Singapore International Foundation
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| Non-For-Profit | |
| Industry | volunteer, culture, arts |
| Founded |
Singapore, (August 1, 1991) |
| Headquarters | 60A Orchard Road #04-01 Tower 1 The Atrium@Orchard International Involvement Hub Singapore 238890 |
| Website | www.sif.org.sg |
The Singapore International Foundation (SIF) (Abbreviation: SIF; Chinese: 新加坡国际基金会; Malay: Yayasan Antarabangsa Singapura) is a not-for-profit organisation established on August 1, 1991.
Arts and culture can aid sustainable development, particularly in fostering inclusive societies and promoting sustainable urban living.
The Arts for Good initiative enables collaborations between Singaporean artists and their international counterparts to promote awareness of social issues and share best practices, as well as galvanise greater community involvement to effect positive change.
Fifty Asian youths of eight nationalities – Burmese, Chinese, Indian, Indonesian, Filipino, Malaysian, Singaporean and Thai – participated in the Singapore International Foundation’s inaugural Friendship Express programme for bridging communities from 11 to 23 June 2012.
The Young Social Entrepreneurs Programme is designed to help participants learn the fundamentals of starting a social enterprise. During the programme, participants work on refining business plans while becoming exposed to numerous social enterprises via specially arranged field trips. The programme encourages participants to share knowledge & experience in the areas of business plan development, enterprise structure, social impact assessment and fund-raising.
The Young Business Ambassadors (YBA) Programme was first mooted at the second meeting of the Singapore-Australia Joint Ministerial Committee in Singapore on 22 February 1999.
Apart from creating opportunities for young professionals to interact, network and share vocational experiences, the programme started with the aim of promoting strategic trade and investment opportunities between Singapore, China and Australia.
The Singapore-Australia YBA Programme was inaugurated in March 2000 with Australian partner Asialink Centre. As SIF’s first YBA programme, the new initiative was endorsed by private and public sectors in Singapore and Australia.
The Singapore-Chinese YBA programme was inaugurated in 2004, when a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between SIF, the Shanghai Municipal Office for the Introduction of Foreign Experts and the Shanghai People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries. The first batch of 23 Singapore-China YBAs started their 10-week stint in both countries in June 2004.
SIF promotes people-to-people links between Singaporeans and the world. We give our friends a better understanding of who we are, what we believe in and how we live through visits, exchanges, and cultural diplomacy programmes, such as the SIF Distinguished Visitors Programme, the Eminent Southeast Asians Programme, Temasek Programme, and the Singapore Encore series.
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