Admission
Awards
Certificate of Accomplishment
Participants will be awarded a Certificate of Accomplishment co-issued by the Department of Social Work and Social Administration, HKU and UBS, following the completion of the programme.
Conditions on receiving the Certificate of Accomplishment
- To obtain the Certificate of Participation and win a prize on pitching, participants are required to fulfill the following requirements: 80% attendance for the training modules and 100% attendance for the mentoring sessions, unless legitimate reasons for the absence are given
- Participants who cannot achieve the required attendance will still be required to submit a project proposal and present it on the Pitching Day
- In the case of any participant leaving their original organisation, the participant(s) and the organisation(s) they represent might be disqualified from the final programme project submission and pitching. Participants who leave are required to notify the Programme Director of their departure as soon as possible
- Participants will be invited to participate in an evaluation of the programme by completing the evaluation survey and an in-depth interview. This is for SSILP research purposes and your feedback will be appreciated and helpful
Champion Awards
2 winning projects will be selected by the panel of judges on the final pitching day. Each winning project will be awarded $400,000HKD as the funding for its operation costs.
Registered NGOs under section 88 of the IRO or a partnership between NGOs and social enterprises are eligible to compete for the 2 champion awards of $400,000HKD each.
The winning participants are required to observe the conditions on receiving and using the project funding which will be stipulated on the ‘Acceptance of Offer’ letter.