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Hong Kong Inclusion Summit 2026

Under the Jockey Club Collaborative Project for Inclusive Employment, the Centre for Civil Society and Governance is delighted to participate in the Hong Kong Inclusion Summit 2026, hosted by @SCMP LIVE, together with all our project partners. Our project set up an exhibition booth to showcase our work and seize this valuable opportunity to connect […]

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Workshop on Special Issue in Voluntas: The Nonprofit Sector and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)

The workshop on the Special Issue in Voluntas: The Nonprofit Sector and ESG, organised by the Centre for Civil Society and Governance at The University of Hong Kong, was successfully convened on January 8-9, 2026. This engaging two-day event brought together scholars, as well as professionals from the corporate and nonprofit sectors, to discuss the fascinating […]

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Forest Village Festival 2025

The “Forest Village Festival” is an annual celebration organised towards the year-end to provide fun-filled events for the public to appreciate the revitalisation effort of Mui Tsz Lam and Kop Tong. The festival offers visitors the unique experience of living with nature and culture through various thematic workshops, ecotours, and overnight camping. By featuring the […]

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Recognition Ceremony of the “Co-Create for Good” Partnership Engagement Programme (共創行善企業及策略伙伴計劃嘉許禮)

The Centre for Civil Society and Governance was invited to attend the Recognition Ceremony of the “Co-Create for Good” Partnership Engagement Programme (共創行善企業及策略伙伴計劃嘉許禮). This event was organized by the Christian Family Service Centre (CFSC). Our Director, Professor Wai-Fung Lam, was invited as the guest speaker for the event’s sharing session. He delivered a talk titled “Investing […]

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Sustainability Sharing Seminar for the Retail Sector: Insights & Best Practices

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) considerations are rapidly reshaping the retail landscape across Asia Pacific, driven by evolving consumer expectations and mounting environmental challenges. According to the KPMG GS1 Navigating the Future of Seamless Commerce in Asia Pacific (2024) report[1], only 11% of consumers in 14 Asia-Pacific markets stated that sustainability does not influence their […]

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“Caring Employer” Medal Presentation Ceremony 2025

Under the Jockey Club Collaborative Project for Inclusive Employment, the Centre for Civil Society and Governance are pleased to get involved in formulating the assessment criteria of Diverse Abilities · Inclusive Workplace Recognition Scheme and “Caring Employer” Medal as announced in the Chief Executive’s 2024 Policy Address. Held on 10 October 2025, the presentation ceremony […]

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2024-25 SLGP Scholars Nominated Meta & CCSG Scholarships

We are proud to announce that five outstanding Master of Social Sciences in Sustainability Leadership and Governance (SLG) students are graduating with the Facebook Scholarship in Public Policy and Sustainability Leadership and the Centre for Civil Society and Governance Scholarship (CCSG Scholarship) in recognition of their exceptional academic achievement. The 2024-25 scholarship nominees are: For […]

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Business Leadership for Sustainable Futures Discussion Forum

The discussion forum was successfully held on 30th August 2025 at The University of Hong Kong, bringing together over 120 young talents from AmCham’s Future Leaders Program, as well as students and graduates from HKU’s MSocSc Sustainability Leadership and Governance programme to learn from sustainability experts and business professionals the driving factors as well as […]

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Let’s Revision a More Inclusive Society!

14:30 - 16:30

We have conducted a Diagnostic Study on Inclusive Employment in Hong Kong. The findings of this Study will be released at the Forum on “Revisioning Inclusive Employment”. Stakeholders and the general public are invited to attend the Forum and subsequent seminars to re-envision a more inclusive Hong Kong.   “Inclusive Employment of People with Disabilities in Hong Kong 2021: A Diagnostic Study” cum “Revisioning Inclusive Employment” Forum   Date: 13 May 2022 (Friday) Time: 14:30 – 16:30 Mode: Zoom Language: Cantonese supplemented with sign language Guest Speakers: Mr Chua Hoi Wai (Chief Executive, The Hong Kong Council of Social Service) Mr Shum Lap Ping (Principal, Fortress Hill Methodist Secondary School) Ms Peann Tam (Business Development Director, Eco-Greenergy) Mr Jacob Tsang (Co-Founder, One SEN) There will also be sharing by a person with disability “Revisioning Inclusive Employment” Seminar Session 1 Changing with the Times: Delivering Vocational Training to Meet Market Needs Session 2 Innovating to Enhance Support for Caregivers Session 3 Creating Possibilities through Interactions of Cross-disability Groups Session 4 Building Networks: Enhancing Cross-disciplinary Collaboration for Rehabilitation Session 5 Collective Action: Power of Individual Consumption & Social Purchasing Register Now  

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Thematic Networking Session – A Journey to Scale-Up Social Innovation

17:00 - 18:00

There are several seed fund schemes and other resources to support local social innovations. Social innovators may stop at sustaining and expanding social innovation after they start their social entrepreneurial journeys. If you want to know more about the transformation of the three social entrepreneurs. Don’t miss the chance! Date: March 11, 2022 (Friday) Time: 17:00 – 18:00 Format: Zoom Language: Cantonese supplemented with English Guest： Mr Alvin Cheung (Co-Founder & CEO, HandyRehab, Zunosaki Limited) Mr James Chong (Founder of Rolling Books) Ms Eva Wong (Co-founder of WEDO GLOBAL) Sign up now!

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Knowledge Primer 2 – “Innovation for Sustainability: Improving Corporate Innovation Capacity”

14:30 - 16:30

You are cordially invited to the second Knowledge Primer (KP2) titled “Innovation for Sustainability: Improving Corporate Innovation Capacity” under the Partnership for Sustainability Leadership in Business (PSLB), initiated by the Centre for Civil Society and Governance (CCSG) of The University of Hong Kong. The surge in attention to corporates’ environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance and demand for corporate actions on environmental and social challenges calls for a shifting mindset from conceiving businesses as merely product and service providers in economic terms, to ones that create environmental and social values. When the conventional ways of doing business are deemed unsustainable to the society, building a company’s innovative capacity is key to transit towards sustainability. PSLB’s second Knowledge Primer (KP2) will shed light on the approaches to building corporate innovation capacity for attaining sustainability goals. The KP includes a panel discussion where distinguished practitioners will exchange views on how new technologies, cross-sector partnership, business incubation and creative employee engagement etc. could improve the innovation capacity of companies to drive more sustainability solutions. The event details are as follows:   Date: January 7, 2022 (Friday) Time: 2:30pm – 4:30pm Venue CPD 3.04, 3/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong (with live streaming) Language: Cantonese *Due to pandemic measures, there will be a limited capacity at the venue. Seats will be allocated through advance booking on a first-come-first-served basis. **If you have respiratory symptoms on the event date, please seek medical advice promptly and attend the event online.

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Village Fest is back for 2022!

After a virtual edition last year, Village Fest is back for 2022, running from January to April with a showcase of village life through tours, placemaking installations, market and activities across Lai Chi Wo, Mui Tsz Lam and Kop Tong. Hosted by the HSBC Rural Sustainability Programme, Village Fest comes to its third annual celebration of sustainable rural regeneration in Hong Kong. Themed “Tomorrow Village Today”, this year’s Village Fest brings you on a village living journey through exploration, sharing, experiment, co-creation and reflection. Four core events include self-guided “Village Tour”; “Village Market” that is held every first Saturday of each month; experimental “Village life Lab” and urban “Village pop-up Market”. Making reference to the rural living experiences of Lai Chi Wo, Mui Tsz Lam and Kop Tong, Village Fest 2022 invites you and those in the local communities to envision the village of tomorrow today! Please follow our Instagram and stay tuned for more updates：https://www.instagram.com/villagelifezine/ Due to the latest disease prevention measures, all workshops scheduled in January of “Village Fest 2022: Tomorrow Village Today ” will be postponed and public registration will not be accepted temporarily.

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Leveraging Resources for Inclusive Employment for People with Disabilities

14:00 - 17:30

Inclusive employment of people with disabilities (PWD) is an important aspect of social inclusion. As a signature event of Jockey Club Collaborative Project for Inclusive Employment, this seminar will focus on understanding the current situation of inclusive employment and exploring the possibilities of leveraging community resources and collective efforts to facilitate inclusive employment of PWD. At the seminar, the one-stop Platform for Inclusion website will be launched. Also, preliminary key findings from a community-wide survey on Hong Kong people’s views towards inclusive employment of PWD will be released during a panel discussion. Details of the seminar are as follows – Date: 6/11/2021 (Saturday) Time: 14:00 – 17:30 Venue: Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU Language: Cantonese, supplemented with sign language Mode: Approximately 180 onsite participants and Facebook live   Let’s join hands to achieve inclusive employment! Register here NOW – https://ccsg-hku.surveycake.biz/s/wewgO

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Social Innovations for Sustainable Communities – Cohort 2 is NOW open

The incubation and funding scheme (Cohort 2) of the Social Innovations for Sustainable Communities is now open for application till 28 June 2021. Besides interactive excursions to learn about different social innovation projects and community works, our Learning Programme aims to facilitate you to transform into sustainability catalysers. You will also get a chance to win a seed grant for putting your ideas into actions!

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Different Paths to Sustainability: A Roundtable of UNESCO Award-winning Heritage Projects from Hong Kong

13:30 - 17:15

A total of 21 Hong Kong’s conservation projects has been awarded the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation since 2000. This Roundtable calls upon the awardees to review how they understand sustainability as the pathway to continue the conservation effort, and to reflect on their contribution to the building of a sustainable community since the receiving of the UNESCO award. Participating projects include: Award of Merit in 2007 – Little Hong Kong Award of Merit in 2013 – Tai O Heritage Hotel Award of Excellence in 2017 – The Blue House Cluster Award for New Design in Heritage Context in 2019 – The Mills Special Recognition for Sustainable Development in 2020 – Lai Chi Wo Rural Cultural Landscape Date｜June 26, 2021 Time｜13:30-17:15 Venue｜Atrium, The Mills Fabrica Format｜Join us at the venue (quota: 50) or via Zoom; Facebook live broadcast available Language｜Mainly Cantonese For registration and details, please visit us at https://ccsg.hku.hk/ruralsd/en/pages/academy/a-roundtable-of-unesco-award-winning-heritage-projects-from-hong-kong/?fbclid=IwAR0ZhxmvdbM0S2axBZSsE_C1IVNoC6Z-kqObFdzwTsWkCrVsoyNp32f5pyQ

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Social Innovations for Sustainable Communities’ Learning Programme is re-launching!

Initiated by the Social Entrepreneurship and Civic Action Lab of the Centre for Civil Society and Governance at The University of Hong Kong, the “Social Innovations for Sustainable Communities” Programme (the Programme) aims to enrich and expand the frontier of the ecosystem for social entrepreneurship in Hong Kong with a view to preparing the community for meeting long-term local sustainability challenges, and crowdsourcing ideas and actions through incubating a corps of intergenerational “sustainability catalysers” consisting of young professionals and young old. The Programme connects different sectors for collective action to encourage re-thinking of how existing processes of resource allocation and utilization can be reconfigured to create new possibilities and blended values. The Programme is supported by Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited.   Apart from our incubation and funding scheme, our most popular Learning Programme series has invited numerous VIP speakers to have interactive dialogues with participants regarding the latest trend and happenings in the social innovation sector! We have included topics such as the latest trend of social innovation, how does the sector face challenges in the midst of challenging times, strategies for fund application, business modelling, design thinking, and blended values! You will undoubtedly be equipped as a social innovator after joining the Programme. Don’t miss the chance and join us now!   Programme Details: https://ccsg.hku.hk/sisc/incubation-lp.php#incubation-lp-cohort2 Application: https://ccsg-hku.surveycake.biz/s/NwVLL   Remark 1: Live streaming with limited face-to-face quotas on a first-come-first-served basis Remark 2: Learning Programme (3) Design Thinking in Action is themed “empathizing colour blinded people”. The session will be conducted face-to-face only

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“Sustainability and the ‘New Normal’: Building Business Preparedness and Leveraging New Opportunities” Knowledge Primer

14:30 - 16:30

As ESG, Sustainable Investing and Business Sustainability are gaining momentum worldwide, what is the best way for businesses to progress from the global pandemic and build for a more resilient and sustainable growth? At the “Sustainability and the ‘New Normal’: Building Business Preparedness and Leveraging New Opportunities” Knowledge Primer, we bring together sustainability experts and industry practitioners to discuss how integrating ESG risks and opportunities into core business strategies can enhance their adaptiveness to the New Normal challenges, help attain long-term resilience in the value chains while contributing to a sustainable future. Join us on 11th June 2021 (14:30 – 16:30 GMT+8) for an eventful afternoon on Business Sustainability! Register here NOW: https://bit.ly/3uWfXKQ At the event, the programme also officially launches the Sustainable Value Chains (SVC) Commitment and SMEs Sustainability Leadership Recognition Scheme, which connect large corporates and SMEs and provide capacity building resources to co-create SVC in Hong Kong and the region.

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