Public engagement in Singapore dates back more than three decades and include notable initiatives such as REACH (“reaching everyone for active citizenry @ home), The Next Lap, Singapore 21, Remaking Singapore, Our Singapore Conversation, and engagement with specific communities (e.g., the SGfuture dialogue series, Friends of the Park citizen park engagement launched by the National Parks Board, and the Youth Action Challenge).
Since 2017, the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) has worked with different agencies on citizens’ panels. They include the Citizens’ Jury on the War on Diabetes (2017), Recycle Right Citizens’ Workgroup (2019), and Citizens’ Panel on Work-Life Harmony (2019). Given that the citizens’ panel is significantly different from other citizen engagement initiatives, IPS was commissioned by the Ministry of Culture, Community & Youth (MCCY) to analyse the application of the engagement process in Singapore. Our analysis was guided by three questions: (1) How ready are Singaporeans for citizens’ panels? (2) Do citizens’ panels make a difference, and what difference? (3) Where are the gaps in public service? What should public service do?
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