The “HKCSS Most Impactful Small and Medium-sized Non-subvented NGO Award 2019” (Click here for more details) will be held to praise impactful social service organizations and those with high potential in development. Meanwhile, it also aims at expanding the network and accumulating human resources for agencies to promote organization development. Standing committees of the Council, business sector and members of foundations will be invited to be adjudicators in 3-round adjudication process of the Award Scheme and eventually ten agencies will be selected and awarded with prizes as an encouragement.
Aims：
- Encourage small and medium-sized organizations to improve their governance and service development
- Enhance the understanding of public, donors, foundations, etc, about small and medium-sized organizations
- Demonstrate the contribution of small and medium-sized organizations to society
- Commend impactful and high development potential social service organizations
Eligibility：
- Agency member of The Hong Kong Council of Social Service
- Non-profit organization which are exempt from tax under section 88 of the Inland Revenue Ordinance
- Total annual expenditure in 2018/2019 less than HK$50 million
- Does not receive government regular subvention*
*Government regular subvention does not include funding for project-based services and services awarded by the way of bidding
Adjudication Criteria：
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Items |
Ratio |
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Part 1 – Service Philosophy and Contribution to Society |
50% |
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Organization Philosophy
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10% |
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Service Standing and Contribution to Society
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30% |
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Networking Capacity
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10% |
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Part 2 – Development Potential and Future Plan |
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50% |
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Development Potential
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25% |
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Future Development Plan
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25% |
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Adjudication and Adjudicators：
1st Round – Scoring based on Agency Introduction Summary
Adjudicators: Representatives from HKCSS: Senior Management Team and Members of Standing Committees
2nd Round – Scoring based on interview presentation and reference of Agency Introduction Summary
Adjudicators: Members of foundations
3rd Round Adjudicators – Scoring based on online agency introduction and video profile
Adjudicators: Chairpersons of government-managed fund committees, representatives of charitable foundations or family foundations, corporates and business institution, professional associations, government departments and media
Briefing Session cum Workshops：
Two workshops will be held as supplementary activities, where various speakers are invited to share on the topics related to organization development. Through learning and sharing, agencies can review the retrospect and prospects of their organization development. The interactive workshops aim at providing real case sharing and tools from speakers for participants to practice and apply.
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Session |
Speakers |
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Briefing Session cum Workshop (1) – Organization Governance and Service Impact Date: 20th September 2019 (Friday) |
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Workshop (2) : Development and Prospects – Self-assessment of Organization Status and Future Development Strategy Date: 3rd October 2019 (Thursday) |
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How to Participate
- Please complete and return the enrollment form to the Council on or before 4 October 2019 5:00 pm (Fax: 2864 2910; email：[email protected]).
- Please submit to Agency Introduction Summary on or before 11 October 2019 5:00 pm via email [email protected]. The Agency Introduction Summary can be downloaded in this webpage.
- Presentation material should be submitted on or before 20 December 2019 by the selected 20 agencies for second-round adjudication in mid-January 2020. Details of presentation will be notified separately.
- All electronic version documents can be downloaded in webpage of the Award Scheme. (http://bit.ly/2019SmallNGOAward)
Schedule
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Deadline for Enrollment |
5:00 pm, 4 October 2019 |
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Deadline for Submission of Agency Introduction Summary |
5:00 pm, 11 October 2019 |
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Announcement of 1st round result – selected 20 agencies |
Mid-November 2019 |
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Deadline for submission of presentation material |
20 December 2019 |
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Presentation session with panels List of adjudicators
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Mid-January 2020 |
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Announcement of 2nd round result – 10 finalists |
Late-January 2020 |
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Video shooting of finalists |
April – June 2020 |
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Agency visit of finalists for adjudicators |
Early-August 2020 |
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Award Presentation Ceremony |
Mid-September 2020 |
Download Forms:
Should you have any enquiries, feel free to contact Ms. Florence Yip at 2876 2459 [email protected] or [email protected] .
[Remarks]
HKCSS Most Impactful Small and Medium-sized Non-subvented NGO Award (Chinese and English Version) will be posted and viewed on “What’s News”of the Council (https://www.hkcss.org.hk/)