The U.S.-Singapore Third Country Training Program (TCTP) is a partnership between the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the U.S. Department of State which jointly conducts capacity building course for Southeast Asian countries, in particular those in the Mekong region. TCTP supports ASEAN community-building efforts through its workshops and training seminars in developmental focused areas.
TCTP courses train participants on topics pertaining to connectivity, sustainable development, and regional resilience, with courses in Cybersecurity, WTO Trade Facilitation, Cybercrime, Disease Outbreak, Biological Threats, Smart Cities, and Intellectual Property Rights, among many others.
TCTP also conducts training on economic growth in a post-pandemic international environment. These courses are premised upon sustainable and resilience principles to address ASEAN challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, public health, and equity. This provides a valuable opportunity to engage the expertise and resources of U.S. government agencies, academia, and private sector partners to strengthen cooperation within MUSP.
Singapore and the United States draw on complementary expertise and experience to develop innovative capacity building programs that meet the priority needs of ASEAN member countries. Through their efforts, TCTP is coordinated, administered, and funded by the Department of State and the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The U.S. and Singaporean governments jointly design and implement the week-long training courses, which feature technical experts and trainers from both countries.
March 10–14, 2025
The U.S.-Singapore Third Country Training Program (TCTP) will host a Cybersecurity workshop with in-person training sessions from March 10 to 14, 2025, in Singapore. This course aims to be a complementary effort to the existing ASEAN initiatives and to provide a platform for sharing best practices nationally, regionally, and internationally on cybersecurity.
February 24–28, 2025
The U.S.-Singapore Third Country Training Program (TCTP) will host a Green Buildings: Sustainable Datacenters and AI workshop with in-person training sessions from February 24 to 28, 2025, in Singapore. The course aims to analyze AI in public policy and development, and data privacy and security considerations. It will also include a focus on the application…
December 2–6, 2024
The U.S.-Singapore Third Country Training Program (TCTP) will host a Molecular Epidemiology workshop with in-person training sessions from December 2 to 6, 2024, in Singapore. The course seeks to equip participants working in the tuberculosis field with a comprehensive understanding of next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies, in particular whole genome sequencing (WGS), and targeted NGS…
November 11–15, 2024
The U.S.-Singapore Third Country Training Program (TCTP) will host a Digital Economy workshop with in-person training sessions from November 11 to 15, 2024, in Singapore. The course aims to strengthen Southeast Asian government officials’ understanding of the regulatory landscape for the digital economy at both the regional and global levels. This will enable the region…
The United States and Singapore co-hosted the 2020 Third Country Training Program (TCTP) Cybersecurity Workshop as a series of virtual events on October 26 and 27 and November 2 and 3. This cybersecurity course was fully subscribed with 30 participants from all ASEAN countries as well as Timor-Leste and the ASEAN Secretariat. It covered a broad range of cyber policy topics including the importance of whole-of-government cyber coordination, frameworks and best practices for a risk-based approach to cybersecurity, and the framework of responsible state behavior in cyberspace. The participants identified key themes and lessons to bring back to their home countries for implementation, including raising public awareness on cybersecurity, strengthening network defenses against cybersecurity threats, and creating public-private partnerships to effectively respond to and manage cyber incidents.
Mekong - U.S. Partnership
