Country Info

ICON
Country
Singapore
Capital
Singapore
Date of Entry
03 September 1999
Website
Latin America & the Caribbean (Americas Directorate), Ministry of Foreign Affairs

National Projects

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23 Oct 2023 ~ 27 Oct 2023

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21st FEALAC Journalist Visit Programme (JVP)

The JVP is Singapore’s annual national project under the FEALAC umbrella, which brings journalists from Latin America to Singapore, to enhance understanding between both regions at the people-to-people level. To date, Singapore has organised 20 runs of the JVP since 2000, hosting over 110 journalists from Latin America. This is the first run of the JVP after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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01 Sep 2019 ~ 06 Sep 2019

SIngapore

CYGS

20th FEALAC Journalists' Visit Programme

The FEALAC Journalists' Visit Programme (JVP) is an annual event organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Singapore) which brings journalists from Latin America to Singapore to facilitate people to people understanding and enhance cross-cultural exchange.

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10 Sep 2018 ~ 14 Sep 2018

Singapore

CYGS

19th FEALAC Journalists’ Visit Programme

The Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC) Journalists’ Visit Programme (JVP) is one of Singapore’s National Projects under the FEALAC umbrella. The JVP is intended as a platform to enhance understanding between Latin America and East Asia through exchanges at the people-to-people level, and has attracted sustained interest from participants year after year. Since 2000, Singapore has organised 18 FEALAC JVPs with a total of 108 participants from 17 Latin American countries (Argentina; Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico; Panama; Paraguay; Peru; Suriname; and Venezuela). Other East Asian FEALAC members such as Australia, China, Indonesia, and Thailand have also leveraged on the journalists’ presence in Singapore to invite participants of the JVP to visit their countries. This has enhanced cross-regional and cross-cultural understanding.

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10 Jul 2016 ~ 15 Jul 2016

Singapore

CYGS

17th FEALAC Journalists’ Visit Programme

The Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC) Journalists’ Visit Programme (JVP) is one of Singapore’s National Projects under the FEALAC umbrella. The JVP is intended as a platform to enhance understanding between Latin America and East Asia through exchanges at the people-to-people level, and has attracted sustained interest from participants year after year. Since 2000, Singapore has organized 17 FEALAC JVPs with a total of 96 participants from 14 Latin American countries (Argentina; Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; Mexico; Panama; Paraguay; Peru; and Suriname). Other East Asian FEALAC members such as Australia, China, Indonesia, and Thailand have also leveraged on the journalists’ presence in Singapore to invite participating JVP journalists to visit their countries. This has allowed Latin American journalists to make full use of their stay in the Asia-Pacific to better understand our region, and vice-versa.

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01 Oct 2015 ~ 01 Oct 2015

Singapore

CYGS

16th FEALAC Journalist Visit Programme

The FEALAC Journalists' Visit Program (JVP) is one of Singapore's National Projects under the FEALAC umbrella. The JVP is a useful platform to enhance understanding between Latin America and East Asia through exchanges at the people-to-people level, and has attached sustained interest from participants year after year. Since the inaugural JVP in 1999, Singapore has organized 15 FEALAC JVPs with a total of 81 participants from 14 Latin American countries, namely, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and Suriname. Other East Asian FEALAC members such as Australia, China, Indonesia and Thailand have also capitalized on the journalist' presence in Singapore to invite participating JVP journalists to visit their countries. This has allowed the Latin American journalists to make full use of their stay in the region to better understand East Asia.

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Focal Point Contact.

Adila Shahrin

Country Officer

Adila_SHAHRIN@mfa.gov.sg