Office for Skills-First Practices
Build capability and mindshare of stakeholders to articulate, activate, and recognise skills, thereby driving the optimisation of human capital development and effective use of skills in Singapore.
Our Objectives
Build up ecosystem-wide capabilities to adopt skills-first practices
Mount Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programmes that empower stakeholders to embrace skills-first practices
Develop analytical methods that provide insights into skills demand, supply, gaps, practices and solutions
Uncover cutting-edge methods that inform policy and programme design, and provide lead response time to stakeholders
Establish global presence via international collaborations
Work with international organisations to promulgate skills-first practices and forge partnerships in international projects
Our Initiatives
Skills-First Working Paper Series
With the global emphasis on skills and the importance on skills that Singapore places, it is timely to define what skills-first means for Singapore.
The working paper series, a six-part publication, aim to catalyse dialogue, surface fresh perspectives and encourage the co-creation of practical solutions to advance a skills-powered ecosystem in Singapore.
Roundtable Sessions
Each roundtable, that is held following the release of the Skills-First working paper, will bring together diverse stakeholders to deliberate and consolidate ideas, and to discover opportunities for cross-stakeholder collaboration.
Roundtable Title | Date | Time | Registration |
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| Roundtable #1- Skills-First: Are we there yet? | 5 June 2025 Thursday | 7.00pm to 9.00pm (SGT) |  Click here to register Closing date to register: 9 May 2025 |
| Roundtable #2- Skills-First: What does it mean for me as an individual? |
Thursday | 10.00am to 12.00pm (SGT) |  Click here to register Closing date to register: 30 June 2025 |
| Roundtable #3- Skills-First: What does it mean for my organisation as an employer? |
Wednesday | 10.00am to 12.00pm (SGT) |  Click here to register Closing date to register: 31 July 2025 |
We will notify you once your registration is successfully confirmed.
Transformational Projects
- Building the Skills-Powered Organisation Study
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Our Partners
Our Team
Capability Development and Internationalisation
Office for Skills-First Practices
Dr Yang Silin
Deputy Director,
Research & Analytics
Office for Skills-First Practices
| Mr Edwin Tan Centre Director, Office for Skills-First Practices | [email protected] |
| Dr Yang Silin Deputy Director, Research & Analytics Office for Skills-First Practices | [email protected] |
| Ms Tan Jia Yi Deputy Director, Capability Development and Internationalisation Office for Skills-First Practices | [email protected] |
For more information about our work, contact us at [email protected]