< Equal Opportunities Commission - Community Participation Funding Programme
Date of application/ usual deadline
Last submission deadline: First batch - 15 May 2012;
Second batch - 31 July 2012
Eligibility
1. Non-profit-making organisations which are legally registered, or their committees, are eligible for funding.
2. Fundraising and profit-making activities are not eligible for funding.
3. Projects must be carried out in Hong Kong
2. Fundraising and profit-making activities are not eligible for funding.
3. Projects must be carried out in Hong Kong
Procedure/ Remarks
1. Approval for applications is based on the following criteria:
- the application should clearly explain how the planned activities will eliminate discrimination and promote equal opportunities
- the planned activities should meet the EOC's objectives of promoting equal opportunities and address the needs of the society
- the target and number of participants (priority will be given to cross-district or territory-wide activities)
- the expenditure and cost-effectiveness of the project
- the effectiveness of the planned activities can be clearly measured
- the impact of the activities and the extent of the general public's participation in the activities; and
- the feasibility of the project
2. Preference will be given to eligible applications from organizations that have never received funding from the EOC.
3. Activities which are of a social, recreational or cultural nature, such as dinner parties, picnics, colouring competitions and carnivals, may not have sustaining effects on promoting the message of equal opportunities. Generally, such projects will not be funded.
4. Questionnaires and surveys are in general not funded, because the objective of this funding programme is not to conduct research, but to foster community participation.
5. Funds will be granted according to the size, format, and content of the project. The maximum funding limit will be $50,000.
- the application should clearly explain how the planned activities will eliminate discrimination and promote equal opportunities
- the planned activities should meet the EOC's objectives of promoting equal opportunities and address the needs of the society
- the target and number of participants (priority will be given to cross-district or territory-wide activities)
- the expenditure and cost-effectiveness of the project
- the effectiveness of the planned activities can be clearly measured
- the impact of the activities and the extent of the general public's participation in the activities; and
- the feasibility of the project
2. Preference will be given to eligible applications from organizations that have never received funding from the EOC.
3. Activities which are of a social, recreational or cultural nature, such as dinner parties, picnics, colouring competitions and carnivals, may not have sustaining effects on promoting the message of equal opportunities. Generally, such projects will not be funded.
4. Questionnaires and surveys are in general not funded, because the objective of this funding programme is not to conduct research, but to foster community participation.
5. Funds will be granted according to the size, format, and content of the project. The maximum funding limit will be $50,000.
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