Applications invited for Funding Scheme for Exchange in Belt and Road Countries
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The following is issued on behalf of the Committee on the Promotion of Civic Education:

     The Home Affairs Bureau and the Committee on the Promotion of Civic Education today (April 18) launched the pilot Funding Scheme for Exchange in Belt and Road Countries to support registered non-profit making organisations or statutory bodies to organise, on a matching grant basis, exchange programmes in the Belt and Road countries for Hong Kong youth. The scheme is now accepting applications and the deadline is May 16 (Monday).

     The scheme provides funding support for young people aged 15 to 29 in Hong Kong to take part in one-way, two-way or multi-way exchange activities with youth in the Belt and Road countries, with a view to achieving the objective of people-to-people bonds. The scheme's objective is to enrich knowledge among young people in Hong Kong towards the Belt and Road Initiative, a significant national development strategy, so as to encourage them to think further about the roles and responsibilities of individuals and Hong Kong in the development of the country and enable them to understand the challenges and seize the opportunities brought about by the Initiative.

     Interested organisations are invited to attend the briefing session to be held in the Civic Education Resources Centre, 7/F Youth Square, 238 Chai Wan Road, Hong Kong, on April 27 (Wednesday) to learn more about the details of the scheme. Prior reservation is required.

     Please visit the website of the Committee on the Promotion of Civic Education (www.cpce.gov.hk/main/tc/brscheme.htm) for the details of the scheme and enrolment for the briefing session. For enquiries, please contact the Secretariat of the Committee on the Promotion of Civic Education at 3509 7027.

Ends/Monday, April 18, 2016
Issued at HKT 18:44

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