Civil Service College (CSC) Singapore, is a statutory board under the Public Service Division, Prime Minister's Office. Its mission is to develop people for a first class public service. CSC brings together public service officers from diverse backgrounds and provides them opportunities to plug into a service-wide network to exchange views, build shared ethos and perspectives, creating a rich environment for dialogue, knowledge sharing and learning. CSC programmes and services are practitioner-focused. With access to public sector thought leadership and line management, much of the training is facilitated by highly experienced practitioners who speak with authority and offer first-hand knowledge and experience. Through its programmes and services, CSC aims to build commitment and strategic capacity in governance, leadership, public administration and management for a networked government for the Singapore Public Service.

• Learn and share knowledge
• Network, dialogue and exchange views
• Develop a service-wide ethos and shared perspectives

What CSC does

CSC's wide range of activities builds strategic capacity in governance, leadership, public administration and management for a networked government in Singapore. CSC offers:

• A broad range of training programmes and services relevant to public administration and governance. These are facilitated by respected thought leaders and experienced practitioners.
  
  
• Lectures, seminars, events and publications featuring international experts, public and private sector leaders, and academia. They bring new insights and fresh perspectives on strategic issues relevant to the public sector.

History

Humble Beginnings

March 1971 - The Civil Service College (CSC) started its journey as the Staff Training Institute. Its task was to train new officers in the Administrative Service in modern management concepts and techniques. This training was later extended to officers in other services. In addition, the curricula were expanded to cover training in language and supervisory skills.
Evolving to meet the needs of the Public Service

June 1975 – The Institute moved to Heng Mui Keng Terrace. It was also renamed the Civil Service Staff Development Institute to more accurately reflect its business.

May 1979 – the name was later shortened to Civil Service Institute (CSI). As the Institute increased its focus on training and developing other public officers in managerial, supervisory and operating skills, it was again renamed The Institute of Public Administration and Management (IPAM).

1993 – The Institute of Policy Development (IPD) was created to meet the need for more focused programmes in public sector leadership. It focused on developing programmes in governance, policy development and leadership development for senior public officers.

April 1996 – IPAM and IPD merged to form the Civil Service College (CSC). A third unit, Civil Service Consulting Group (CSCG), was added to provide professional advisory services to organisations on people development issues and to help them implement the concepts, systems and skills taught in IPD and IPAM.

August 2001 – CSCG merged with the Personnel Guidance Unit (PGU), a psychometric assessment and development unit to form the CSC Consultants (CSCC). The role of CSCC was to provide in-depth consultancy in organisational excellence and people development.
A New Beginning

1 October 2001 – The Civil Service College Act provided for the corporatisation of CSC as a Statutory Board under the Public Service Division, Prime Minister's Office. This allowed CSC greater autonomy and operational flexibility to meet the needs of the Public Service in a fast-changing knowledge-based economy. At the same time, this ensured that CSC's objectives remained in line with the needs and aspirations of the public service.

Since its inauguration as a Statutory Board in 2001, CSC has evolved into an organisation with five training institutes and four corporate departments.