ABOUT THE INSTITUTE FOR GOVERNANCE AND LEADERSHIP

The mission of the Institute for Governance and Leadership (IGL) is to improve governance in Asia by educating the next generation of Asian leaders in public service and beyond. IGL is dedicated to delivering senior leadership development initiatives in public policy and governance. This will be complemented by futures education and case writing. Through its programmes and activities, IGL will adopt a more practitioner-oriented approach and enhance the School’s current efforts to foster dialogue and collaboration between academics and practitioners.

The setting up of this Institute reflects the School’s commitment to invest in building leadership capacity in good governance in Asia. This is an exciting endeavour given Asia’s rising prominence.

-Ong Toon Hui, Vice Dean and Executive Director, Institute for Governance and Leadership

Institute for Governance and Leadership’s key roles are:

Singapore Futures

A pluralistic approach to understanding the future. The Singapore Futures Programme aims to mobilise people across sectors and regions with futures methods, research and programmes to create a world with visionary governments, resilient organisations and innovative leaders.

As the first university-based programme with specialist expertise in futures thinking and scenario planning applied to the public sector and public policy, the Programme adopts a combination of teaching, research and community engagement to expand strategic foresight capability development and outreach in Singapore and beyond.

Gather insights into Singapore’s brand of governance in this five-six week executive programme. The Senior Fellowship in Public Service Programme is tailored to senior-level leaders in public, private and non-profit sectors. Against the backdrop of Asia, the programme developed and taught by academicians and practitioners, will explore key issues of the decade and significant trends as well as critical insights into the opportunities and challenges that follow. Participants will be known as Lee Kuan Yew School Senior Fellows. They will be able to network with talented leaders and high profile individuals, building priceless professional and personal connections that last a lifetime.

Learn more about the SFPS programme 

 


The "Strengthening Indonesian Regional Leaders Programme" aims to develop and strengthen leadership, governance, and public management capabilities of Indonesian local government officials at regency and municipality levels. The programme welcomes Mayors (Walikota) and Regents (Bupati) from some of the main islands in Indonesia such as Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan and Sulawesi. 

The programme comprises two components, one held in Singapore and the other in Indonesia. In Singapore, the Mayors and Regents will learn about sustainable development, and the transformation of the island nation along with participation in fireside chats with some of Singapore’s most prominent figures in Public Service. This executive programme is in collaboration with the National Resilience Institute of the Republic of Indonesia (Lembaga Ketahanan Nasional Republik Indonesia – Lemhannas RI) and the Purnomo Yusgiantoro Centre, Indonesia. 

From Singapore’s last kampong and Shanghai’s waste sorting system to the challenges of blockchain technology and big data, the Case Insights Unit (CIU) produces case studies that cover a wide range of issues in public policy, administration and management with an Asian focus. Our case studies typically focus on a central tension stemming from multiple interests and perspectives encountered by real-world policymakers and use public policy frameworks to analyse present-day problems. 

Our repository of over a hundred case studies can be found in the LKYSPP Case Study Library. These are used in classroom teaching for degree and executive education programmes at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. They are also freely accessible to the public. We organise an annual Case Writing Competition for our students and the top submissions are added to the Case Study Library. 

Learn more about the Case Insights Unit
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Institute for Governance and Leadership Oei Tiong Ham Building 469C Bukit Timah Road Singapore 259772