GovTech, Tableau renew partnership to deepen public officers' data skills

This is said to empower more public officers to understand and make use of data.

Analytics platform Tableau Software has renewed its agreement with the Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech) to train and deepen public officers’ capabilities in data analytics and visualisation, according to a media release.

The memorandum of intent (MOI), signed on 7 July, is said to empower more public officers to understand and make use of data, transform the public sector’s operations with data-driven decisions, and accelerate the country’s digitalisation movement.

Under the new agreement, Tableau and GovTech will engage in knowledge sharing of resources, industry best practices and tools to continue strengthening the abilities of public officers within the government. Public agencies will also have access to updated Tableau content, learning resources and subject matter experts.

GovTech’s chief executive Kok Ping Soon said that the collaboration will support the agency in building a digitally-ready and data-literate workforce to transform public service delivery.

Tableau has been working with GovTech since 2017 with thousands of public officers trained with visual analytics skills.

As part of the ongoing partnership, Tableau organises Communities of Practice for analytics leaders in the government, where directors and program leads discuss and share best practices and their vision for data analytics. Tableau also actively shares content assets to build the public sector’s knowledge base.

In addition, Tableau has been a key partner of GovTech’s annual Data Arcade Tournament (DAT) which connects data science enthusiasts and practitioners from across the government. It has also conducted workshops to train public officers’ data science capabilities and help them better understand their data via interactive visualisation tools and uncover deeper insights.