Community-driven Projects

The Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Office has launched the Community-driven Projects through the ICH Funding Scheme since 2019. Eligible local organisations and individuals are welcome to propose projects which could strengthen the safeguarding, research, education, promotion and transmission of local ICH.

 

 

Scope of Support

The scope of support for "Community-driven Projects" covers projects related to the items in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Hong Kong as well as the Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventory of Hong Kong, and ICH item(s) of which shall be included in the application. There is no restriction on the number of ICH items to include.

 

In view of the circumstances in the development of local ICH and resources consideration, the LCSD will accord priority consideration in the support of the following projects:

  1. projects related to the items in the Representative List or the Inventory of the ICH of Hong Kong with an urgent need for preservation;

  2. projects with participation of local bearer organisations / bearers of ICH items;

  3. projects that allow local bearer organisations / bearers of ICH items and related stakeholders to participate in or to showcase their works and techniques, as well as to manifest the cultural substance of Hong Kong ICH items;

  4. ICH transmission projects implemented or participated by bearers or practitioners of local ICH items, especially training programmes in different forms to nurture bearers of the next generation;

  5. research projects that collect, record, preserve, collate, publish, broadcast or disseminate through the internet the information of local ICH, including oral history, audio-visual recordings, documentaries and other information with preservation value. The LCSD also encourages "Community-driven Projects" involving publications to publicise their products via online platforms to enhance the effectiveness of the project and to broaden the beneficiaries of the project;

  6. projects that promote or further the development of local ICH in communities or groups;

  7. projects that develop local ICH educational resources or promote the education of Hong Kong ICH in schools;

  8. projects that allow young people to participate in or develop local ICH; and

  9. other new projects that revitalise fading Hong Kong ICH items.

 

The proposed projects shall be carried out locally to maximise the social benefits of the projects for the betterment of Hong Kong citizens, and activities shall be conducted in suitable local venues taking into accounts the nature / content and participants / beneficiaries of the activities. Besides, the LCSD encourages grantees to include education or promotion activities (such as guided tours) in projects comprising traditional festivals / sacrificial events / rituals for promoting ICH in the community.

 

 

Application

The application for the Community-driven Projects of the ICH Funding Scheme 2024 was closed at 12 noon on 27 January 2025.

 

Please click here for past Guides to Application.