SINGAPORE ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE Workplan and Launch

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Singapore Environment Institute
A Division of the National Environment
Agency The Ministry of Environment Republic of
Singapore
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ABOUT US

• SINGAPORE ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE
• Set up as the Centre for Environmental Training
  (CET) in January 1993
• an internal training arm of the Singapore
  Ministry of the Environment (ENV)
• SEI became a training division of the National
  Environment Agency (NEA) in July 2002
• help to fulfill NEAs mission by providing
  quality environmental training so that

• NEA achieves operational effectiveness
• NEA contributes to global sustainable development
  efforts

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OUR MISSION

• MISSION
• To provide
• quality environmental training to
• enhance the competency of NEA staff, workforce
  and the industries
• promote knowledge transfer between worldwide
  partners

• by
• Building Partnerships
• Consulting with the 3Ps (People, Private, Public)
• Development of well-accredited training
  programmes
• Leveraging on technology
• Development of internal competency in the design
  of curricula

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OUR VISION

• positioning as
• A Centre of Excellence
• provides quality environmental programmes
• addresses the training needs of the
  workforce/local industries and NEA depts
• An Integrator
• harnesses the competencies of partners to roll
  out quality programmes
• A Regional Centre
• promotes an exchange of ideas and experiences
  though partnership with other agencies

• VISION
• SEI to be
• an institute of choice
• for environmental training and
• technology transfer

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Key Training Competencies

• Pollution Management
• Air, Water, Noise and Land
• Industrial and Hazardous Waste
• Sampling Monitoring of Airborne Contaminants
• Vehicular Emission
• Indoor Air Quality
• Maintenance of Clean River
• Environmental Public Health Management
• Food Hygiene
• Food Control
• Vector Control
• Environmental Control Officers Programme

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Key Training Competencies

• Solid Waste Management
• Resource Conservation
• Waste Management
• Urban Environmental Management
• Urban Environmental Land Use Planning
• Environmental Protection
• Environmental Education

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Singapore Green Plan 2012
Singapore will continue to support the
capacity-building efforts of fellow developing
countries in the area of human resource
development even as we learn from other
countries best practices in sustaining a quality
living environment. Mr Lim Swee Say Minister
for the Environment Republic of Singapore
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Sharing with Other Developing Countries
Under the aegis of the Singapore Co-operation
Programme, regular training courses are conducted
on a range of environmental topics for
participants from fellow developing counties.
Joint / Third Country Training Programme
Training assistance is provided in collaboration
with a partner country or an international
organisation
Bilateral Training Assistance Programme
Training assistance is offered directly to a
developing country by Singapore
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Bilateral Training Programme

• Singapore Technical Assistance Programme for
  Sustainable Development (STAPSD)
• Launched in 1997
• More than 330 officials from
• over 65 developing countries
• attended courses under this
• Programme

• Small Island Developing States Technical
  Co-operation Programme (SIDSTEC)
• Launched in 1999
• Sets to provide training
• opportunities to 300 government
• officials from small-island
• developing states over five years

Cover subjects like environmental management,
water and wastewater engineering, environmental
technology and urban transport planning and
design
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Joint Training Programme
Third Country Training Programme

• Programme topics included solid waste and
  wastewater management, pollution control and
  marine environmental management.
• Some 500 environment officers from more than 20
  Asia Pacific countries have benefited from these
  regional programmes

• Co-operation Partners include
• Australia
• Canada
• Denmark
• Japan
• Korea
• Norway
• The World Bank
• The Asian Development Bank
• United Nations Organisations

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Training Grants Award under theSingapore
Co-operation Plan
Joint / Third Country Training
Programme
Bilateral Training Assistant Programme

• Singapore Government
• Training Fees
• Daily Allowance for duration of training
• Accommodation
• Partner Organisation
• Airfare

• Singapore Government
• Training Fees
• Daily Allowance for duration of training
• Accommodation
• Recipient Government
• Airfare

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OUR TRAINING PROGRAMMES
INTERNATIONAL

• Urban Environment Management
• Pollution Control Management and Urban Air
  Quality
• Environmental Protection and Health Management
• Industrial and Hazardous Waste Management
• Control and Management of Vehicular Emission
• Solid Waste Management
• Air Pollution Management
• Water Pollution Management
• Noise Pollution Management
• Vector Control Management
• Resource Conservation
• Sustainable Development and Environmental
  Management
• Environmental Sustainability Clean Air, Water
  Land
• Environmental Sustainability Towards a Clean
  City
• Multi-Agency Approach to a Successful Environment
  Education

NEW
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ANDENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME1 12 Dec 2003FOR THE
SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES 
WSSD Type II Initatives

• PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES
• To present an overview of Singapores Sustainable
  Development and Environmental Management Policies
• To discuss and share the various Strategies
  adopted in Singapore in Pollution Control, Solid
  Waste and Wastewater Management, Energy
  Conservation and Parks and Nature Reserve
  Management

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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ANDENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT PROGRAMMEFOR THE SMALL ISLAND
DEVELOPING STATES 
WSSD Type II Initatives
Environmental Protection and Management
Policies Environmental Considerations in Land Use
Planning Solid Waste Management
Recycling Wastewater Management Freshwater
Resources Management Air and Water Pollution
Sources and Control Strategy Ambient Air Quality
and Monitoring Emerging Health Concerns in the
Built Environment Energy Conservation/Efficiency
Audit Environmental Education Park Planning,
Design Development Management of Parks and
Nature Areas and Nature Conservation Field Trips
to Incineration Plant, Offshore Landfill,
Singapore River, Water Reclamation Plant,
Air Monitoring Station and Parks Nature
Areas Case Studies and Group Projects
SYNOPSIS
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We Train Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow
Visit our website to find out more about our
programmes at http//www.nea.gov.sg/sei
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Thank You !
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SOME POINTERS IN THE NEXT FEW PAGES
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THE SINGAPORE GREEN PLAN 2012

• Launched on August 2003 by Mr Lim Swee Say,
  Minister for the Environment
• A national blueprint towards environmental
  sustainability for the nect decade.
• SGP 2012 marks a new milestone in Singapores
  journey towards sustainable development.
• SGP 2012 builds on the 1ST Green Plan 10 years
  ago to set forth Singapores challenges of
  sustaining a quality environment while pursuing
  economic progress
• To cultivate a nation of people committed to
  caring for the environment, thereby to create a
  Singapore that our future generations can be
  proud of

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THE SINGAPORE GREEN PLAN 2012

• Vision Towards an enduring Singapore
• Means Wise and judicious stewardship of
  resources. Intelligent innovation. Strategic
  partnerships. An optimal balance between Man and
  nature.
• Goal To prevail over our limitations. To build
  a Singapore that will give its people the best
  living environment, one that will endure for
  generations to come
• SGP 2012 aims to ensure Singapores
  sustainability through a comprehensive set of
  measures covering all aspects of the environment,
  from the management of waste to the monitoring of
  air and water quality to the protection of public
  health. Also aims to complement government-led
  programmes with the building of a nation
  committed to caring for the environment, at home,
  at work, and at play.

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OUR PROGRAMMES
INTERNATIONAL

• Singapore Australia TCTP on Waste Water
  Management
• Singapore Canada TCTP Workshop on Solid Waste
  Management
• Singapore - Denmark TCTP on Industrial and
  Hazardous Waste Management
• JSPP 21 on Urban Environmental Management
• Singapore Korea TCTP on Environmental
  Management
• Singapore Norway TCTP on Urban Environmental
  Management
• Singapore ADB Cooperation Programme on Solid
  Waste Management
• Singapore World Bank Urban Industrial
  Environmental Management
• Singapore UNDP (TCDC) on Pollution Control
  Management and Urban Air Quality