The Enhancing Self-Reliance Through District Partnership Programme (Programme) is established under the Home Affairs Department in response to an initiative of the Commission on Poverty (CoP) to reinforce its work in preventing and alleviating poverty through a district-based approach. It has also taken into account the renewed emphasis on district partnership contained in the consultation document on Review on the Role, Functions and Composition of District Councils published on 27 April 2006. We believe that district-based projects and solutions can help identify local needs more precisely, mobilize community resources more effectively and create employment opportunities and support services on a more sustainable basis.
The Programme seeks to promote sustainable poverty prevention and alleviation efforts at the district level that help enhance self-reliance, targeting socially disadvantaged groups. Instead of providing welfare or short-term relief, the Programme aims at increasing the skills and capacities of the employable and providing opportunities for the disadvantaged to upgrade themselves and to be effectively integrated into community.
The applicant should be a bona fide non-profit-making organization which shall be -
Starting from 2011, we will accept, on a trial basis, applications from non-profit-making organizations not registered under Section 88 of the Inland Revenue Ordinance (Cap. 112). Please refer to the ‘Note for applicants’ in this web page for details. New
Amount of grant and funding period The funding ceiling for each approved project is $3 million. For applications submitted from 2011 onwards and subsequently approved, the maximum funding period will be extended from two years to three years. New
Terms of Reference
Government representatives on the Committee would include -
The Programme is open to application all year round, but deadlines are set on a half-yearly basis (please see the following section on application timetable) to enable the corresponding processing of applications in batches. Please refer to the Application Guide to find out more about the Programme, including the objectives, the assessment criteria, the financial arrangement and monitoring mechanism for approved projects. Applications must be submitted in the specified Application Form. Please click here to download the Application Form. Completed forms should be sent to the Programme's Secretariat by post or email at the following address / email -
E-mail: esr_secretariat@had.gov.hk
We encourage applications involving fields of business which may tie in well with the prevailing government policies or the needs of the community. We will announce the fields of business for general information and will regularly review the business fields to be encouraged. The present fields of business encouraged include:
Vetting of applications, whether or not in the above designated fields, would continue to be based on individual merits, and should meet the Programme's objectives.
Guides and Notes Application Guide (PDF) (Revised in 1/2011) Note for applicants of non-profit-making organizations not under Section 88 of the Inland Revenue Ordinance (Cap. 112) (DOC) (PDF) (Revised in 7/2011) Notes for Auditors of Grantees (DOC) (PDF) (Revised in 5/2010) Guidelines on Disposal of Capital Items (PDF) (4/2010) Application Application Form (DOC) (PDF) (Revised in 1/2011) Sample Application Form (PDF) (Chinese version only) Supplementary Information (applicable to “non-section 88 applicants”) (DOC) (PDF) (1/2011) Payment Authority for Payment to a Bank (GF179A) (PDF) (Revised in 7/2011) Sample Authority for Payment to a Bank (PDF) and Sample letter (PDF) Application for Capital Expenditure Reimbursement (DOC) (PDF) (Revised in 8/2009) Sample Application for Capital Expenditure Reimbursement (PDF) (Chinese version only) Application for Reimbursement of Auditors' Remuneration (DOC) (PDF) (Revised in 7/2009) Report Half-yearly / Annual Performance Report Template (DOC) (PDF) (Revised in 8/2009)
Corruption Prevention Best Practices The Corruption Prevention Department of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) has developed a set of Best Practice Modules on how to plug corruption loopholes. Appended below the more relevant ones to the Programme grantees. If you would like to know more about corruption prevention guides and practices, you can visit the ICAC website at www.icac.org.hk.
Projects established under the Programme and which are in operation Project list (PDF) (Chinese version only)
Activities and updated information Briefing A number of briefings have been held to brief non-governmental organizations on various topics of the Programme. The relevant briefing materials are appended below -
Programme Newsletter
The Government's dedicated website on Social Enterprises
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