Over the past three decades, the Singapore Government has successfully harnessed ICT to achieve greater efficiency and productivity in the public sector. Its efforts have been recognised internationally, with Singapore consistently ranking top among countries in the world in various e-Government surveys such as Waseda University’s International e-Government Ranking and the World Economic Forum’s Global Information Technology Report. At the same time, a vibrant infocomm industry has emerged to deliver groundbreaking public sector ICT projects and export Singapore’s e-Government capabilities to countries around the world.

Today, innovation plays an even more critical role in driving the economy and raising Singapore's competitiveness. In view of this, the Singapore Government will pilot a process to encourage co-creation with the infocomm industry with the aim of acquiring ICT innovations faster to meet government objectives.

Programmes and Initiatives

• Innovation Procurement Call-for-Solution
  IDA is jointly piloting a Call-for-Solution (CFS) with government agencies to encourage co-creation with the infocomm industry in procuring innovative ICT solutions. The CFS will allow flexibility for the infocomm industry to propose ICT innovations based on problem statements provided by the government agencies.
  
  
• Data.gov.sg
  As part of the Government’s co-creation thrust, IDA also seeks to engage ICT companies, end-user businesses enterprises, trade associations, Institutes of Higher Learning, non-profit bodies and other organisations to harness the value of government data. The aim is to develop services and solutions that will empower the general public with information for decision-making and to enable business enterprises to improve productivity, enhance planning and create new value.