Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09SINGAPORE765
2009-08-14 07:21:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Singapore
Cable title:
SINGAPORE TO PROVIDE GOOD GOVERNANCE TRAINING TO
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C O N F I D E N T I A L SINGAPORE 000765
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
EAP/MTS - M. COPPOLA,
S/SRAP - K. HANRAHAN,
SCA/A - A. VIEHE,
EUR/RPM - A. COPE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/14/2019
TAGS: PREL EAID PGOV PHUM MOPS SL AF SN
SUBJECT: SINGAPORE TO PROVIDE GOOD GOVERNANCE TRAINING TO
SRI LANKA
REF: A. SINGAPORE 473
B. SINGAPORE 523
C. SINGAPORE 687
Classified By: EP Counselor Joel Ehrendreich for Reason 1.4 (b).
C O N F I D E N T I A L SINGAPORE 000765
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
EAP/MTS - M. COPPOLA,
S/SRAP - K. HANRAHAN,
SCA/A - A. VIEHE,
EUR/RPM - A. COPE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/14/2019
TAGS: PREL EAID PGOV PHUM MOPS SL AF SN
SUBJECT: SINGAPORE TO PROVIDE GOOD GOVERNANCE TRAINING TO
SRI LANKA
REF: A. SINGAPORE 473
B. SINGAPORE 523
C. SINGAPORE 687
Classified By: EP Counselor Joel Ehrendreich for Reason 1.4 (b).
1. (C) Singapore will host twenty-five (all Under-Secretary
level) Sri-Lankan officials from several ministries for two
weeks of good-governance and leadership training beginning
October 25, MFA South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa Director S.
Premjith told EP Counselor in an August 13 meeting. Premjith
said that Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa inquired
about the possibility of such training this past Spring, even
before the decisive end to his country's civil war. The
high-level training coincides with an uptick in Singapore-Sri
Lanka relations, which includes a modest donation Singapore
gave in support of UNICEF activities in post-war Sri-Lanka
(Ref A).
2. (C) Comment: Despite its first-world economy, Singapore is
notoriously stingy with development assistance (Ref B).
However, the government has taken steps in recent years to
expand its training and development programs for countries
with which it has a political or economic interest.
Singapore has a robust good-governance and infrastructure
development training program specifically set-up for Afghan
officials (Ref C). In 2008, thirty-three African countries
sent separate delegations to participate in good-governance
programs in Singapore. Premjith and other MFA contacts have
signaled a willingness to collaborate with the United States
on such training - to include for places such as Afghanistan.
Given Singapore's undeniable record of good governance and
its willingness to provide such training to foreign
officials, Post believes the opportunity exists to explore
possible cooperation in the future.
Visit Embassy Singapore's Classified website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eap/singapore/ind ex.cfm
SHIELDS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
EAP/MTS - M. COPPOLA,
S/SRAP - K. HANRAHAN,
SCA/A - A. VIEHE,
EUR/RPM - A. COPE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/14/2019
TAGS: PREL EAID PGOV PHUM MOPS SL AF SN
SUBJECT: SINGAPORE TO PROVIDE GOOD GOVERNANCE TRAINING TO
SRI LANKA
REF: A. SINGAPORE 473
B. SINGAPORE 523
C. SINGAPORE 687
Classified By: EP Counselor Joel Ehrendreich for Reason 1.4 (b).
1. (C) Singapore will host twenty-five (all Under-Secretary
level) Sri-Lankan officials from several ministries for two
weeks of good-governance and leadership training beginning
October 25, MFA South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa Director S.
Premjith told EP Counselor in an August 13 meeting. Premjith
said that Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa inquired
about the possibility of such training this past Spring, even
before the decisive end to his country's civil war. The
high-level training coincides with an uptick in Singapore-Sri
Lanka relations, which includes a modest donation Singapore
gave in support of UNICEF activities in post-war Sri-Lanka
(Ref A).
2. (C) Comment: Despite its first-world economy, Singapore is
notoriously stingy with development assistance (Ref B).
However, the government has taken steps in recent years to
expand its training and development programs for countries
with which it has a political or economic interest.
Singapore has a robust good-governance and infrastructure
development training program specifically set-up for Afghan
officials (Ref C). In 2008, thirty-three African countries
sent separate delegations to participate in good-governance
programs in Singapore. Premjith and other MFA contacts have
signaled a willingness to collaborate with the United States
on such training - to include for places such as Afghanistan.
Given Singapore's undeniable record of good governance and
its willingness to provide such training to foreign
officials, Post believes the opportunity exists to explore
possible cooperation in the future.
Visit Embassy Singapore's Classified website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eap/singapore/ind ex.cfm
SHIELDS