(Term: 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2013)
Critical Infocomm Technology Resource Programme (CITREP) was established by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) since 1996 with the objective to accelerate the development of emerging, critical and specialised infocomm skills to meet Singapore's infocomm manpower needs.
From 1 April 2011, CITREP has been expanded to cover new and emerging areas, such as Business Analytics, Cloud Computing, Green Infocomm. The aim is to deepen the capabilities of infocomm professionals and to ensure that Singapore's infocomm manpower continues to remain competitive with the developments in the industry globally and within Singapore.
Training courses and certifications which impart knowledge and skills in the identified skill areas will be evaluated and endorsed under CITREP Expanded. Self-sponsored trainees and organisations sponsoring their employees in these endorsed courses and certifications can apply for CITREP Expanded funding support.
The programme supports the course and examination fee for training courses and certifications in the following skill areas with effective from 1 April 2011:
Critical Infocomm Skills (Specialist & above)
- Data Integration and Information Management
- Infrastructure and Network Management
- ICT in Media and Entertainment
- IT Services and Business Management
- Software Development
Emerging Infocomm Skills (Specialist & above)
- Business Analytics
- Cloud Computing
- Green Infocomm
- Infocomm Security
- Mobile Application Development
- Infrastructure/Network/Software Design Architecture
The CITREP funding support allows both infocomm and non-infocomm professionals to build capabilities, deepen their infocomm skills and upgrade themselves in the dynamic, competitive and fast changing infocomm industry.
| Critical Infocomm Skills |
Up to 50% of the nett payable course and certification/assessment fees, capped at $2,500 per trainee |
Up to 50% of the nett payable certification/ assessment fees, capped at $500 per trainee |
| Emerging Infocomm Skills |
Up to 50% of the nett payable course and certification/assessment fees, capped at $2,500 per trainee |
Up to 50% of the nett payable certification/ assessment fees, capped at $500 per trainee |
Emerging Infocomm Skills with Project Work Component
(min 30%) |
Up to 70% of the nett payable course and certification/assessment fees, capped at $3,500 per trainee |
Up to 70% of the nett payable certification/ assessment fees, capped at $800 per trainee |
Please click here for the list of endorsed courses and certifications.
Note: CITREP funding does not support GST, registration and membership fees, rebates, incentives, discounts or any training grants offered by the Course Providers, Testing Centres or any other organisations in relation to the endorsed courses and certifications.
To be eligible for funding support under CITREP, a trainee must:
- Be a Singapore Citizen or Singapore Permanent Resident.
- Meet the admission criteria set by the Course Provider or Certificate Awarding Body.
- Be enrolled by the endorsed course providers or testing centres for their intended courses or certifications on their behalf in the ICMS system before the commencement of the training courses or certifications.
- Commence all training courses or certification examinations between 1 April 2011 and 31 March 2013 (or otherwise stipulated by IDA).
- For Organisation-Sponsored Trainees:
The sponsoring organisation must be incorporated or registered in Singapore.
Employees of Local Government Agencies are not eligible. Employees of these organisations can, however, qualify for CITREP under the self-sponsored category.
- For Course and Certification Fees Support:
The trainee must complete the course and pass all examinations required by the certification or post- training assessment within 12 months from the course commencement date:
- meet the minimum 75% attendance of the training course as per endorsed roadmap;
- complete and pass the project work (applicable to Emerging Infocomm Skills with Project Work Component); and
- achieve the final certification status (applicable to certifiable programmes only).
- For Certification Fee Support:
The trainee must pass all examinations required by the certification and achieve the final certification status within 12 months from the commencement date of the first examination. For Emerging Infocomm Skills with Project Work Component, the trainee is required to complete and pass the project work.
All course endorsement and claim applications must be submitted online via the online system known as Infocomm Competency Management System (ICMS). Upon successful submission of online applications, the applicants must submit the supporting documents to IDA.
The sponsoring organisations and self-sponsored individuals must have a valid ICMS account to submit a CITREP claim. To apply for a new organisation or individual account, please click here.
All applicants must have their SingPass ID and password to access ICMS. To find out more and/or apply for SingPass, please click here.
To access ICMS, please click here.
To download CITREP guides, please click here.
Trainees who wish to claim for CITREP funding must submit their online claim applications to IDA via ICMS upon course or certification completion. Please refer to the Claim Application Guide for detailed application procedures.
For Organisation-Sponsored Trainees, the claim application will be submitted by the sponsoring organisation.
For Self-Sponsored Trainees, the claim application has to be completed by the individual.
All claims for CITREP disbursement must be submitted to IDA within three (3) months from completion date of the last examination or final post-training assessment. Late submissions will not be accepted. Applications with incomplete supporting documents will rejected for processing.
Course providers and testing centres who are interested to have their courses or certification endorsed under the CITREP Expanded may submit their applications to IDA for endorsement via ICMS. Please refer to the Course/Certification Endorsement Guide for detailed application procedures.
Please click here for information on Enhanced CITREP (Term: 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2011).
For enquiries, please contact:
CITREP Administrator
Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore
10 Pasir Panjang Road
#10-01 Mapletree Business City
Singapore 117438
Tel: +65 6324 8737 (63-CITREP)
Fax: +65 6659 2535
Email: ida_citrep@ida.gov.sg
