The Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs funded a training course on Developing Digital Government Strategies for 21 Lao government officials from 5 to 9 September.

The course, which was held at the Lao-Singapore Training Centre, was conducted by Mr Ashok Kumar Seetharaman and Mr Tan Peng Wei of the Singapore Government Leadership Centre.

 Through a combination of lectures, discussions and case study exercises, the objective of the course was to help participants understand the role of information technology and digital strategies in government processes and systems, and how such technologies can be implemented to simplify processes and improve the delivery of services.

 The course was conducted pursuant to the Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI). Under the IAI, Singapore conducts 25 to 30 courses per year at the Lao-Singapore Training Centre, focusing on areas of public governance, finance, urban management, hospitality and tourism, civil aviation, as well as IT skills and the English Language. About 600 Lao officials are trained each year and more than 12,000 Lao government officials have benefited from the Ministry’s various training programmes under the Singapore Cooperation Programme since 1993.

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