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永續坊

簡介

永續發展旨在建構可推動社群及經濟持續而蓬勃發展的社會能力和選項。永續社會以「社會經濟系統」 和 「生物生態系統」 的互補為基礎。永續坊致力透過瞭解及創造社會和生態之間的協同作用推廣永續發展。

項目

爲了延伸「荔枝窩永續鄉郊計劃」的知識和經驗,「永續鄉郊-亞太區域合作計劃(AIRI)」旨在透過建構亞太區域網絡,進一步提升亞太地區城鄉永續發展。此項目包括:

  • 城鄉永續發展行動研究亞太區域聯盟 :此網絡由亞太區不同學術研究機構和國際組織組成,成員將會共創知識和交流,籌劃跨地域活動,以及培訓城鄉永續發展人才。聯盟創始成員包括香港大學公民社會與治理研究中心、亞洲理工學院發展與可持續發展部門、清華大學公共管理學院、和國立政治大學社會實踐辦公室。
  • 亞太城鄉永續發展學人計劃:培訓計劃將會招募、聯繫、培訓和表彰對創新氣候解決方案和自然為本解決方案富有熱情的學人和變革者。學人將進行爲期一年的培訓計劃以獲得推動城鄉永續發展所需的知識及指導,進一步建立願景,並將新穎的想法轉化為社會效益。

以上項目將驅動達成亞太區城鄉永續發展的框架,並有助於實現2030年可持續發展目標,特別是目標17,促進可持續目標實現的夥伴關係。

此計劃旨在透過修復耕地、改善生境和適度再利用鄉郊資產,把梅子林和蛤塘復興成「森林村落」以森林作為主要生境的聚落。計劃會以協作和參與的方式與各界持份者(包括村民、非牟利機構、科學家、建築師、藝術家和有興趣的市民等)共同合作,讓他們透過一系列的保育活動培養知識、技能和責任感,成為森林村落的守護者。

這是香港首個保育高地森林的自然與文化景觀作為綜合全面的活態遺產的項目。

計劃旨在:

  1. 修復「村落生態系統」的土地利用,增強生物多樣性,並提升生態系統服務
  2. 保護高地森林物種並保護其棲息地
  3. 制定永續管理策略,促進農村有形和無形資產的活化再利用,支持村落的可持續發展
  4. 提升自然和文化保育持分者的社區守護意識,並促進他們在本地採取集體的行動實踐

此項目旨在透過建立大企業和中小企之間的伙伴關係,促進商界永續發展擔當領導角色並加強協作。這項伙伴協作計劃包括:(1)建立知識庫,促進大小企業之間及永續發展學者和業內人士之間的知識記錄、傳播交流;及(2)推出領袖培育計劃,讓大企業的永續發展領袖和中小企緊密合作,為商界培育一群永續發展領袖。這項伙伴協作計劃將可提升香港和大灣區的中小企在企業運作上實踐可持續方案的能力,從而創造共享價值。在永續發展範疇上,大企業透過扮演領導角色,積極鼓勵在供應鏈上有明確永續發展目標的中小企參與其,使其能更有效實現其永續發展願景和提升其價值鏈。這有助於推動商界更積極創永續社會。此項目香港上海滙豐銀行有限公司支持

這是一個全港性的公眾參與項目,透過持分者廣泛參與,幫助制定香港2050年的長遠減碳策略緩解措施,回應聯合國《巴黎協定》就應對氣候變化的挑戰。透過知識轉移和賦權的過程,是次公眾參與致力在會上發掘跨界別行動的可能性,包括在低碳經濟、交通、建築物能源效益和能源組合等方面進行碳。公眾參與的結果將為政策建議的一個重要部分。

承接著「永續荔枝窩」計劃的初步成果,永續坊開展了為期四年的「滙豐永續鄉郊計劃」,透過多個創新的 「社區經濟模式」推動在地的社區行動,重點推動鄉郊社區為香港整體社會帶來的好處。我們以共同協作的方法,建立切實可行並適用於鄰近村落及類似社區的永續發展模型。計劃的主要策略包括:

  • 培育有助活化鄉郊地區的社會經濟模式及初創企業

  • 設立永續社區學院,為社區提供面授課程和教育活動

  • 制定永續發展評估框架,量度項目對永續發展的成果和影響

此項目旨在善用機遇,為香港創造一個連貫、互通和富有活力的地下空間。我們設計了全面的公眾參與策略,了解社區對發展地下空間的期望和需要,並通過一系列的社區參與活動,收集公眾對概念計劃的意見,從而改善行人連接,提升生活環境,創造宜居空間。

這項規劃及工程研究旨在重新規劃將軍澳第137,並制定能滿足房屋及其他需求的發展計劃。研究將審視把可用土地作住宅、商業及其他發展用途的可行性,從而建立並發揮將軍澳第137區的發展潛力。研究計劃收集持份者和地區的意見,了解他們對規劃建議、初步發展大綱圖和建議發展大綱圖的期望和關注以及對發展概念的想法。

我們透過積極有序的公眾參與過程,為地區及有興趣的持分者提供重要平台和機會,讓他們就灣仔北及北角海濱城市設計的行人連接、街景優化、設計融合及其他連接上的議題等方面建立共識。這個過程是此項研究的重要部分,並為制定初步優化海濱建議提供重要的資訊。

改善粉錦公路研究(2013-2018)

我們在項目規劃的早期向有興趣及受影響的公眾和地區持分者收集意見,了解他們的關注。我們藉著一系列全面的公眾參與活動,讓主要持分者建立共識,以便發展可行的方案和改善措施,包括道路路線、交通舒緩措施和樹木保育計劃。

這是一項全港性的公眾參與活動,目的為提高公眾可持續消費意識,誘發公眾討論,並發掘鼓勵改變行為的方法。過程中,我們識別了可持續消費對供應商、政府和消費者等不同持分者的機遇與挑戰。公眾和持分者的意見已有系統地收錄於政策建議報告書,所有建議均被相關政府部門採納。

為對抗亞洲地區鄉郊文化、環境及社區在城市化進程中急速消失的衝擊,永續坊於2013年開展了「永續荔枝窩」計劃。此項目旨在為偏遠荒蕪的荔枝窩傳統農村景觀重新注入消失中的社會和自然資本並加以活化,從而為香港、大中華乃至其他地區的鄉郊活化建立永續發展模型。計劃獲香港上海滙豐銀行有限公司(滙豐)支持。

「永續荔枝窩」計劃已經圓滿完成,並於2017年10月進入了新階段,名為「滙豐永續鄉郊計劃」,進一步擴大其影響力。

Chief Digital Officer, Prudential Hong Kong

Howard Kwong has about two decades of experience in information technology and digital transformation for Fortune 500 as well as entrepreneurship in America and Asia. Howard is the Chief Digital Officer at Prudential Hong Kong, responsible for the overall digital and technology strategy, to transform Prudential to a digital enterprise and foster widespread innovation.

Prior to Prudential, Howard led innovation transformation for large enterprises in Hong Kong and Taiwan as part of the professional services team at Amazon Web Services. Prior to Amazon, Howard played a number of senior leadership roles at homegrown startups in Hong Kong across different industries: COO at Stakk, a leading millennial-focused video content and product platform in Hong Kong. CTO at Delivery Republic, the online-to-offline service provider that operates the biggest delivery network coverage in Hong Kong and CTO at Handheld Culture, a popular e-commerce platform for Chinese-language ebooks. Howard was the Assistant Director of Technology for SCMP Group where he led the technology and business transform to push the publisher of South China Morning Post into the digital-native and mobile-first era.

Principal, Head of Financial Services Public Policy, Hong Kong, AWS

Wilson is the Hong Kong financial services public policy lead for AWS Greater China Region.  He leads AWS’ policy advocacy and engagement work with financial services regulators in Hong Kong.  He is also a core member of the AWS global financial services public policy team which leads AWS’ effort in advocacy with international standard-setting bodies, including the Financial Stability Board and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.  Wilson represents AWS’ participation in a number of global and regional trade associations, and is also responsible for providing advices for internal customers on policy issues amid heightening U.S.-China tension and their impact on Hong Kong.

Wilson has 18 years of experience in the financial services sector with a focus on risk, regulation and public policy.  Prior to joining AWS, he was a regulator with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) specialized in Basel III, consolidated supervision, credit risk, operational risk and the banking resolution regime.  He represented the HKMA in several international working groups under the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, including the Credit Risk Group (CRG), the Operational Risk Group (ORG) and the Task Force for Standardised Approaches (TFSA).  He has also led the bilateral resolution planning programs for several global and domestic systemically important banks.

Wilson graduated from the University of Hong Kong, major in Computer Engineering. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FCPA). Wilson holds master degrees in laws, financial mathematics and computer science.

Director, Centre for Civil Society and Governance

Wai-Fung (Danny) Lam is Director of the Centre for Civil Society and Governance (CCSG), and Professor in Public Administration at the University of Hong Kong. He finished his undergraduate study at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and received a Ph.D. in Public Policy from Indiana University, Bloomington. Professor Lam is an expert in common-pool resource management, institutional policy analysis, public governance, and civil society. His research has focused on the design of efficient institutional arrangements for the governance and management of public resources, a core issue in public administration and sustainable development. Professor Lam has served on the editorial committees of Public Administration Review (PAR), International Review of Administrative Sciences (IRAS), Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis (JCPA), Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly (NVSQ), and Asian Politics and Policy (APP), and is co-editor of The Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Administration (APJPA).

Deputy Director and Principal Lecturer, Centre for Civil Society and Governance

Dr Winnie Law is the Deputy Director and Principal Lecturer at the Centre for Civil Society and Governance of The University of Hong Kong. She teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses on sustainable development, community planning and environmental management. She also works with a team of researchers and conducts policy research, action research and knowledge exchange projects on rural revitalization, social innovation, community engagement and corporate sustainability. Dr Law has been a director of the Conservancy Association since 2005 and has served on a number of HKSAR Government’s advisory committees including Advisory Council for the Environment. At the regional level, Dr Law was commissioned by the EU and UNDP as a planning and social monitoring expert for their city planning and environmental management programmes in Vietnam. Dr Law was one of the invited speakers for the first TedxTongChongSt’s series on Hacking the Future and delivered a talk on Future of Sustainability in 2019.

Assistant Professor, Department of Politics and Public Administration, The University of Hong Kong

Dr. Chan’s primary research concerns the institutions that shape the consumption and distortion of information in different organizational settings. His current research explores how bureaucrats handle information and the impact of institutions on their choices.

Ongoing projects deal with different aspects of bureaucratic control in authoritarian regimes, such as administrative oversight, juridical intervention, internal reporting, and legislative decision-making.

He holds a PhD Degree in Public Policy from the O’Neill School of Public and Environment Affairs and the Department of Political Science, Indiana University Bloomington.

Director of Privacy and Data Policy, Engagement, APAC, Meta

Raina Yeung is Director of Privacy and Data Policy, Engagement, APAC for Meta. In this role, she leads Meta’s engagement in public discussion around privacy in APAC, including any new regulatory frameworks, and ensures that feedback from governments and experts in APAC is considered in our product design and data use practices. Raina is a lawyer by training and is a former regulator, having previously worked at the Hong Kong Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data in the position of Assistant Privacy Commissioner (Legal, Policy & Research).

Prior to joining the Hong Kong data protection authority, Raina had extensive legal in-house experience and held management positions in both Hong Kong and Shanghai. She served as the Assistant Chief Counsel – Head of Legal at Hong Kong Disneyland and was the Deputy Chief Counsel – Head of Legal at Shanghai Disney Resort during the initial construction stage of the project when she helped set up the legal function at the Shanghai Disney Resort. Raina held a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) degree from the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Public Policy Manager, Hong Kong, Meta

Maggie Tam is Public Policy Manager for Meta Hong Kong. In this role, Maggie works with the government, policymakers, academics, NGOs and private sector organizations, including local, regional and international organizations, on issues of safety, security, and other technology-relevant public policy concerns.

Prior to joining Meta, formerly known as Facebook, Maggie has held various roles of public affairs and communications equipped with hands-on private-public partnership experience and diverse industry knowledge, most notably in two of Hong Kong’s largest conglomerates, Swire Properties and New World Development. Throughout her career, Maggie has worked closely with key business and policy leaders focusing on stakeholder engagement, issue management and community relations. Maggie received her Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Hong Kong.

Head of Government Affairs and Public Policy, Hong Kong, Google

Timothy Tam is a policy advocacy and stakeholder engagement professional with over a decade of managerial experience in the public, private and non-profit sectors. As the Head of Government Affairs and Public Policy of Google Hong Kong, Timothy coordinates Google’s public policy efforts in Hong Kong and engages various stakeholders in driving the city’s digitisation. Timothy was an Administrative Officer in the Hong Kong government and later joined a couple of business associations in Hong Kong, responsible for policy advocacy and stakeholder engagement.  Prior to joining Google, Timothy spearheaded the implementation of a multi-year advocacy campaign as a project manager at the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust.

Timothy is a Vice Chairman of the Digital, Information & Telecommunications Committee of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce.  He also sits on advisory committees of tech-related initiatives in Hong Kong.  Timothy holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration and a Bachelor’s degree in International Business and Global Management from the University of Hong Kong.

Former Under-Secretary, Innovation and Tech, HKSAR Government

Dr. David Chung Wai-keung has over 30 years of experience in information technology strategic management and entrepreneurship development.

He was the former Under Secretary for Innovation and Technology for the Hong Kong SAR Government, helping to strengthen the cooperation with the industry, academia and the research sector, to foster development of innovation and technology to promote development of high-end manufacturing industry as well as to enhance nurture of innovation and technology talents with an aim to create a vibrant ecosystem for innovation and technology. Prior to the government position, Dr. Chung worked as Chief Technology Officer at Cyberport Management Company Limited, responsible for taking forward its core mission on IT infrastructure, industry collaboration and incubation platforms for IT entrepreneurs. He also assisted in setting up the first Micro Fund Scheme in HK for young information and communications technology entrepreneurs. Dr Chung was a winner of the “China Top 5 CIO Award” in 2013.

Chairman of Shing Cheong Charitable Foundation Ltd

Dr Patrick Poon is the Chairman of Harvest SCP Group Company Limited and Sing Cheong Charitable Foundation Limited. He has over 40 years of experience in the insurance industry, and has served as the CEO of various multinational insurance companies. Dr Poon is the first Hong Kong born citizen to obtain full actuarial professional qualifications from the Institute of Actuaries in the UK. He was also Past President of the HK Actuarial Society.

Dr Poon is a recipient of HKSAR Honours and Awards – Silver Bauhinia Star 2018.  He is very active in public services, especially in the high education sector.  At HKU, he is the Deputy Chairman of Foundation for Educational Development & Research, a member of Audit Committee, member of International Advisory Council of the Faculty of Business and Economics. He was a Court and Council member of HKU and Chairman of HKU Convocation.

National Technology Officer, Microsoft Hong Kong

As National Technology Officer at Microsoft Hong Kong, Fred Sheu supports policy decision and delivers technologically relevant and scalable solutions into Hong Kong market. His main objectives are to align IT value propositions to public policies in such areas as healthcare, education, the environment, and local social and economic development; and to promote a digital agenda in top policy areas, including innovation, security and privacy, technology neutrality, accessibility, and interoperability. Prior to Microsoft, Fred worked with Hewlett Packard (HP) Enterprise where he was the General Manager of Software for HPE Hong Kong. Fred is an active veteran in Hong Kong ICT industry, he serves in councils of Hong Kong Computer Society (HKCS), itSMF Hong Kong Chapter and the Hong Kong Information Technology Federation (HKITF). Fred graduated from the University of Manitoba with a Bachelor of Computer Science (Hon) degree.

Honorary University Fellows, HKU

Dr. Sarah Liao is currently Senior Advisor at the Centre for Civil Society and Governance and Honorary Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering at The University of Hong Kong. She is a member of the Chinese Council of International Cooperation on Environment and Development since 2009 and is on the Board of Trustees of the Environmental Defense Fund.

Dr. Liao was formerly the Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works of the Hong Kong SAR Government in 2002-2007 when she managed a budget of over 40B HK dollars per annum and adopted sustainable development strategies in her policies to achieve a balanced approach in social and economic development while protecting the environment at the same time. She also encouraged public engagement to building strong community awareness and encouraged the usage of new technologies wherever possible. Prior to her Government appointment Dr. Liao was in the consultancy business and amongst her many projects she was engaged as the environmental consultant to the Beijing’s Olympic Bid and Organizing Committee in 2000-2008. She was Senior Advisor to the Vice- Chancellor of HKU from 2008 to 2014, Acting Director of the Kadoorie Institute from 2012 to 2016 and Mater of New College at The University of Hong Kong.

Dr. Liao is a Fellow of the Royal Chemistry Society, the Hong Kong Institute of Engineers and The University of Hong Kong. She was awarded the Members of the British Empire (MBE), and Justice of Peace and the Gold Bauhinia Star by the Hong Kong SAR Government.

Chief Corporate Development Officer, China Light and Power HK Limited

Ms Quince Chong joined CLP Group on 1 September 2012 as Chief Corporate Development Officer and is a Director of CLP Power Hong Kong Ltd. She is responsible for CLP Group’s corporate affairs, overseeing communications, external relations and stakeholder engagement matters. Her role helps promote CLP’s reputation, drive service excellence and strengthen ties with customers, stakeholders and the community as a whole.  In addition to her work with CLP Group, she is also the Chairman of the Hong Kong Association for Customer Service Excellence, member of the HKSAR Environmental Campaign Committee, member of the Vocational Training Council and director of the Hong Kong Justice of Peace Association. She is also a member of the 12th Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.

Ms Chong has over 30 years of experience in corporate communications and customer services after having held various senior management positions in the tourism, hotel and aviation industries.  Before joining CLP, Ms Chong was Director Corporate Affairs of Cathay Pacific Limited and worked at the Hong Kong Tourism Board (formerly the Hong Kong Tourist Association).

Adjunct Professor, Department of Geography and Resource Management, CUHK

Professor Lam graduated from The University of Hong Kong with a degree of Bachelor in Arts in Geography and Geology in November 1970 and a degree of Master of Philosophy in November 1974. He obtained a degree of Doctor of Philosophy from The University of New England in Australia in April 1981. Professor Lam was admitted as an Honorary fellow of The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management, the United Kingdom in April 2006, of Hong Kong Institute of Acoustics in June 2012 and The Hong Kong Institute of Environmental Impact Assessment in June 2012. For previous community services in Hong Kong, Professor Lam was a council member of the Sustainable Council from March 2003 to February 2011, the Advisory Committee on Water Resources and Quality of Water Supplies from April 2000 to March 2004, Hong Kong Observatory from October 2006 to September 2010, and the Advisory Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries from May 1988 to May 1992. He served as the Chairman of the Advisory Council on the Environment from January 2003 to December 2009 and had been the Chairman of the Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan Steering Committee from June 2013 to May 2016. He was also a member of various statutory Appeal Boards of the Hong Kong SAR Government, including those dealing with Town Planning from November 1991 to December 1999, Registration of Persons from June 1999 to May 2005, Air Pollution Control from March 1989 to January 2001, Noise Control from February 1989 to January 2004, Environmental Impact Assessment from April 2013 to March 2016, and Waste Disposal from February 2013 to January 2016.  Professor Lam is currently an Environmental Consultant with The World Bank on contract.

Walker Family Professor for the Arts and Sciences, University of Washington

Aseem Prakash is Professor of Political Science, the Walker Family Professor for the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Founding Director of the Center for Environmental Politics. He is the Founding Editor of the Cambridge University Press Series in Business and Public Policy as well as Cambridge Elements in Organizational Response to Climate Change: Business, Governments & Nonprofits. Professor Prakash’s research focuses on climate governance, NGOs, and voluntary regulation. He has a byline in Forbes.com.

 

Aseem Prakash is a member of National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Board on Environmental Change and Society and International Research Fellow at the Center for Corporate Reputation, University of Oxford. He was elected to the position of the Vice President of the International Studies Association for the period, 2015-2016. His recent awards include the American Political Science Association’s 2020 Elinor Ostrom Career Achievement Award in recognition of “lifetime contribution to the study of science, technology, and environmental politics,” the International Studies Association’s 2019 Distinguished International Political Economy Scholar Award that recognizes “outstanding senior scholars whose influence and path-breaking intellectual work will continue to impact the field for years to come,” as well its 2018 James N. Rosenau Award for “scholar who has made the most important contributions to globalization studies” and the European Consortium for Political Research Standing Group on Regulatory Governance’s 2018 Regulatory Studies Development Award that recognizes a senior scholar who has made notable “contributions to the field of regulatory governance.”

Frances R. and John J. Duggan Professor in Public Administration, University of Southern California

Professor Shui Yan Tang’s research focuses on institutional analysis and design, common-pool resource governance, environmental politics and policy, collaborative governance, and governance reform. He is the author of Institutions and Collective Action: Self-Governance in Irrigation (ICS Press, 1992) and Ten Principles for a Rule-ordered Society: Enhancing China’s Governing Capacity (China Economic Publishing House, 2012). He has published in numerous journals, including Comparative Politics, Economic Development Quarterly, Environment and Planning A, Governance, Harvard Business Review, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Land Economics, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Public Administration Review, The China Quarterly, and World Development. Professor Tang was associate editor of the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.

Honorary Senior Fellow, Centre for Civil Society and Governance The University of Hong Kong

George Chen is a Honorary Senior Fellow for the Centre for Civil Society and Governance at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), for which he has helped to launch and lead the Tech for Good Initiative. As a practitioner–scholar, George’s career spans media, technology and policy for over two decades. Prior to the HKU, George served as Meta/Facebook’s first-ever Managing Director of Public Policy for Greater China, Mongolia, and Central Asia for more than seven years, making him the most senior policy representative in the field.

George also served in various editorial and management positions for major media organisations including the South China Morning Post, Reuters, and Dow Jones. George was a 2014 Yale World Fellow and a 2015 fellow of the US State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program. In 2022 George was awarded the “Medal of Friendship” in 2022 – one of the highest honour for foreigners — by the order of the President of Mongolia for his years-long contributions to Mongolia’s IT industry development.