Singapur richtet zwei neue Agenturen für Berufsqualifikation und Beschäftigung ein
Die SkillsFuture-Initiative ist eine ressortübergreifende Initiative der singapurischen Regierung, an der sich neben den Ministerien für Bildung, Arbeit sowie Handel und Industrie auch die zwei neue Agenturen "SkillsFuture Singapore" und "Workforce Singapore" beteiligen.
Die Agentur "SkillsFuture Singapore" (SSG) wird unter dem Dach des singapurischen Bildungsministeriums eingerichtet und soll als Motor und Koordinatorin der SkillsFuture-Inititative wirken. Deren Ziel ist unter anderem die Förderung des lebenslangen Lernens in Singapur. Dazu soll verstärkt mit Bildungseinrichtungen und Ausbildungspartnern sowie mit der Industrie kooperiert werden. Sie übernimmt damit Zuständigkeiten, die derzeit noch bei der "Singapore Workforce Development Agency" (WDA) liegen.
Neu eingerichtet wird auch "Workforce Singapore" (WSG) unter dem Dach des Arbeitsministeriums. Die Agentur soll hochwertige Arbeitsplätze vermitteln.
New Statutory Boards to Sharpen Focus on Skills and Employment
1 The Government will reorganise its functions for effective
implementation of two key priorities: the national SkillsFuture initiative and
the need to ensure competitiveness and quality jobs for Singaporeans over the
long term.
2 A new statutory board under the Ministry of
Education (MOE), SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG), will be formed to drive and
coordinate the implementation of SkillsFuture. It will take over some of the
functions currently performed by the Singapore Workforce Development Agency
(WDA) and absorb the Council for Private Education (CPE), an existing statutory
board under MOE.
3 At the same time, WDA will be
reconstituted into a new statutory board, Workforce Singapore (WSG), focused on
jobs and ensuring enterprises can become manpower-lean while remaining
competitive. The new statutory board will remain under the Ministry of Manpower
(MOM).
4 The changes will hence involve a
reorganisation within Government rather than increase the overall number of
statutory boards. The reorganisation will require changes to existing laws and
will have to undergo Parliamentary legislative processes. In the meantime, WDA
and CPE will continue to perform their statutory functions until the new
statutory boards have been established. Subject to the completion of the
necessary legislative processes, the new statutory boards are expected to be
established by the end of 2016.
SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG)
5 SSG's mission will be to drive and coordinate
SkillsFuture, and promote a culture of lifelong learning in Singapore. It will
maximise synergies between pre-employment (PET) and continuing education and
training (CET). SSG will work with educational institutions and training
partners to build a vibrant landscape of high-quality, industry-relevant
training. SSG will also work closely with industry to ensure its skill
requirements are met, in coordination with other government
agencies.
6 With SSG under MOE, the Government
can better leverage the strengths of the Institutes of Higher Learning - ITE,
polytechnics, and universities - as well as private training providers to move
SkillsFuture efforts forward as part of a holistic system of life-long learning.
Another key objective better served by the new organisational structure will be
to achieve greater inter-operability between the vocational, academic, and adult
training qualification systems. This will allow for a consistent way in which
credentials can be recognised under different qualification frameworks for the
purposes of academic and career advancement. As lifelong learning becomes more
modular, flexible, and continuous, the lines between PET and CET will eventually
become indistinct.
7 In addition, CPE, which
regulates the private education industry, will be integrated into SSG. Today,
many private education institutions regulated by CPE are also providers of adult
training overseen by WDA. Having all these functions come under SSG will give
the statutory board a holistic view of the adult education and training
industry. SSG will be ready to undertake a more coordinated approach towards
audits and quality assurance for the private education institutions and adult
training centres.
Workforce Singapore (WSG)
8 WSG's key mission will be to help Singaporeans
take on quality jobs and careers. In particular, it will seek to strengthen the
Singaporean core and promote the development, competitiveness, and employability
of the Singapore workforce, with good matching of manpower supply with industry
demand. It will support and assist Singaporeans seeking employment. It will also
help enterprises become more manpower-lean. WSG will undertake WDA’s current
work on employment facilitation, career services, and industry engagement. It
will drive efforts to help Singaporeans assume quality jobs and careers, while
addressing industry manpower needs.
9
Notwithstanding the reorganisation, the SkillsFuture movement will continue to
be a multi-agency effort within Government and involve all the tripartite
partners. MOE, MOM, the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI), and other agencies
will work alongside SSG and WSG to ensure effective implementation of
SkillsFuture initiatives.
10 "This reorganisation within
Government will enable each organisation to focus with all its energy on its key
mission, which are each our important priorities for the future: SkillsFuture
and quality jobs for Singaporeans. 'SkillsFuture Singapore' will foster a
culture of lifelong learning, and help to integrate a whole system of education
and training through life. 'Workforce Singapore' will be MOM's agent in
developing a strong Singaporean core in each sector of our economy, and help
companies to be manpower-lean while remaining competitive," said Mr Tharman
Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister & Coordinating Minister for Economic
and Social Policies.
11 "'Workforce Singapore'
will sharpen Government's focus on helping Singaporeans meet their career
aspirations. It will also support MOM in tackling manpower challenges as we
transform our economy to be future-ready. With its greater focus on job
placements, career services, and industry workforce development, ‘Workforce
Singapore’ will help Singaporeans at all job levels to have better employment
outcomes, and companies to better address their manpower needs," said Mr Lim
Swee Say, Minister for Manpower.
12 "WDA was
established in 2003 to promote lifelong learning and make our workforce
resilient and competitive. I was appointed as its second CEO in 2005. The team
then did great work to build up the adult training infrastructure. More than a
decade later, what WDA has done laid the foundation for SkillsFuture, which is a
broader national priority and the next phase of lifelong learning. The team in
WDA will continue this work, albeit under a different structure, as
'SkillsFuture Singapore' and 'Workforce Singapore'. I thank all the WDA officers
who have participated in the journey so far and look forward to working with all
of you again," said Mr Ong Ye Kung, Acting Minister for Education (Higher
Education and Skills).
Quelle oben: Kooperation international, kooperation-international.de, 15.01.2016; Quelle unten: Ministry of Education Singapore, Pressemitteilung 12.01.2016