Awards and Achievements

United Nations Public Service Award (UNPSA)
June 2007
MOF’s Progress Package and Workfare Bonus Scheme did Singapore proud by winning the United Nations Public Service Award (UNPSA) in the category of 'Improving Transparency, Accountability, and Responsiveness in the Public Service’. The UNPSA is the most prestigious international recognition of excellence in public service. It rewards creative achievements and contributions of public service institutions to a more effective and responsive public administration in countries worldwide. Through an annual competition, the UNPSA promotes the role, professionalism and visibility of public service.

Public Service Award for Organisational Excellence
November 2005
The Public Service Award for Organisational Excellence (PS Award) is the premier organisational excellence award for public agencies. MOF is recognised for attaining key organisational excellence (OE) standards to ensure that we are able to harness and maximise our talent pool and effectively manage our limited resources and translate our vision and strategies into effective outcomes.

Singapore H.E.A.L.T.H. Award
October 2005, 2004, 2003
The Singapore H.E.A.L.T.H. (Helping Employees Achieve Life-Time Health) Award is presented by the Healthy Promotion Board to give national recognition to organizations with commendable Workplace Health programmes.

Outstanding IQC (Innovation Quality Circle) Organisation Award
June 2005
This national award is the highest accolade conferred to organisations, circles and individuals in the National IQC Movement. MOF is recognised for our excellence in employee involvement through IQT-related (Innovation Quality Teams) activities and using it as a platform for business excellence.

May Day Award - Plaque of Commendation
May 2004
The National Trade Union Congress (NTUC) May Day Award honours and awards individuals and organisations that contribute significantly to good labour-management relations. On 1 May 2004, MOF was presented with the Plaque of Commendation for its significant contributions to the promotion of staff training and skills upgrading, and for a healthy relationship between staff and management.

Singapore Innovation Class
April 2004
The Singapore Innovation Class (I-Class) Programme recognises organisations for achieving the high standard required under the Singapore Innovation Class framework for innovation excellence. MOF is able to adopt a total approach to developing the conditions, culture, competencies and connectivity for sustaining innovation.

ISO 9001:2000
November 2002
The ISO (International Organisation for Standardisation) Standards is a set of internationally accepted quality standards. MOF has achieved the basic requirements for the design of a Quality Assurance System.

Singapore Quality Class
January 2002
The Singapore Quality Class (SQC) Programme recognises organisations for their commitment to achieving business excellence. MOF has set in place a business excellence framework comprising seven dimensions - Leadership, Planning, Information, People, Processes, Customers and Results.

People Developer Standard
December 2001
The People Developer Standard (PDS) is a quality standard on human resource development that gives recognition to organisations that bring out the best in people for better business results. It integrates the various people development activities in the organisation into eight systems - Learning Needs Analysis, Career Development, Resource Allocation, Communication, Induction, Monitoring, Evaluation and Improvement - which are linked to the achievement of business objectives.