The last print issue of Challenge takes a look at the trends that will change the way we’ll work and live in the later years of our lives, how the government and ground-up communities are working to protect our environment, our external environment and so on.
With every end is a new beginning, and every challenge brings new and exciting opportunities. In this spirit, the Public Service has developed a new medium-term policy agenda called the Singapore Agenda.
The Singapore Agenda is one of the three major priorities of the Public Service. It is a medium-term policy agenda that comprises policies, programmes and initiatives to Build Our Future Singapore.
The three priorities are integral in “Building Our Future” – a better future Singapore, a better future Public Service and a better future built together with citizens.
At the Public Service Conference in November 2019, Head, Civil Service, Mr Leo Yip spoke about how the three priorities go hand-in-hand and reinforce each other, to enable us to build a better future for Singapore and Singaporeans.
It is about decisively addressing the driving forces that Singapore faces – both winds of change such as demographic and climate changes, as well as waves of opportunity such as digitalisation and the rise of Asia as a global economic power.
It is a coherent and comprehensive set of policies, programmes and initiatives across five key thrusts, and brings together the existing work of ministries and agencies, as well as new ideas and shifts that will require us to do our work in new ways.
As One Public Service, we all have a part to play in supporting the development and implementation of the Singapore Agenda.
Challenge invited officers from across the Public Service to illustrate their interpretation of each of the five key thrusts of the Singapore Agenda, to give some visual food for thought on how each thrust contributes to a bigger picture of Building Our Future Singapore.
Read on to find out more about each of the five key thrusts of the Singapore Agenda.
Power the Next Bound of Growth & Jobs from Asia, Digital and Innovation
Renew a Society of Opportunities for All, at Every Stage of Life
TREND 2: The end of retirement?
Transform Our Living Environment and Ensure a Smart and Sustainable Singapore
TREND 4: The end of the post-WWII global order
Build a Resilient and United Society of the Future