Skills and Workforce Development Agency
Singapore's job-skills agency, merged from Workforce Singapore and SkillsFuture Singapore in 2026.
Singapore folded Workforce Singapore and SkillsFuture Singapore into one Skills and Workforce Development Agency on 16 September 2026, its launch waiving premium AI-tool fees for half a year.
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The Skills and Workforce Development Agency (SWDA) is Singapore's job-skills agency, formed in 2026 from the merger of Workforce Singapore and SkillsFuture Singapore. It brings training, jobs matching and business support into a single body.
At its 16 September 2026 launch, SWDA opened a national access programme: eligible citizens received a half-year subsidy covering premium AI-tool subscriptions plus enrolment across a catalogue of more than 200 AI-related courses, delivered under the agency's combined training and jobs-matching remit.
The merger continues a two-decade pattern of Singapore consolidating its skills agencies, building on subsidised training that began with SkillsFuture credits in 2015; SWDA's role as a single point of contact for both workers and employers is the main structural change from its predecessors.
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Written with AI from Lowdown's published reporting. Not individually reviewed by an editor. Updated 22 September 2026. Editorial standards.