SIDRA is the first regional hub dedicated to training and educational excellence in negotiation and dispute resolution. It has been established to complement our suite of dispute resolution services, capitalise on our track record in dispute resolution training and draw on the competencies and talents of our world-class dispute resolution institutions to offer outstanding training and educational opportunities for the wider region. SIDRA will collaborate with both local partners and renowned overseas institutions to establish training and educational programmes, research and development projects and other initiatives. Significantly, SIDRA will offer an international platform for exchanging and developing ideas on theory, practice and policy development and will bring a strong presence of contemporary Asian voices into the global conversations on dispute resolution.

The Honourable Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon,
at the Global Pound Conference Series 2016 (Singapore) on "Shaping the Future of Dispute Resolution & Improving Access to Justice", 17 March 2016 at paragraph 50.

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