Country teams from Cambodia, Indonesia, Mongolia, Philippines and Vietnam, each comprising of one mayor/deputy mayor and four team members, are attending the inaugural "Leadership in Local Government: Decision, Action, Results (DARE)" programme, which is conducted from 28 June to 8 July 2010 at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP). This programme is organised under the auspices of the Singapore-World Bank Institute-Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Joint Training programme, and co-sponsored by the Singapore Cooperation Programme of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Singapore (MFA) and World Bank Institute (WBI).
The opening ceremony for the programme on 28 June 2010 was co-officiated by LKYSPP Dean Kishore Mahbubani, Director of MFA's Technical Cooperation Directorate Mr Koh Tin Fook, and Manager of WBI's Governance Practice Mr Ed Campos. In his welcome remarks, Dean Kishore Mahbubani said that he was very pleased with the programme that had been put together by the partners. He spoke about the prevalence of development pessimism in the international community, and stressed that LKYSPP did not agree with such a view as they believe that our efforts in capacity building would benefit developing countries if they adopt the principles of good leadership – Meritocracy, Pragmatism and Honesty.
As part of his welcome remarks, Mr Koh Tin Fook commended the WBI and LKYSPP on their thoughtful initiative, commitment and collaboration in bringing the programme to fruition. He also noted the participants' commitment, which was clearly evident from their excellent project proposals submitted for consideration as part of their country applications for participation in the programme. Mr Ed Campos added that the uniqueness of this DARE programme would be the follow-up actions which WBI would work with the country teams to convert the submitted project proposals into concrete action plans. He said that WBI had a lot of research and data at their disposal, and that this workshop would allow them to put the research and data to good practical use.
During the two-week programme, experts from both LKYSPP and WBI will share their knowledge on results-oriented leadership, urban governance and development project management with the participants. Participants will also get the opportunity to participate in the World Cities Summit, which is taking place in Singapore from 28 to 30 June 2010.
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Mr Koh Tin Fook, Director, Technical Cooperation Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, giving his welcome remarks.
The “Leadership in Local Government: Decision, Action, Results” programme is conducted from 28 June to 8 July 2010 at the LKYSPP.
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