NBGs & Strategic partners

Austrian Business Association (ABA) is an association of Austrian companies, businessmen and Austrian citizens as well as friends and supporters of Austrian business in Singapore. ABA is dedicated to promote and support the business of Austrian companies in Singapore and is a registered association with elected committee members. Members will have access to a variety of activities beneficial to the development of their company in the Singapore business environment. Regular meetings give members the opportunity to present their company to the Austrian Business Community providing a communication platform creating and enhancing personal contacts. ABA provides an ideal symbiosis between Austrian business and Austrian culture.

www.aba.sg

BLCC, the Belgium Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce in Singapore, supports Belgian and Luxembourg businesses and professionals in Singapore. Our goal is to expand business opportunities between those parties and to develop business relations with local and regional actors. We focus on exchanging information and best practices on how to do business in South EastAsia and aim to improve Belgian and Luxembourg export opportunities. We also represent the interests of the Belgian and Luxembourg business communities in the city-state (both companies and individuals) and offer a wide range of networking opportunities.

https://blcc.org.sg/

Central and Eastern European Chamber of Commerce – CEEC (Singapore) will assist and promote business, trade, investment, finance, services, industry, economic and commercial interests between CEE and Singapore; as well as to assist Singaporean business interests in the CEE region. CEEC (Singapore) aims to create a platform in Singapore for individuals and companies to connect, network, discuss, develop and strengthen common business ties, interests and opportunities related to CEE, Singapore, and Southeast Asia.

www.ceec.org.sg

The vision of DABS is to be a leading business association in Singapore recognized for its ability to provide value-adding services for its members in close cooperation with the Royal Danish Embassy and other relevant organizations in Singapore. Value-adding service means: To be a relevant speaking partner towards the governments in Singapore and Denmark and other business organizations, aiming to promote and develop the interests of Danish businesses in Singapore. To organize events that provide relevant business in-formation and knowledge to our members in support of their growth and development in Singapore. To strengthen the network of Danes in Singapore through social events such as the Annual Ball, luncheons and joint events with the Danish Seaman’s Church and other Danish networks. Our basic position is that networking with other Danes our members will get a stronger foothold and better opportunities to develop and be successful in the very competitive Singaporean business environment.

www.dabs-singapore.com

DutchCham is a leading and recognised organisation that connects the Dutch Business Community in Singapore. We provide a strong platform for our members to share and showcase their knowledge, skills, values and expertise through a large variety of business and social activities. ​

We strongly believe in our mission to inform, connect and inspire professionals and companies in Singapore with a shared interest in Dutch business. Our members have access to our engaged and active community for both Corporates and Professionals to network and exchange knowledge with peers. We deliver member value through informative and inspiring activities including events, publications, relevant introductions, content, trends and insights to succeed and lead in Singapore.​

www.adb-dutchcham.sg

Established in 1979, the French Chamber of Commerce in Singapore belongs to a worldwide network of 120 French Chambers (CCIFI) in 90 countries with over 33,000 companies. Our mission is to facilitate set-up and accelerate development of French companies in the local market, develop relations between our members and the Singapore business community, and encourage economic, commercial and investment relations between France and Singapore. We represent a dynamic business platform of 740 company members and a total network of 4,400 individuals, offering an extensive range of business services and giving access to people and information.

www.fccsingapore.com

The Irish Chamber of Commerce (Singapore) is a network of business professionals whose aim is to strengthen business connections in Singapore and between Ireland and Singapore. The Chamber has an extensive reach and while there is a select committee focus on four core areas, people representing all sectors in Singapore are members of the Irish Chamber. These sectors include financial services and banking, medical, food, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, information communication technology and construction services.

www.irishchamber.com.sg

The Italian Chamber of Commerce in Singapore (ICCS) is a non-profit association recognised by the Italian Government and is a member of Assocamerestero, the apex body of over 70 Italian Chambers abroad. The Chamber aims to strengthen bilateral relations between Italy and Singapore in coordination with strategic partners from the two countries. ICCS is geared to provide a wide range of business services tailored to the requirements of its members, as well as Italian and Singaporean companies. Thanks to strategic partnerships with Institutions, Chambers of Commerce and Agencies in the ASEAN Region, ICCS is a springboard for business in South-East Asia beyond Singapore. ICCS is present in Singapore and has two branch offices in Milan and Yangon.

www.italchamber.org.sg

Close to 200 Norwegian companies are currently established in Singa- pore. These companies represent one of the highest concentrations of Norwegian business interests in any city in the world outside Norway. The Norwegian Business Association (Singapore) – NBAS was founded in 1993. The main objectives are to provide a forum on an organised and continuing basis where people from the Norwegian business community in Singapore can exchange views and information within the Norwegian business community and other business communities in Singapore and the region.

www.nbas.org.sg

The Singaporean-German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (SGC)is part of a network of 140 offices of the German bilateral Chambers of Industry and Commerce abroad (AHKs) in 92 countries. The AHKs are institutions of German foreign trade promotion.The SGC is one of the largest national Business Chambers in Singapore with a membership of close to 550 representatives from a variety of industries from Germany and Singapore. The SGC is a valuable and well-established networking platform and well connected with authorities in Singapore and Germany. Through its active industry committees SGC gives a voice to businesses. With its distinct service unit and trade fairs arms – DEinternational and Fairs & More respectively – the SGC builds a primary source for receiving reliable information on the German and Singapore business environment as well as bilateral trade relations. DEinternational serves clients in their business needs e.g. searching for business partners, organizing business missions and business trips, finding staff members and providing market analysis. DEinternational has worked in many areas such as Energy Efficiency, Education, Industrie 4.0, Finance, Research and Development and many more. Moreover, the SGC provides services in the public interest of the Federal Republic of Germany.

www.sgc.org.sg

The Spanish-Singaporean Chamber of Commerce (SpanishCham SG) is a non-profit association recognized officially by the Spanish Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism and is a consultative and collaborating body of the Government of Spain. Our main aim is to facilitate, promote and increase bilateral business relationships between Spain and Singapore and strengthen the collaboration among the members, offering a wide range of services to support companies in both markets. The SpanishCham SG has an extensive network of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce all over the world, which gives the opportunity for its members to expand their businesses locally and internationally.

In order to fulfil their objectives, the SpanishCham SG may provide any services among which are the following: to organize events for entrepreneur members to establish trade relations with other members and to find business opportunities; to publish a newsletter and any other publications deemed useful for the members; to give publicity to Spanish products in general in collaboration with the Commercial Office of the Spanish Embassy in Singapore; to assist any companies that wish to be established in Singapore; to provide the necessary economic, commercial or statistical information to assist members in establishing or improving their trade relations in Singapore; to conduct on-demand market-product research with the object of promoting Spanish exports or investments; to inform Spanish exporters of possible importers, distributors or representatives for their products in Singapore; to inform Spanish and Singaporean investors on foreign investment legislation in the respective countries.

www.spanishchamsg.org

The Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Singapore, SwedCham, is a chamber of commerce represent- ing Swedish businesses in Singapore. Our members range from large multinational corporations to SME’s and StartUps. SwedCham is part of Team Sweden, joining the Swedish Embassy and Business Sweden in advocating Swedish business interests towards rel- evant stakeholders. SwedCham also offers an exten- sive range of networking and learning opportunities to its members.

www.swedcham.sg

With a tradition of doing business in Singapore for almost 200 years and over 400 Swiss companies employing close to 30’000 people in Singapore, most of them locals, the business ties and friendship between Singapore and Switzerland are extraordi- narily strong. Switzerland and Singapore do have a lot in common and share some important values, such as reliability, integrity and most importantly honoring one’s word. These shared values, combined with a culture of continuous innovation make Singapore and Switzerland attractive for foreign companies and investors, as can be seen from the top scores in international rankings on business friendliness and competitiveness. Singapore and Switzerland’s most valuable assets are however not the deposits kept in the banks or the multi-billion industrial plants, it’s the human capital, the local talent. The average education is very high, so are the multi-lingual and cultural skills. With a university landscape of world reference in both countries, combined with highly motivated and engaged people with good work ethics, the base for existing and future talent is strong.

www.swisscham.sg

The EBO Worldwide Network stands as the sole organisation representing Europe- an business interests in markets outside the European Union. It represents a network active in over 35 key markets that serves European multinationals, as well as micro, small, medium and large enterprises. European chambers of commerce and Euro- pean business associations within the EBO Worldwide Network work on a daily basis with European Union delegations across the globe in the shared interest of supporting European companies. The vision is to be the leading voice of European Business in third markets and champion “Team Europe Abroad”. The mission is to provide a platform for European Business Organisations at global and regional levels to share best practices. To advocate for European Business in third markets.

Enterprise Singapore is the Singapore government agency championing enterprise development. It also supports the growth of Singapore as a hub for global trading and startups. The agency attracts global commodities traders to establish their global or Asian home base in Singapore. Today, Singapore is a leading global trading hub with a complete ecosystem for the energy, agri-commodities and metals & minerals trading clusters. Singapore is also home to many global enterprises, startups and investors that operate in its robust pro-enterprise environment.
As the national standards and accreditation body, Enterprise Singapore builds trust in Singapore’s products and services through quality and standards. Renowned for their dedication to quality and innovation, Singapore companies make ideal business partners.
With Enterprise Singapore’s global network in over 35 locations spanning many developed and emerging markets, it connects businesses with relevant Singapore companies for their business expansion.

Directorate-General for Trade
The Directorate-General for Trade (DG TRADE) is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. DG TRADE works on securing prosperity, solidarity and security in Eu-rope and around the globe. It covers a wide area from manufactured goods to services, intellectual property and investment.
Under the authority of Cecilia Malmström, the European Commissioner for Trade, DG TRADE coordinates trade relations between the European Union (EU) and the rest of the world. As of 2015 Jean-Luc Demarty is the Director-General.The European Commissioner for Trade (sometimes referred to as the EU Trade Commissioner) is the member of the European Commission responsible for the European Union’s common commercial policy (governing international trade). The portfolio has been held by Cecilia Malmström (Sweden – FP / ALDE) since November 2014.
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship

The Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. The Enterprise Directorate-General works on creating an environment in which European firms can thrive. The improvement of the business environment is to lead to a growth in productivity and subsequently create the jobs and wealth necessary to achieve the objectives set by the European Council in Lisbon in March 2000.

Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union (DG FISMA)

The Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union (DG FISMA) is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. It is one of the thirty three DG’s that are created and named to reflect their functions.
The main role of the Directorate-General FISMA is initiating and implementing EU policy in the area of Banking and Finance, including the Capital Markets Union due to operate from 2019. After the financial crisis that began in 2008, the EU responded with a series of reforms to ensure financial market stability and to enhance the supervision of financial markets. The operational role of DG FISMA is to ensure that EU legislation is fully implemented, to monitor the effectiveness of these reforms and to respond to any further financial risks that may become apparent.

The European Union Delegation to Singapore is one of almost 140 fully-fledged diplomatic missions that represent the EU across the globe. Since its opening in 2004, the Delegation has worked to foster closer economic and political ties between the EU and Singapore. It represents the EU in dealings with the Singaporegovernment in areas that are part of the EU’s remit. By actively engaging with leaders, the media, academia, business and civil society, the Delegation raises awareness of EU issues and concerns, and promotes the importance of the EU-Singapore relationship at various levels. The Delegation covers a range of issues includingTrade, Foreign Policy, Climate Change, Aviation, Education & Culture. The European Union manages its trade and investment relations with non-EU countries through its trade and investment policy. Trade outside the EU is an exclusive responsibility of the EU. This means that the EU institutions make laws on trade matters, negotiate and conclude international trade agreements on behalf of the Member States. The EU’s responsibilities cover trade in goods and services, the commercial aspects of intellectual property, such as patents, public procurement and foreign direct investment. Trade agreements let European businesses:

• Access more easily and at lower prices the raw materials and other inputs they need. This helps them stay competitive.
• Compete more effectively abroad and export more to countries and regions outside the EU. This increase in trade leads to growth in the economy and helps create jobs. It also gives consumers a wider choice of products at lower prices.

In addition, projecting rules and values in trade agreements helps the EU shape globalisation, especially on issues like human rights, working conditions and environmental protection..

Friends of Singapore Group in the European Parliament was formed in 2016 to reaffirm the relations between the European Union and Singapore, and stock-taking of political and economic developments in the EU, Singapore, as well as in each respective region. At the formal launch of the Group in a ceremony at the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs officiated by the Singapore Minister for Foreign Affairs, H.E. Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan it was discussed to put special emphasis on the best ways and means to promote the expeditious ratification of the EU -Singapore Free Trade Agreement (EUSFTA). The discussions benefited fully from the diversity of political and pol- icy expertise of all FoS members present. The FoS delegation expressed their wish to help strengthen the political, economic and people-to-people ties between Singapore and the EU.

Global Compact Network Singapore (GCNS) is the Singapore chapter of the United Nations Global Compact. As the leading voice on corporate sustainability, GCNS drives multi-stakeholder action to forge a more sustainable future, founded on the Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Through various platforms and partnerships, GCNS advances the stewardship of sustainable business practices and Singapore’s national agenda of becoming a regional sustainable business hub. In addition, GCNS nurtures the next generation of responsible business leaders through its youth initiatives.

GCNS is a Collaboration Partner for GRI ASEAN Regional Hub and supports the Singapore chapter of the World Bank Group’s Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC). GCNS is also proud to have the Singapore Business Federation (SBF), National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) and Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF) as Principal Members.

As the apex business chamber, the Singa- pore Business Federation (SBF) champions the interests of the business community in Singapore in trade, investment and industrial relations. Nationally, SBF acts as the bridge between businesses and government in Singapore to create a conducive business environment. Internationally, SBF represents the business community in bilateral, regional and multilateral fora for the purpose of trade expansion and business networking.

The Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), a government agency under the Ministry of Trade and Industry, is responsible for strategies that enhance Singa- pore’s position as a global centre for business, innovation, and talent. The mission is to create sustainable economic growth, with vibrant business and good job opportunities for Singapore. EDB undertakes investment promotion and industry development in the manufacturing and internationally tradeable services sectors. Industries within our purview account for more than a third of Singapore’s annual GDP. Besides facilitating investments, EDB engages Singapore’s existing base of companies to transform their operations and boost productivity, and to generate growth in adjacent and disruptive areas by growing new businesses out of Singapore. We work with companies by providing information, connection to partners and access to government incentives for their investments, as well as their transformation and growth initiatives. We also work closely with other Singapore government agencies to constantly improve our pro-business environment, and ensure that our industries are supported by a globally competitive workforce through talent development.

The EU-ASEAN Business Council (EU-ABC) is the primary voice for European Business within the ASEAN region, formally recognised as such by the European Commission and the ASEAN Secretariat. Established to help promote the interests of European businesses operating within ASEAN and to advocate for changes in trade and investment policies and regulations, the EU-ABC raises the profile of European businesses in the region through formal events and high-profile dialogues.
The EU-ABC has established, and continues to develop, a series of Advocacy Groups covering both individual commercial sectors (e.g. Automotive; Insurance; Health- care; Financial Services) and cross-industry issues (e.g. IPR/Illicit Trade; Human Cap- ital; Customs Procedures & Trade Facilita- tion). These Advocacy Groups are made up from leading MNCs in each area plus Committee representatives from our Europe- and Chamber of Commerce members.