The Global Citizens initiative aims to broaden the awareness of international issues amongst professionals, youth and the public, and help shape actions in response.

As the world becomes ever more interconnected, the need for citizens to be globally-minded becomes increasingly important. Situated at the crossroads of the East, the SIIA believes it is vital for Singapore to build a new generation of ‘global citizens’. SIIA’s Global Citizens Initiative focuses on key global issues such as ASEAN, US-Asia, governance and human rights to raise awareness and develop an active citizenry. By reaching out to the wider public, the SIIA hopes to provide a platform for Singaporeans to engage with the world around them.

The SIIA has also launched a youth outreach programme, to encourage the next generation to “think globally”. By exposing students to international experts and decision makers from the public and private sector, the SIIA hopes to engage young thinkers current issues and create a platform for them to share their own views.

The Environment and Resources Programme aims to help address the sustainability challenges facing Singapore as a small, resource dependent country and the ASEAN region as a whole.

With rapid exponential growth in Asia, there is increasing competition for limited resources and huge strains on the environment. In partnership with various stakeholders, the SIIA conducts research and carries out events that focus on the environmental challenges facing ASEAN and the solutions needed to tackle these problems.

The SIIA is working to raise the level of awareness of clean air and climate change in Singapore and the region in particular. In order to do this the SIIA has formed the Clean City Air Coalition (CCAC) to bring like minded corporations and organisations together to collaborate and raise awareness of the importance of clean air in Singapore and in cities abroad.

The SIIA holds a series of business-insights talks which provide a platform for key business and opinion leaders to share their perspectives on current and emerging challenges facing Singapore, Asia and the World.

SIIA is an active member of the ASEAN-ISIS (Institutes of Strategic and International Studies) network of think tanks from ASEAN countries. Together with its ASEAN-ISIS partners, SIIA co-convenes various regional / international conferences and Track II dialogue to contribute to debates and discussions about policy issues and provide inputs and ideas into the policy development process.

Every year, we participate actively in the Asia-Pacific Roundtable hosted by our partner, the Malaysian ISIS in Kuala Lumpur.

There is also the annual ASEAN-ISIS Colloquium on Human Rights (AICOHR) held in Manila, hosted by ISDS of Philippines.

In addition to some of these regular AI conferences and dialogues, SIIA also co-organises conferences with many other different foundations and institutions. SIIA’s Council members and researchers also participate actively in various regional and international conferences, presenting research papers and debating ideas and issues.