About COS 2025
Looking ahead to 2025, we're focused on building a digital future for all. This vision is inspired by Smart Nation 2.0, launched by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong in October 2024, which updates Singapore’s goal of using technology to help people live better, more meaningful lives. Smart Nation 2.0 is built on three main pillars: building trust in the digital world, supporting growth for individuals and businesses, and creating a connected community where everyone can thrive together in the digital age. These goals are at the heart of our commitment to shaping a digital future that benefits all.
Strengthening trust
We are fighting online harms, promoting online safety, and strengthening infrastructure resilience through new regulations and partnerships to improve Singapore's digital security.
Growing opportunities
Singapore is investing in digital infrastructure to boost connectivity, innovation, and support businesses and individuals. Through industry collaborations, we are driving AI adoption, and strengthening the AI capabilities of the workforce to ensure growth in the digital era.
Building community
We will continue to support digital access for vulnerable groups, uplift the digital proficiency of Singaporeans, and enhance exposure for students to technology and AI.
Strengthening Trust
Comprehensive approach to combat online harms and protect users
- Establishing requirements for app stores and social media services
- The Code of Practice for Online Safety for App Distribution Services has been introduced to mitigate harmful content risks, ensuring that children's accounts are protected with age-appropriate settings. We have taken decisive steps to require the implementation of age assurance measures under the Code. This will help to ensure that young users (under 18) do not access apps that are inappropriate for their age.
- The first Online Safety Assessment Report found that Designated Social Media Services have largely put in place the required user safety measures as outlined in the Code of Practice for Online Safety - Social Media Services, but should do more to improve the effectiveness and timeliness of their responses to user reports.
Strengthening Singapore’s digital resilience and security through new regulations, enhanced measures, and industry partnerships
- Regulatory levers and resilience measures to strengthen key digital infrastructure and systems
- On February 25, 2025, IMDA released the Advisory Guidelines for Cloud Service Providers and Data Centres, encouraging early adoption of resilience and security measures ahead of the introduction of the Digital Infrastructure Act. This initiative will reinforce the security of critical digital infrastructure across the nation.
Growing Opportunities
Investing in next-generation digital infrastructure to future-proof Singapore's connectivity and drive innovation
- IMDA is committed to upgrading the Nationwide Broadband Network (NBN), which will deliver higher speeds at more competitive prices. By 2028, more than half a million households are expected to benefit from higher broadband speeds.
- Operators developing services that tap on the higher bandwidth provided by the upgrade innovations could include:
- Enhanced digital security features such as round-the-clock protection in home networking with the expected proliferation of connected devices in homes.
- Seamless, high-resolution 4K streaming experience for multi-users and devices in homes, whether for entertainment, education or business-from-home.
Significant strides in implementing National AI Strategy (NAIS) 2.0
- Enhancing support for businesses and individuals
- IMDA is increasing the percentage of AI-enabled pre-approved solutions for SMEs' adoption on CTO-as-a-Service. These solutions have grown from 20% of the pre-approved solutions pool in 2023 to 30% in 2024, allowing businesses to tap into AI-driven efficiencies.
- The first GenAI Sandbox launched in February last year had engaged over 150 SMEs, helping them experiment with curated GenAI solutions in areas like sales & marketing and customer engagement. With the success, IMDA launched the GenAI Sandbox 2.0 in Decemeber with an expanded scope of use cases in new areas such as generative web design and talent acquisition, creating new opportunities for businesses to innovate.
Supporting the growth of our enterprises in the digital era
- Empowering businesses to adopt AI solutions and upskill their workers
- The new GenAI Playbook on CTO-as-a-Service guides enterprises to discover opportunities to deploy GenAI solutions and manage related risks.
- The new GenAI Navigator on CTO-as-a-Service recommends GenAI solutions that SMEs can adopt specific to their business needs, with relevant resources including managing risks, and training for their workers.
Strengthening the AI capabilities of the workforce
- Enhancing AI competencies across the workforce
- The refreshed SkillsFuture for Digital Workplace 2.0 now includes AI and GenAI content, allowing workers to gain hands-on experience with AI tools that will help improve their workplace productivity.
- The Skills Framework for Infocomm Technology now includes nine new GenAI skills relevant for workers in today’s economy. The framework will also support employers in identifying training needs for their employees, and help guide training providers in structuring their training.
- Building up our pool of AI and Tech Talent
- TechSkills Accelerator has placed and trained more than 19,000 locals in in-demand tech areas and upskilled 300,000 individuals in tech since 2016.
- IMDA aims to expand the pool of AI practitioners to 15,000 across five years. To date, the pool has grown by nearly 25%.
- Efforts such as expanding Company-Led Training programme are further supporting the growth of AI talent by placing and training more AI practitioners.
- In addition, IMDA’s SG Digital Scholarships were awarded to 33 students in 2024 to pursue AI-related studies and internships.
Building Community
Uplifting the digital proficiency of all Singaporeans
- Equipping citizens with skills to leverage new technology in daily life
- IMDA’s Digital Skills for Life framework will be enhanced with GenAI content in 2025. This will ensure that Singaporeans can not only learn how to use GenAI in their daily lives but also understand its potential risks and how to manage them.
- Interested learners can register for SG Digital Office workshops or learn at their own pace through resources on the Digital for Life Portal.
- The Code for Fun programme, offered to all primary and secondary schools, exposes students to computational thinking through coding, as well as inventive thinking through digital making. From 2025, the Code for Fun programme will incorporate new AI for Fun modules which provide students with hands-on opportunities to tinker with AI technology.
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