@gembira
This partnership means there will be new tasks for Effect Force users, so it has a real impact on the platform. If you read the medium post, you will see that Singapore's goverment made a deal with Quadrant Protocol and asked them to map and categorize a geographic entities. I'm not sure what value could bring partnerships with IOTA opr ICON, but I know Effect is in close relations with NEO team.
It was just as example. Partnership with Neo was just a marketing before ICO as they build on Neo blockchain. I mean with already ready for work blockhain.