Singapore
katharina
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28 Oct 2011
The Singapore Cooperation Programme (SCP) is Singapore’s umbrella technical assistance programme to developing countries. In 1999, the Small Island Developing States Technical Cooperation Programme (SIDSTEC) was set up under the SCP as part of Singapore’s efforts towards assisting Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to achieve sustainable development. Through close collaborations with development partners and recipient countries, it aims to foster mutual learning, cooperation and friendship...
Beth
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02 Aug 2011
Jeddah 30 July 2011 - Construction Products Holding Company (CPC) sponsored the participation of three female students from Dar Al-Hekma College, Jeddah, in the five-day Global Leadership Conference 2011 held recently in Singapore.
The conference was in preparation for the Earth Summit to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2012, which will be attended by representatives from 20 countries.
"The conference was a good opportunity for today's generation of students to acquire...
Beth
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28 Jul 2011
Along with the Commission on Biological Diversity and the Global Partnership of Cities and Biodiversity, Singapore led the development of a City Biodiversity Index (CBI) to try to measure urban efforts towards biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. In 2010, Singapore also submitted its Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity.
Despite Singapore’s highly urban setting, it has a wide range of terrestrial ecosystems including mangroves, coastal...
Beth
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28 Jul 2011
The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) coordinates tourism policy, aiming to expand traditional sectors such as business and leisure tourism while also pursuing hospital and education tourism. The STB is currently drafting a ten year Tourism Master Plan.
The tourism industry is a major source of foreign earnings, but in Singapore the control of dengue and chikungunya poses a challenge. As a business/tourism hub in an endemic region for many such diseases, it could be vulnerable to the introduction...
Beth
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28 Jul 2011
Energy is recognized by the Government of Singapore as a priority, and its has set up the Energy Efficiency Programme Office (E2PO) to pursue energy efficiency policies. The National Energy Policy Report (NEPR), published in 2007, articulates Singapore’s energy policy framework.
Singapore is considered a developing country by the UNFCCC, and therefore is granted special consideration in recognition of the difficulties of switching to alternative energy sources. Due to its lack of land...
