Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) is committed to building up the IDM ecosystem through three strategies:
• Attract top-tier IDM companies to our shores and foster enterprise creation
Presence of top-tier IDM companies will bring opportunities for Singapore-based talent to develop their capabilities and know-how. Fostering enterprise development would help to nurture homegrown IDM brands.
• Position Singapore as a leading IDM education hub with a world-class talent pool
EDB will continue to attract renowned foreign institutes as well as work with local tertiary institutes and specialty schools to groom talent to staff world-class companies in Singapore.
For example, many of Singapore’s local polytechnics offer diplomas in areas such as digital media and games design, and leading schools such as DigiPen Institute of Technology and Tisch School of the Arts have set up satellite campuses in Singapore to offer undergraduate, post-graduate and continuing education programmes. Hollywood concept designer Feng Zhu has opened the FZD School of Entertainment Design here, to train talent in design for areas such as film, games, commercials and toys.
In addition, there are several local speciality schools such as 3Dsense Media School, CG Protégé, and Egg Story Digital Arts Academy, which offer focused training in digital media skills.
Opportunities are also available for Singaporeans to undergo overseas training attachments with leading companies such Double Negative, which produced visual