Overseas Promotion Partnership Programme (OPPP)

  Who is eligible?

  What is a design platform?

  What does it cover?

  What are the conditions?

  What is the application process?

  Who is eligible?

Designers who meet the following criteria:

• Be a Singapore citizen or permanent resident
• Be an emerging designer with good track record based on:
  - Background and activities
  - Design credentials (eg. past awards, exhibitions, shows and publications)
  - Press coverage of the applicant and/or the applicant’s works. Coverage may be local or international, online or in print (eg. newspapers and publications).
  - Recommendations by two referees. Referees must be in a position to judge the applicant’s professional/design capabilities, work quality and potential for international expansion.
• Preferably be designing from Singapore at the time of application
• Is currently applying or has been accepted into a prestigious international design platform

Design companies that meet the following criteria:

• Be incorporated in Singapore
• Have at least one designer who is a Singapore citizen or permanent resident
• Be an emerging company with good track record based on:
  - Background and activities
  - Design credentials (eg. past awards, exhibitions, shows and publications)
  - Press coverage of the applicant and/or the applicant’s works. Coverage may be local or international, online or in print (eg. newspapers and publications).
  - Recommendations by two referees. Referees must be in a position to judge the applicant’s professional/design capabilities, work quality and potential for international expansion.
  - Financial position
• Preferably be designing from Singapore at the time of application
• Is currently applying or has been accepted into a prestigious international design platform

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  What is a design platform?

The design platform should:

• Improve public awareness of good design and its benefits in Singapore. Target audience include industry partners, customers, media and the general public.
• Improve Singapore’s international standing in terms of:
  - Singapore’s design capability 
  - Singapore’s design competitiveness
  - Singapore’s international branding
  - DesignSingapore Council’s reputation and mission

• Be prestigious and international, based on the following criteria:
  - Scale, importance and admission criteria of the design platform
  - Number and international-standing of participants of the design platform
  - Number, types and importance of visitors at the design platform

It should bring about significant benefits to the designer/company in terms of the following:

• Opportunity to showcase and market new works/products
• International exposure, market expansion, sales growth, and other business outcomes (eg. new leads, contracts and/or IP generation)
• Global brand positioning

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  What does it cover?

50% of the following participation costs, capped at S$25,000:

• Cost of exhibition booth and/or venue rental
• Cost of exhibition and/or show setup and construction
• Cost of exhibition and/or show production
• Cost of prototyping/production of new works/content
• Cost of IP registration
• Cost of photography/videography for marketing/collaterals purposes
• Cost of production of marketing collaterals
• Engagement of marketing and/or PR agency 
• Cost of freight
• Cost of economy-class return air ticket (for supported designer and one design management personnel)
• Cost of overseas airport transfers (for supported designer and one design management personnel)
• Cost of overseas accommodation (for supported designer and one design management personnel)

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  What are the conditions?

Before and throughout participation:

• Declare other sources of public funding/private sponsorship for the participation
• OPPP grant may be reduced where these additional funding covers OPPP-covered costs
• Fully participate in the design platform
• Participate until completion of the design platform
• In all marketing/promotional collaterals for the design platform, acknowledge DesignSingapore Council as a supporting partner in the participation
• Obtain DesignSingapore Council’s written approval prior to using its logo and typeface
• Provide DesignSingapore Council with images from the design platform, and grant DesignSingapore Council the rights to use the images

After participation:

• Submission of all necessary paperwork
• Participate in a DesignSingapore Council-supported mentorship programme at a later time to be determined by the Council (to groom young local designers)

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  What is the application process?

Applications and supporting documents must be submitted prior to the commencement of training programme according to the application period below:

Ms Gayathri d/o Santhosham
Management Support Officer (Grants, Incentives and Procurement)
DesignSingapore Council
Email: gayathri_santhosham@mci.gov.sg
Tel: (65) 6837 9493

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