The Ministry of Education, Singapore, won the prestigious ‘Government Organisation of the Year’ award at the annual FutureGov Awards 2012. The award recognises excellence in public administration at central, state or local government level. 

The ministry was celebrated for its Student Hub project, which migrates student information onto an open platform, and Analytical Hub project, which provides tools and techniques to help schools conduct statistical and quantitative analysis on student and school data.

The sixth annual FutureGov Awards ceremony was held on 19 October 2012, on the final day of FutureGov Summit in Chiang Mai, Thailand. These technology awards are given each year to government, education or healthcare organisations to recognise and celebrate the most successful modernisation programmes in the region.

This year, the awards covered 23 different categories, including categories such as e-government, information security, green government and digital inclusion. Our panel of judges, which included senior government officials along with experienced FutureGov managers, faced the difficult task of choosing the winners from a list of 93 exceptional finalists.

The final list of winners covered organisations from all around the Asia Pacific region – Singapore won five awards; Indonesia won four; Malaysia won three; Thailand, Sri Lanka, Australia and Hong Kong each won two; and Brunei, Bahrain and New Zealand each won one award.

The shortlisted nominees and award winners for each category are listed below. Our heartiest congratulations go out to the organisations that won or were shortlisted!

Technology Leadership
Winner:
LKPP (National Public Procurement Agency), Indonesia
National e-Procurement Project

Finalists:

• Ministry of Education, Singapore
  Student Hub (SH) and Analytical Hub (AH)

• Adelaide City Council, Australia
  Adelaide City Council 3D Model Project

• Water Resources Agency, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan
  Geographic Information Centre

• E-Government National Centre, Brunei
  e-Government Innovation Centre (eG.InC)

Business Process
Winner:
Revenue Department of Thailand, Thailand
Happy Tax Refund

Finalists:

• Hong Kong Police, Hong Kong
   CIS2

• E-Government National Centre, Brunei
  e-Government Innovation Centre (eG.InC)

• General Elections Commission, Indonesia
   SIDALIH

• Headquarters, South Korea
  Price Payment Confirmation System

Green Government
Winner:
Securities and Exchange Commission, Thailand
Smart SEC Office

Finalists:

• National Library Board (NLB), Singapore
  Green IT Programme

• Vietnam Environment Administration, Vietnam
  IT Application Strengthening Programme

• Durakij Pundit University, Thailand
  E-Transactional Process “Workflow Project”

• KEITI (Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute), South Korea
  Korea National Environmental Information Centre (KONETIC)

Information Management
Winner:
General Elections Commission, Indonesia
SIDALIH

Finalists:

• Department of Social Welfare and Development, The Philippines
  National Household Targetting Office

• Federal Department of Town and Country Planning Peninsular Malaysia & Royal Malaysian Police, Malaysia Safe City Monitoring System

• Ministry of Education, Singapore
  Student Hub (SH) and Analytical Hub (AH)

• Vietnam Competition Authority, Vietnam
  Anti-dumping Early Warning System

Service Innovation
Winner:
Inland Revenue Board Of Malaysia, Malaysia
Electronic Revenue Accounting System – eRAS

Finalists:

• Directorate General of Population and Civil Registration, Indonesia
  Indonesia Electronic Identification Card (e-KTP)

• eGoverment National Centre, Brunei
   STARS

• City Government of Davao, The Philippines
  911 Central Communication and Emergency Response Centre

• Kuantan Municipal Council, Malaysia
  Online Business Licensing (e-Licensing)

• Centre for Information Technology in Education, University of Hong Kong
  Learning 2.0: an Online Platform and a Teacher Support Network for Curriculum and Assessment Innovation

E-Government
Winner:
Department of Immigration & Emigration, Sri Lanka
Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) System of Sri Lanka

Finalists:

• The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australia
  My Hospitals Website

• Metropolitan Police Bureau, Thailand
  Traffic Police

• Ministry of Education, Singapore
  Schools Standard ICT Operating Environment (SSOE) Programme

• Revenue Department of Thailand, Thailand
  Happy Tax Refund

Connected Government
Winner:
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australia
My Hospitals Website

Finalists

• Ministry for Primary Industries, New Zealand
  Project Ora Tiaki

• Ministry of Education, Singapore
   mCare

• Department of Social Welfare and Development, The Philippines
  National Household Targeting Office

• Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  IT-based Administration Reform Support

Wireless Government
Winner:
Ministry for Primary Industries, New Zealand
Project Ora Tiaki

Finalists:

• Prime Minister’s Department, Malaysia
  ICU Mobile Executive System

• Metropolitan Police Bureau, Thailand
  Traffic Police

• City University Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  University Wide Mobile Web Project

• Tsinghua University, China
  Mobile Interactive Platform between Government and Citizens

Information Security
Winner:
Directorate General of Population and Civil Registration, Indonesia
Indonesia Electronic Identification Card (e-KTP)

Finalists:

• ICTA Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
   eSamurshi

• Sabah State Computer Services Department, Malaysia
  JPKN’s Information Security Management System Certification

• Securities and Exchange Commission, Thailand
  Smart SEC Office

• Public Procurement Service (PPS), South Korea
  Fingerprint Recognition e-Bidding System

Data Centres
Winner:
National Library Board (NLB), Singapore
Cloud Computing Programme in National Library Board (NLB)

Finalists:

• Vietnam Competition Authority, Vietnam
  Anti-dumping Early Warning System

• Ministry of the Interior, Taiwan
  Taiwan Geospatial Project

• Financial Data Centre, Ministry of Finance, Taiwan
  Tax Amount Pre-assessment Service of Individual Income Tax

• Melaka State Government, Malaysia
  Melaka State Integrated Network

Digital Inclusion
Winner:
City University Hong Kong, Hong Kong
University Wide Mobile Web Project

Finalists:

• RDEC, Taiwan
  Digital Hope

• Thai Health Promotion Foundation, Thailand
  Website Development for People With Disabilities

• Revenue Service East District Office, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
  Tax ND (Nil-Distance) Video Service Network

• RDEC of Taipei City Government, Taiwan
  1999 Citizen Helpline

• Korea Education and Research Information Service, South Korea
  Smart Education

Government Cloud
Winner:
National Library Board (NLB), Singapore
Cloud Computing Programme in National Library Board (NLB)

Finalists:

• Department of Local Government, Western Australia, Australia
  DLG Cloud

• National Institute of Education, Singapore
  Research Data Centre

• Taichung City Government, Taiwan
  Cloud Document Mgt

• LKPP (National Public Procurement Agency, Indonesia
  National e-Procurement Project

Citizen Engagement
Winner:
E-Government National Centre, Brunei
e-Government Innovation Centre (eG.InC)

Finalists:

• Adelaide City Council, Australia
  Adelaide City Council 3D Model Project

• Surakarta City Government, Indonesia
  Relocation and Empowerment of Street Vendors

• STRC, Korean National Police Agency, South Korea
  Digital Detective & Examiners

• Metropolitan Police Bureau, Thailand
  Traffic Police

Government Transformation of the Year
Winner:
Prime Minister’s Department, Malaysia
ICU Mobile Executive System

Finalists:

• Service SA, Australia
  One Workforce

• LKPP (National Public Procurement Agency, Indonesia
  National e-Procurement Project

• Directorate General of Population and Civil Registration, Indonesia
  Indonesia Electronic Identification Card (e-KTP)

• Ministry of Education, Singapore
  Schools Standard ICT Operating Environment (SSOE) Programme

FutureCity of the Year
Winner:
Federal Department of Town and Country Planning Peninsular Malaysia & Royal Malaysian Police, Malaysia
Safe City Monitoring System

Finalists:

• Kuantan Municipal Council, Malaysia
  Online Business Licensing (e-Licensing)

• Surabaya City Government, Indonesia
  Online Permits

• Perbadanan Putrajaya, Malaysia
   e-Pemajuan

• Melaka State Government, Malaysia
  Melaka State Integrated Network

• Surakarta City Government, Indonesia
  Relocation and Empowerment of Street Vendors

Healthcare Organisation of the Year
Winner:
Integrated Health Information Systems, Singapore
Patient Relationship Management System

Finalists:

• Integrated Health Information Systems, Singapore
  Multi-dose Medication Management System

• BNH Hospital, Thailand
  Kiosk Health Station

• Samitivej Hospital Group, Thailand
  My Health Profile

• Kagawa University Faculty of Medicine, Japan
  From K-MIX to Japanese EHR

Education Organisation of the Year
Winner:
Ministry of Education, Singapore
Student Hub (SH) and Analytical Hub (AH)

Finalists:

• City University Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  Mobile Learning

• Ministry of Education and Training, Vietnam
  Support Renovation of Education Management (SREM)

• Durakij Pundit University, Thailand
  E-Transactional Process “Workflow Project”

• Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  Centralised Command Centre

Government Organisation of the Year
Winner:
Ministry of Education, Singapore
Student Hub (SH) and Analytical Hub (AH)

Finalists:

• Directorate General of Population and Civil Registration, Indonesia
  Indonesia Electronic Identification Card (e-KTP)

• The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australia
  My Hospitals Website

• Department of Social Welfare and Development, The Philippines
  National Household Targeting Office

• Hong Kong Police, Hong Kong
  CIS2

Public Sector Organisation of the Year – Asean
Surakarta City Government, Indonesia

Public Sector Organisation of the Year – North Asia
Hong Kong Police, Hong Kong

Public Sector Organisation of the Year – SAARC
ICTA Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka

Public Sector Organisation of the Year – Oceania
Department of Local Government, Western Australia, Australia

Public Sector Organisation of the Year – Middle East
E-Government Authority of Bahrain, Bahrain