Capacity Building

OverviewWe equip social enterprises with skills needed to help their businesses grow from early stage startup to scaling impact. We work with ecosystem partners across the region to support social enterprises through targeted programmes ranging from bootcamps, incubation, networking, workshops and masterclasses.

Singapore

We regularly conduct masterclasses, networking and social enterprises meetups to bring the social enterprises community together. We also invite social enterprises to the DBS SME Academy organised by DBS BusinessClass that helps equip social enterprises with business skills.We offer the DBS Business for Good Internships with Singapore Management University (SMU), where students work with social enterprises that are supported by DBS Foundation.

IndiaAccelerated incubation for social enterprisesSocial Alpha, an initiative of Tata Trusts is the ‘ecosystem architecture’ created by the ‘Foundation for Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship’(FISE) to nurture start-up teams through their lab to market journey.  In India, we have partnered with FISE to select high potential social enterprises, build capacity and accelerate their development.High impact social enterprises are chosen after rigourous evaluation and are provided with grants pegged to milestone (business and impact) achievements.Professional staff from DBS are also connected with these social enterprises to provide mentoring and business guidance.

IndonesiaHandbook for early stage social venturesDBS Foundation partnered with UKM Center Universitas Indonesia and published the first Social Enterprise Handbook “Berani Jadi Wirausaha Sosial”. The social enterprises Handbook was created to help and guide the new and upcoming social enterprises to strengthen their business model while creating impact and finding the solution to overcome social challenges around us. The social enterprises handbook is free to download at go.dbs.com/SE-HANDBOOK.

Hong KongImpact Awards to encourage impactful social enterprises

A series of sponsored awards in the well-established programmes to identify and support innovation and social impact. In Hong Kong, we offer prize money for every winning social enterprises to develop their project. We also provide capacity building and networking platforms for social enterprises to connect with industry leaders / potential investors.

China Bootcamps to sharpen focus on impact

China

We conduct bootcamps annually in China where we receive applications across the country and select over a 100 social enterprises to attend curated masterclasses on impact investment, managing business challenges and sharpening their objective to scale social impact. High performing social enterprises are given grants and given the opportunity to participate in Foundation’s regional level programmes.

TaiwanCreating an ecosystem of supportSE Insights is our trusted partner in incubating early stage ventures to nurturing high-potential social enterprises through the “do it” and “Try it” Labs. Several winning social enterprises have emerged from this programme over last five years.The Annual SE networking event organised by DBS Taiwan is much sought after where government officials, SMEs, corporates, intermediary organisations and capacity-builders mingle and bring in many collaborative and partnership opportunities for social enterprises.

Taiwan

The “DBS Social Entrepreneur Accelerator" courses are also offered by senior colleagues of DBS to support social enterprises in specific business areas.

Calendar - DBSF Capacity Building Programmes 2019To build business skills and knowledge of social enterprises and make learning easier for them, we have curated short classes, workshops and learning sessions with the help of DBS experts and organisations we partner with in the region. Go ahead and explore our classes below.If you are a social enterprise and would like to know more or attend any of the classes in your respective countries, write to DBSFoundation@dbs.comIf you would like to partner with us to offer new learning and capacity building programmes to social enterprises, write to us on the above email.

Singapore

Dates	Masterclass on	Led by	About
Aug / Sep / Oct 2019	Developing a Data Mindset for Social Enterprises / Data Heroes	DataFirst - DBS Transformation Group	In this digital age, businesses in varying sectors are beginning to capitalise on the vast increase in data to make better business decisions. implementing the right data management framework is also key to social enterprises, in influencing the quality of decisions and to pave the way for your enterprise to be data-driven with a simple, centralised data management system.
Sep / Oct 2019	Building & Managing Talent in Social Enterprises	DBS HR	Talent and succession are instrumental to your scale up plans. Design your people strategy considering the work culture you want to build along with the organisational needs in mind.
Oct / Nov 2019	Engaging customers online for Social Enterprises	Group Strategic Marketing & Communications	Learn techniques and strategies to overcome challenges with social media. Measure performance and improve your storytelling skills to build public appreciation for your social impact organisation.
Oct / Nov 2019	Innovation & Design Thinking for Social Enterprises	DBS Innovation Group	Rethink innovation and design so your customers truly value your products and services. Overcome challenges in your path to innovate and extract value from this new way of thinking.
Aug 2019	SME Academy	DBS BusinessClass / DBS SME Banking	Level up with popular business topics! More information on our class schedule here: https://www.dbs.com.sg/sme/businessclass/sme-academy.page

Taiwan

Dates	Masterclass on	Led by	About
Sep 2019	Financial Management & Practice	DBS SME & SE Insights	Overall view of financial management Be loan ready and apply for loan effectively Case study discussions Discuss resources/ channels for obtaining loans
Oct 2019	Talent recruitment and management in Social Enterprises	DBS HR & SE insights	Strategies to recruiting the right staff and placing a recruitment process. Drafting a clear Job Description and conducting an effective Interview Talent Management strategies
Nov 2019	Start-up Evening – networking & Branding and Digital Marketing	DBS GSMC & SE Insights with sharing by other social media experts and Social enterprises	Brand Strategy & Positioning Digital Marketing techniques Case study & sharing by SE

India

Dates	Masterclass on	Led by	About
Aug - Sep 2019	Digital Marketing for Social Enterprises	DBS GSMC + Social Alpha + External Expert / Influencer	Social Media Marketing Community Management Digital content Influencer outreach (class size limited to 10-15 social enterprises)
Nov - Dec 2019	Attracting and Retaining Talent for Social Enterprises	DBS HR team + Social Alpha + External Speaker	Strategies to recruiting the right staff and placing a recruitment process. Drafting a clear Job Description and conducting an effective Interview Talent Management Strategies

Indonesia

Dates	Masterclass on	Led by	About
Jul – Dec 2019	SME Academy	DBS Group Strategic Marketing & Communications & Institutional Banking Group / SME Banking BG each session will feature a SE partner as well as other SE experts)	Topics discussed: Woman in Digital Business with Du’Anyam People Analytics: Attract and Retain the right Talent Hassle-less Tax-ing -Understanding Taxation Get Finance-Ready: Prepare your business to qualify for funding from investors Shaping your business for Sustainable Growth / How to get new business opportunities using social entrepreneurship Hassle-free digital marketing – sharing best practices
Aug - Nov 2019	DBS Indonesia Social Enterprise (SE) Meet Up	DBS Group Strategic Marketing & Communications & UKMC UI / ISEN	Sharing by visiting / regional SEs. Short sharing by DBS Experts on various business topics. from Singapore with SE & other participants from Indonesia
Nov 2019	Social Enterprise Bootcamp	DBS Group Strategic Marketing & Communications with Instellar	For early stage enterprises and young entrepreneurs who want to accelerate their ideas on solving social problems through business innovation.
Aug / Sep / Dec 19	Done In A Day	DBSI GSMC	4-5 SE in each session DBS experts will work with social enterprises facing business challenges pertaining to Finance, Digital Marketing, Marketing Branding & Human Resources to discuss and think of various solutions together – all in a day!

China

Dates	Masterclass on	Led by	About
18 Oct 2019 (Fri)	Marketing & Branding for Social Enterprises	DBS & CSEIF & Yi She	Understanding and using the marketing funnel effectively – for social enterprises to reach a wider audience/customer base
1 Nov 2019 (Fri)	Legal, Finance &Tax management in Social Enterprises	DBS Legal, Finance team	Decoding taxation: Learn how to better manage taxes for your SE Introduction to the importance of protecting Intellectual Property
15 Nov 2019 (Fri)	Building & Managing Talent in Social Enterprises	DBS HR team & CSEIF	How to engage staff and better support talent: Attracting Talent, Recruitment Assessment and Evaluation, Performance Management, Talent Development strategies.
29 Nov 2019 (Fri)	Innovation & Design Thinking for Social Enterprises	DBS Innovation team & Yi She	Learning from trial & error (Case sharing) Design Thinking: Service innovation as a competitive advantage

Hong Kong

Dates	Masterclass on	Led by	About
9 Aug 2019 (Friday)	Data Mindset for Social Enterprises	DBS Data Management team & FSES	The type of market surveys needed for SE/ SI Introduction on the common market surveys tools Importance of collecting the “right” data for SIM
16 Aug 2019 (Fri)	Building & Managing Talent in Social Enterprises	DBS HR team & FSES	How to better support your project manager in SE/ SI Introduction on the use of project charter for project managers in managing the ever –changing nature of SE/SI
23 Aug 2019 (Fri)	Engaging customers online for Social Enterprises	DBS GSMC/Marketing team & FSES	How to use marketing funnel effectively for SE in reaching a wider audience/customer base
30 Aug 2019 (Fri)	Innovation & Design Thinking for Social Enterprises	DBS Innovation team & FSES	Learning from trial & error (Case sharing) Applying innovation and design thinking in the continual process of re modifying and perfecting your SE

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Awards

Asia’s Safest Bank, 2009 – 2023, Global Finance

Best Bank in the World 2022, Global Finance

World's Best Bank 2021, Euromoney

Best Bank in the World 2020, Global Finance

World's Best Bank 2019, Euromoney

Global Bank of the Year 2018, The Banker