Travel Grant 2024 Singapore, Nordic Singapore Innovation Days, 27-31 October

Purpose and goal:

Nordic Singapore Innovation Days connects leading individuals from the innovation ecosystems in the Nordics and Singapore in sustainability. The focus is on family offices, investors, startups and incubators within Sustain-/Climatetech. Sweden and Singapore, which are top nations in Global Innovation Index, international focus. NSID works for cooperation and identifies business opportunities with the goal of strengthening Sweden´s innovative capacity for sustainable growth through cooperation.

Expected results and effects:

NSID is expected to strengthen cooperation between the Nordics and Singapore. The participants gain a deeper understanding of the respective innovation system and strengthen their networks. Long-term international relationships are created. NSID will also increase interest in the Nordics as innovation nations and attract future visits and investments. Objective: Nordic delegation (10-12 people) at SWITCH, at least 40% women, identify 1-2 ideas for further work.

Approach and implementation: Four work packages:

Build delegation: Recruit 10-12 Nordic participants (at least 40% women) from family offices, incubators, investors and startups/scaleups. Program planning: Design program with input from Singaporean actors.

Implementation of programme: Includes conference, round table discussions, matchmaking, site visits and evening activities.

Follow-up and evaluation: Evaluate the results. Working groups are led by SISP/Ignite Sweden, with Vinnova, Business Sweden and local partners.