Bilateral Technical Assistance Programmes

To date, Singapore has Third Country Training Programmes (TCTPs) with 16 countries and 19 international organisations. Through these programmes, the experience, expertise and resources of two partners are combined to provide training programmes for the benefit of a larger number of developing countries.

Partner Countries

1. Australia
2. Canada
3. Denmark
4. European Commission
5. France
6. Germany
7. India
8. Japan
9. Luxembourg
10. New Zealand
11. Norway
12. Republic of Korea
13. Sweden
14. Thailand
15. The Holy See
16. United Kingdom

International Organisations

1. Asian Development Bank (ADB)
2. Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
3. Colombo Plan Secretariat
4. Commonwealth Secretariat
5. Commonwealth of Learning
6. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
7. Hans Seidel Foundation
8. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
9. International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO)
10. International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
11. International Monetary Fund (IMF)
12. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
13. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
14. UN Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD)
15. US Vietnam Trade Council (USVTC)
16. World Bank
17. World Health Organisation (WHO)
18. World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
19. World Trade Organisation (WTO)

Singapore's joint training programmes extend to a large number of developing countries in the Asia-Pacific, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean. Training is provided in a wide range of fields including port management, civil aviation, telecommunications, productivity, housing and estate management, information technology, environmental management, and English language training.

Some illustrations of our TCTP programmes:

Singapore and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) signed a landmark agreement in September 1997 to establish the IMF-Singapore Regional Training Institute (STI) in Singapore. Then IMF Managing Director Mr. Michel Camdessus and Singapore's Minister for Finance Dr Richard Hu inaugurated the STI, which is the IMF's first regional training institute in Asia, on 4 May 1998. The STI offers training in the formulation and implementation of macroeconomic and financial policies to officials of Asian-Pacific countries. To date, STI has organized over 153 training courses and has received over 4,299 participants.

The World Bank Institute (WBI) and MFA have a partnership to provide technical assistance to developing countries in the Asia Pacific region and beyond. Since 1997, under the Singapore-World Bank TCTP, 20 joint training courses have been conducted for over 533 government officials. The training courses included fields in environmental management, urban development, hospital reform, finance, health care and information technology.

The Japan-Singapore Partnership Programme (JSPP) was established in 1994 to offer joint training courses to participants from the Asia-Pacific region. Singapore and Japan signed the JSPP for the 21st Century (JSPP21) in May 1997 to extend technical assistance from Asia-Pacific to Africa. Under JSPP21, over 1,859 participants had participated in over 111 courses since 1997.

Since 1995, Singapore and Canada have worked closely to provide English Language training to Indochinese countries. To date over 788 officials have received English Language training in Singapore. In November 1998, Singapore and Canada signed a General Agreement of Development Cooperation to extend technical assistance to developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region. The training programmes included fields in banking & finance, food safety and public sector management.

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Last updated on 08 June 2007