Partnerships for Capability Transformation Scheme

Who qualifies

• The scheme supports partnerships between MNCs or large local enterprises and smaller local enterprises; the guidebook also describes MNCs operating in Singapore, including OEMs, and local SME partners or suppliers.
• Supported partnership modalities are supplier development, co-innovation, capability training, internationalisation and corporate venturing.
• EDB publishes no support rate, cap or numeric eligibility test for PACT; the guide directs MNCs to contact EDB and local SMEs to contact Enterprise Singapore to learn their eligibility.

What it funds

• Core capabilities — strategy, HR, finance, branding, processes
• R&D, product development, prototyping, IP
• Employee training, upskilling, course fees
• Market entry, overseas marketing, trade fairs, internationalisation

Costs covered: Internal staff salary attributable to the project; Software licences and SaaS; Hardware, machinery, IT equipment; Physical materials and consumables consumed by the funded project (e.g. construction materials, prototypes); Audit, testing, certification, standards fees; Third-party consultant or professional service fees.

Payment: Not stated on official pages.

How to apply

The vault publishes no PACT application form or steps. Its partnership guide directs an MNC operating in Singapore to contact EDB, or a local SME to contact Enterprise Singapore, to learn whether it is eligible for a scheme.

1. Contact EDB if the applicant is an MNC operating in Singapore, or Enterprise Singapore if it is a local SME, to learn eligibility and the current application route.

Contact: MNCs and large local enterprises: https://www.edb.gov.sg/en/contact-us; local SMEs: Enterprise Singapore.

Application window: No application window stated on the index card or the PACT scheme page.