SINGAPORE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY

You can create offices of simple and super-simple solutions, and then look for (and fail to find) simple words to describe why this house of cards is falling apart. Or you can work on your thinking and management tools so that both match the real complexity of the situation. This is exactly what happens at the Lee Kwan Yew School. Of course, no miracle will happen (especially a Singaporean miracle in Ukraine). There will be brain crepitus, but those who endure it will get what comes after intense training - new abilities.

In recent years, we have heard a lot about Singapore. Most often it is a myth on top of a myth. For example, we have been told that everything there is super market-based, and we should be like that, and if we sell everything, privatize, deregulate, we will become like them - but in Singapore, more than 50% of the economy is the public sector. And this is a huge driver of Singapore's development. And this is just one example. If you want to break other myths or create new ones;-), I have good news for you. I have a diploma from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy of the National University of Singapore behind me. This program was organized in Ukraine by the Kyiv School of Public Administration named after S. Nyzhnyy. This program is still in effect today. So go for it!)

Where to study if you want to go into public service or politics? A quick surf on Google will show you dozens of courses, schools, and even academies where you will be charged for a wow effect. But if you really want to gain valuable knowledge and a vision of the future, look for courses at well-known universities. One of them is the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. I took this course myself, so I recommend it to you. See you in the course alumni team!

I took a course at the Lee Kwan Yew Institute, which was organized in Ukraine by the Kyiv School of Public Administration named after S. Nyzhnyy. You won't be taught how to make a dictatorship there. However, you will improve your English and get a broader outlook on the processes. Bonus. Good networking. Kyiv School of Public Administration named after Serhiy Nyzhnyy conducts numerous events bringing together lots of cool business people and politicians. Another bonus is that you will have a lot of envious people, whose tears and gnashing of teeth will help you gain energy, rejuvenate and make your smile more sincere and bigger.

I recently graduated from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. While listening to the course, I naturally compared the information provided by our esteemed lecturers with the realities in Ukraine. The success of Singapore lies in the conscious unification of all citizens around one goal: a successful country. Unfortunately, today many Ukrainians live by the principle of "my house is on the edge". That is, here we are talking about something deeper, more important... about the acquired mentality and ideology. Something that needs to be developed in a person from childhood. At the same time, Ukrainians, despite all the restrictions that have been historically imposed, have always preferred to live by the norms of freedom, and individual freedom at that. And this is our true mentality, which is clearly manifested in the first democratic and republican constitution in Europe, drafted by Pylyp Orlyk. "People should not be replaced, but changed" Lee Kuan Yew. Are you ready to change and become part of a single ecosystem to create a successful country?

I completed my online studies at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Administration in Singapore. Before I write about the school itself, I want to mention the book "Singapore Will Survive" once again. The issue of ethnic hatred has always been a top priority for Singapore's leadership. Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and his associates believed/believe that the main threat of Singapore's collapse/failure/failure lies in the country's interethnic issue, language issue, and religious issue. "Any kingdom torn apart by strife will fall into desolation, and any city or house where there is strife will not stand." That's just for the day. Now about school. The most important impression, the main feeling that did not leave me throughout the course, is that without going into details, the basic principles are familiar to me, understandable, they are simple. Those who have taken over the reins of Singapore's government have set a goal and are systematically pursuing it, removing barriers and solving citizens' problems along the way. The goal is to be the first in the world. In the economy. In education. In everything! Even in the maintenance of building facades. I really liked the practice of involving critics in the government and the mandatory support of skeptical experts. What is so lacking in Ukraine is feedback, reliance on experts and critics. The absence of feedback makes the government disconnected from citizens, and the government solves its own problems, not the problems of citizens. And people follow only those who are able to meet their needs and see priorities. And Singapore's public administration is aimed at meeting the needs of citizens. I am grateful to the Kyiv School of Public Administration named after S. Nyzhnyy for the online course "Public Administration and Leadership in the Age of Innovation". It was very interesting and informative to listen to those people who teach officials and politicians in Singapore.

This year I took a course at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and got not only a good knowledge base but also access to an interesting community of intellectuals that is formed by the Kyiv School of Public Administration. S. Nyzhnyy.

"I was convinced that our people should never develop the habit of relying on someone else for help. If we wanted to succeed, we had to rely only on ourselves." - Lee Kuan Yew. Lectures for the new intake of the School of Public Administration will begin soon. The lectures are delivered by the professors of the Singapore Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. This is not only a great opportunity to communicate with the professors and understand why and how Singapore succeeded and what has been hindering a breakthrough in Ukraine for 30 years. It is also a great opportunity to meet new people and network with people from different fields.