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Dedicated Fund

The Chief Executive announced in his Policy Address in October 2023 that the Government would set up a dedicated fund of $500 million to help non-governmental organisations operating subvented welfare services (NGOs) meet their development needs for staff training and system enhancement, particularly in enhancing professional knowledge of their staff and strengthening awareness of inter-disciplinary collaboration, as well as encouraging and promoting the application of information technology (IT), etc. This measure is also one of the recommendations put forward in the Review Report on Enhancement of Lump Sum Grant Subvention System. The SWD has set up the Dedicated Fund in the second quarter of 2024 for a period of five years.

The date of close of application for projects/programmes are as follows - 

Project╱ProgrammeDate of close of application
  • Agency-based Funding
    1.  Staff Training Project
    2.  Information Technology (IT) Project
    3.  Non-IT Project
  • Mainland Exchange Tour
  • National Studies Programme
31 May 2028
  • Specified Training Programme
31 March 2025 (applicable for 2025 Training themes)
 

For details of the Dedicated Fund, please refer to the Guidance Notes on Application.

Dedicated Fund Guidance Notes on Application and Related DocumentsDownload File
Guidance Notes on ApplicationPDF
  • Scope (Annex 1) 
PDF
  • Application Form (Annex 2)
    [NGOs should upload the completed prescribed electronic Application Form, together with relevant appendices and other required documents onto the electronic submission system of the Service Performance Management Information System.]

 

 


NGOs are required to submit the application through the Service Performance Management Information System (SPMIS) e-Submission System
PDF
  • Application for Agency-based funding
    1.  Staff Training Project (Appendix A1)
    2.  System Enhancement - IT Projects (Appendix A2) 
    3.  System Enhancement - Non-IT Projects (Appendix A3) 

1. Word
2. Word
3. Word
 
  • Application for Non-agency-based funding
    4.  Notes and Requirements for Mainland Exchange Tour
    5.  Mainland Exchange Tour (Appendix B1)
    6.  National Studies Programme (Appendix B2)
    7.  Notes and Requirements for Specified Training Programme 
    8.  Specified Training Programme (Appendix C) 

4. PDF
5. Word
6. Word
7. PDF
8. Word
 
  • Mainland Exchange Tour Protocol and Sample Itinerary
    1.  Shaoguan Exchange Tour

1. PDF(Chinese version only)
  • Updating Form (Annex 3)
    [Applicable to all approved projects] 
Word
  • Reports for IT Projects
    1.  Interim Report (Annex 4A)
    2.  Overall Evaluation Report (Annex 4B)

1. Word
2. Word
  • Evaluation Report (Annex 5)
    [Applicable to non-IT Projects]
Word

Briefing on Dedicated Fund (12 July 2024) (Chinese version only)Download File
  • Power Point
PDF
  • Questions and Answers
PDF

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