FAQs

The WEF provides funding for one-year projects and two-year projects. Funded organisations must complete the one-year and two-year projects within 12 months and 24 months respectively from the effective date set out in the “Approval Letter of Funding Allocation”.

The funding cap for each one-year or two-year project is HK$400,000 and HK$800,000 respectively. The amount of funding approved for individual projects is determined on a case-by-case basis.

Applicant organisations can only select one theme for each project. If the applicant organisations plan to select more than one theme, applications should be submitted by each theme separately and each project should align with the related themes. There is no limit on the number of applications each eligible applicant organisation may submit in each round, provided that it can demonstrate the ability to complete each project .

To encourage more women to participate in the funded projects, the Women’s Commission (WoC) will consider subsidising the applicant organisation’s expenses in organising children activities which are beneficial to their mind and body (such as arranging class activities for children) and providing child care services for women participants during the implementation of projects.

The WoC will consider and accord the priorities of each round of applications according to the factors set out below:

• the background of the applicant organisation (including co-organisers);
• the content and implementation arrangements of the proposed project;
• financial arrangements of the proposed project;
• target beneficiaries and promotion;
• the expected outcomes, key performance indicators, methods / mechanisms for measuring performance and evaluating effectiveness of the proposed project, etc.;
• the risk assessment and contingency plan; and
• other factors which the WoC may consider relevant.

Please note that, in general, projects that involve only interest classes, recreation and sports classes or similar activities will be given lower priority.

The WoC will consider and accord the priorities of each round of applications according to the factors set out below:

• the project is scalable, i.e. it can be scaled up or expanded by replicating the successful strategies to benefit diverse group of women;
• it is a territory-wide project; and
• the group of participants consists of youth, professionals, ethnic minorities, new arrivals or persons with disabilities.

Instructor/guest/speaker receiving honorarium should not be the person-in-charge/officer-in-charge/authorised person/employee of the funded organisation. If the post of instructor/guest/speaker of an activity under the funded project is taken up by the person-in-charge/officer-in-charge/authorised person/employee of the funded organisation, the relevant expenditure will be regarded as staff costs.

Under the general projects, the staff costs of full-time/part-time staff who serve the participants of the funded project for their direct benefit (including the expenses for overtime allowance for existing staff and Mandatory Provident Fund contributions for hiring staff arising from the implementation of the projects) shall not exceed 30% of the total approved budget for the activities of the project. The actual funding amount will be adjusted according to the total approved funding amount of the project and shall not exceed the above-mentioned ceiling.