the Chongqing Expressway Group.
- Mexico
Financial advisory for the showcase of 2 Mexican Public-Private Partnership (PPP) port projects during the Mexico-Asia Infrastructure Finance Summit.
- Vietnam
Technical advisory for the development of a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) agreement for the Dau Giay – Phan Thiet Expressway project.