Continuing Our Singapore Conversation

Abstract

Singapore’s two most recent public engagement exercises, Our Singapore Conversation (OSC) and SGfuture, aimed to be different from the country’s previous national-scale public engagement exercises in their emphasis on authenticity and inclusivity. This case study examines how OSC and SgFuture determined and developed their respective scopes, formats and processes; the exercises’ efforts and challenges to establishing credibility among Singaporeans; and the tangible and intangible outcomes that arose from the exercises