Community-driven Projects

Application is open for the "Community-driven Projects 2025"

 

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 (ICH) of Hong Kong as well as the ICH 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 of the ICH of Hong Kong or the ICH Inventory of Hong Kong with an urgent need for preservation;

  2. projects with participation of local practitioners or organisations of Hong Kong ICH items;

  3. projects that allow local practitioners or organisations of Hong Kong 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. transmission projects implemented or participated by local practitioners or organisations of Hong Kong ICH items, especially training programmes in different forms to nurture the next generation or new practitioners;

  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 education resources or promote the education of Hong Kong ICH in schools;

  8. projects that allow young people locally 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 complying with health, fire safety and other related ordinances taking into accounts the nature / content and participants / beneficiaries of the activities. Besides, the LCSD encourages applicants to include education or promotion activities, such as guided tours, in projects comprising traditional festivals / sacrificial events / rituals for promoting ICH in the community.

 

 

Deadline for Application

12:00:00 noon on 27 January 2026 (Tuesday)

 

 

Application

Please click here for the Guide to Application, Application Forms, Frequently Asked Questions, as well as information on the briefing session and on general enquiry.