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1 September 2010
The Environmental Education and Community Action Projects Vetting Subcommittee has recently revised the Guide to Application and the new Guide is uploaded on ECF website.
15 April 2010
The Sharing Session of Environmental Education and Community Action (EE&CA) Projects (General and Minor Works Projects) was held on 15 April 2010 at Theatre, Sheung Wan Civic Centre to let the potential applicant organizations to have better understanding of the funding guidelines. Tai Po Environmental Association, Ho Fung College (Sponsered by Sik Sik Yuen) and Breakthrough Limited were invited to share their valuable experiences in organizing environmental educational projects and minor works projects. Over 260 representatives from more than 200 organizations, including schools, community bodies and green groups etc., attended the Sharing Session.
The presentation materials (Chinese version only) for the EE&CA Sharing Session are available at:
http://www.ecc.org.hk/english/news/news_detail.php?id=333
17 March 2010
The ECF Research Projects Vetting Subcommittee has identified the following priority research themes for 2010 and 2011 and welcomes research proposals from local tertiary institutes to seek funding support from the ECF to build knowledge and talents on areas of priority:
Priority Research Areas (for 2010 and 2011)
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Climate Change Impact, Adaptation and Mitigation, as well as Carbon Footprint Analysis |
| (b) |
Green Transport Technologies, Application and Performance |
| (c) |
Ecological and Geo Conservation |
Other possible themes (non-exhaustive and for reference only)
| (d) |
Regional/ Local Air Quality |
| (e) |
Improvement of Indoor Air Quality |
| (f) |
Wastewater Treatment Processes/Systems for Ecosystem Enhancement, or Pollution Reduction or Conservation |
| (g) |
Risk-based Approach for Toxic Chemicals/Priority Pollutants |
| (h) |
Waste Separation, Reduction, Reuse and Recycling |
| (i) |
Local Biodiversity, such as Impact of Invasive Species |
Priority will be given to projects or studies whose outcome will have potential for general application in the fields concerned to enhance performance in environmental protection as well as contribute to environmental protection and nature conservation.
The ECF Research Projects Vetting Subcommittee has also reviewed and revised the vetting and monitoring procedures. Starting from 1 April 2010, projects of the following three different levels will be processed according to the revised vetting and monitoring procedures –
Level 1: project value up to $500,000
Level 2: project value more than $500,000 but up to $2M
Level 3: project value more than $2M
Interested applicants may refer to the details in the Revised Guide to Application, which will be implemented starting from 1 April 2010.
7 December 2009
To encourage implementation of 'on-site meal portioning' at schools, the Environment and Conservation Fund Committee has approved an allocation of $50 million to support existing schools to conduct conversion works and install facilities necessary for implementing 'on-site meal portioning'. Applications are accepted starting from 7 December 2009. There is no deadline for application.
Interested schools may refer to the Guide to Application at:
http://www.ecf.gov.hk/en/application/index.html
24 September 2009
In order to encourage greater participation of charitable organisations in promotion of environmental initiatives and moving towards the green partners of the Environment and Conservation Fund (ECF), a briefing session was held on 24 September 2009 to introduce the ECF Collaboration Scheme with Charitable Organisations. The Tung Wah Group of Hospitals (TWGH), the first charitable organisation moving towards a green organisation, shared their experiences at the briefing session.
8 April 2009
Buildings Energy Efficiency Funding Schemes
1 December 2008
The Environment and Conservation Fund (ECF) decides to extend its funding support to some privately-run educational institutes including private kindergarten / schools, English School Foundation (ESF) and international schools, as far as the objectives and scope of their projects meet the funding criteria. This is to encourage more schools to submit more creative projects in good quality.
Besides, applicants of all minor works projects is required to include a monitoring period after the installation phase of the project. This is for performance assessment of the new works. Interested applicant may refer to the Guide to Application for details of the monitoring period.
30 September 2008
In order to encourage greater participation of local organizations in promotion of environmental initiatives at district level, a briefing session was held on 29 September 2008 to introduce the Environment and Conservation Fund (ECF) Collaboration Scheme with District Councils.
The ECF Committee has agreed to set aside $50 million to District Councils which will be invited to coordinate, support and/or partner with local organizations to implement district-wide environmental programmes on green lifestyle.
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