Critical Infocomm Technology Resource Programme PLUS (CITREP+)

For enrolment on or before 31 October 2022

Trainees who wish to claim for CITREP+ funding must submit their online claim applications to IMDA via ICMS upon course or certification completion. Please refer to the Claim Application Guide (595.16KB) 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 IMDA within three (3) months from completion date of the last examination or final post-training assessment, or by 31 Mar 2023, whichever is earlier. Late submissions will not be accepted. Applications with incomplete documents will be rejected for processing.

For enrolment on or after 1 November 2022

Claim procedure will be done by Course Providers. Eligible trainees will pay Course Providers the unsubsidised portion of the course/certification fee.

To be eligible for funding support under CITREP+, all trainees must be enrolled by the endorsed course provider or testing centre for the intended course or certification in IMDA’s Infocomm Competency Management System (ICMS) (for enrolment on or before 31 Oct 2022) or Training Partners Gateway (TP Gateway) (for enrolment on or after 1 Nov 2022) before the commencement of the training course or certification.

Organisation-sponsored trainee

• Must be a Singaporean citizen or PR at the point of course / certification examination commencement 
• Meet the admission criteria set by the Course Provider or Certificate Awarding Body
• Commence the training courses or certification examination between 1 July 2022 and 31 March 2023 (or otherwise stipulated by IMDA)
• 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 enrolment on or before 31 October 2022, sponsoring organisations claiming up to 90% funding support must meet the SME eligibility criteria¹ and will have to complete and submit Form 2 to endorsed Course Provider.

Self-sponsored trainee

• Must be a Singaporean citizen or PR at the point of course / certification examination commencement (refer to funding support table (128.36KB) for more details)
• Meet the admission criteria set by the Course Provider or Certificate Awarding Body
• Commence the training courses or certification examination between 1 July 2022 and 31 March 2023 (or otherwise stipulated by IMDA)

Note:
¹SMEs are defined as companies having:

• Minimum 30% local shareholding AND
• Company Group annual sales turnover not more than $100 million OR
• Company Group employment size not more than 200 workers

Group tracing includes all corporate shareholder(s) holding more than 50% of total shareholding of the company and any subsequent corporate parents and all subsidiaries of the company.

Application procedure (for enrolment on or before 31 October 2022)

All claim applications must be submitted online via the IMDA’s Infocomm Competency Management System (ICMS).

Applicants must upload and attach the supporting documents via ICMS during the submission of online applications.

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.

Self-sponsored 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.

Sponsoring organisations & individuals

• CITREP+ Claim Application Guide (1 July 2022 to 31 March 2023) (595.16KB) (updated as at Jun 2022)
• CITREP+ Form 1 (Consent Form for Applicants Below 18 years of Age) (288.68KB)
• CITREP+ Form 2 (Company’s Declaration of SME Status for Funding Support) (77.27KB)
• Direct Credit Authorisation (DCA) Form (129.89KB)

Course providers

A. General information

• Information Kit (1 July 2022 to 31 March 2023) (1.52MB) (updated as at Jun 2022)

• Marketing Guidelines (457.27KB) (updated as at Jun 2022)

B. Skills Framework for ICT mapping

• CITREP+ CP Endorsement Guide (731.82KB) (SFw for ICT) (updated as Jun 2022)

• SFw for ICT Course Mapping Guide (1.92MB) (updated as at Jun 2022)

• SFw for ICT Navigation Tool

• SFw for ICT Documents (Job Roles, Technical Skills & Competencies etc.)

C. Additional submission documents

• CITREP+ Appendix A (1 July 2022 to 31 March 2023) (502.78KB)

• CITREP+ Appendix B (1 July 2022 to 31 March 2023) (833.57KB)

• CITREP+ Appendix C (1 July 2022 to 31 March 2023) (693.99KB)

• CITREP+ Appendix D (1 July 2022 to 31 March 2023) (418.91KB)

• CITREP+ Appendix E (1 July 2022 to 31 March 2023) (284.33KB)

• CITREP+ Appendix F (1 July 2022 to 31 March 2023) (510.25KB)

Frequently asked questions

• CITREP+ FAQs (278.77KB)

• CITREP+ SkillsFuture Credit (SFC) FAQs (227.29KB)

ICMS guides

• ICMS General Navigation (1.48MB)
• ICMS User Account Administration [Organisation Account] (1.62MB)
• ICMS Course Mapping and Endorsement (2.41MB)
• ICMS Trainee Enrolment [CP] (Updated 1 Oct 2019) (1.42MB)
• ICMS Trainee Enrolment [SO] (Updated 1 Oct 2019) (1.10MB)
• ICMS Trainee Enrolment [Individual] (Updated 1 Oct 2019) - Includes trainee acknowledgement step for Self-Sponsored and Org-Sponsored trainees (1.17MB)
• ICMS Claim Application [Individual] (779.05KB)
• ICMS Claim Application [Sponsoring Organisations] (2.74MB)

• Maintain skills relevancy for employees via short form tech courses and certifications.
• What it does: Provides support for companies to keep pace with technology shifts through continuous and proactive training for employees.
• What you get: Eligible companies can obtain funding support of up to 90% of nett payable course and certification fees.