HKCSS 2012-17 Strategic Objectives 策略目標 (In 2012-13 Business Plan)

1. HKCSS 2012-17 Strategic Objectives 策略目標 (in 2012-13 Business Plan)

1. Identify & analyze the “pulse” and “needs” of society through aligning insights gathered from the sector with other stakeholders perspectives and concerns.
2. Articulate fact-based social development agenda and advocate for policy/service response and change actions.
3. Engage key stakeholders in partnership platforms to raise awareness and for joint actions on social agenda.
4. Enhance capacity of the sector to become a responsive, accountable, effective and engaging platform for social change.
5. Effect social change through (i) policy recommendation, (ii) enhance service response, (iii) build ally collaboration platform and (iv) increase public awareness and support for the social agenda.

1. CB Objectives and Key Result Areas

1. Objective: Advocate for the Long Term and Sustainable Welfare Development

1. Objective: Identify New Directions & Foster Innovations in Service Provision

1. Objective: Enhance and Demonstrate the Effectiveness of Social Services

1. Objective: Engage Supporters and Empower Users’ Participation

1. Identify, build and articulate welfare agenda in response to social needs and advocate for improvement of concerned policies and services.
2. Engage and mobilize the service sector to understand and support the social/sector development agenda advocated by the Council.
3. Identify service needs with the Sector and inform the Government, the public and other stakeholders.
4. Initiate and participate in welfare planning, service review and enhancement to reflect and consolidate views of the Sector, supported by data and analysis on social needs and recommendations on service solutions.
5. Support & empower users groups to articulate their needs and to participate in enhancing policies and services to address their situations.
6. Promote pioneering and innovative service response with the Sector to meet the needs; fill service gaps and scale up innovation to create higher social impact.
7. Promote evidence-based practice and best practice sharing to enhance service quality and effectiveness.
8. Enhance cross-service and multi-disciplinary understanding and collaboration in meeting community needs.
9. Foster networking and exchanges with international and regional counterparts for development of local welfare agenda, the application of related international conventions, experience sharing and practice advancement.

1. Objective: Engage and build communication platform with government, policy makers and media in advocating

1. Objective: Identify social issues and advocate for just and fair social policies and legislation

1. Objective: Measure and advocate for social development

1. Objective: Research on social services, to support communication and analysis of social issues and agenda

1. Objective: Support for social enterprises and social entrepreneurship

1. Set social development agenda and advocate for just and fair social policies and legislations.
2. Coordinate and conduct policy and service researches. Support service teams in compiling service needs data profile, evidence-based documentation and impact assessment.
3. Monitor and inform the welfare sector and the public of the trends and challenges of social development in Hong Kong.
4. Respond to and monitor the implementation of existing and newly proposed policies and legislations related to social welfare and social development.
5. Enhance the government, policy makers’ and the public’s understanding and adoption of recommendations and viewpoints of the Council.
6. Bring in global social development agenda and benchmark international experience for developing local agenda and learning.
7. Promote and monitor the observance of international conventions related to social welfare and social development.

1. Objective: Become a Knowledge & Resource Hub for NGOs in Hong Kong

1. Objective: Develop NGO Management Capacity & NGO Leaders

1. Objective: Collaboration Platform amongst NGOs in HK, Mainland and Beyond

1. Objective: Preferred ICT service provider promoting digital inclusion

1. Identify, build and promote agenda to build a sustainable, accountable, efficient and effective sector.
2. Communicate to multi stakeholders to enlist support to the sector development agenda.
3. Engage and mobilize Agency Members to understand and support the social/sector development agenda advocated by the Council.
4. Enhance liaison, communication and co-operation among Agency Members.
5. Identify needs of Agency Members, provide support and services and promote joint problem solving.
6. Promote membership development, review membership criteria and update membership status.
7. Monitor policies and practices related to the subvention/funding systems of the Government and other major funders.
8. Support, enhance and develop the Sector’s capacity in effective and efficient organizational management and service delivery.
9. Build platforms and facilitate the Sector’s development through exchanges and collaboration with the Mainland and international social sector.
10. Support and facilitate the use of information and communication technology by the Sector in organizational management and service delivery.

1. Objective: Engage business sector to better understand & support social agenda, act to make positive social changes

1. Objective: Engage philanthropy sector to better understand & support social agenda, collaborate to make positive changes

1. Objective: Enhance public awareness of social agenda and issues, nurture people and supporters to the sector

1. Promote partnership of the Council and the Sector with other professional and third sector organizations, and the Government in enhancing social welfare development.
2. Provide platform for the public, including business, professional and philanthropic sectors, to give inputs in the social agenda setting process.
3. Nurture buy-in and supports from business, professional and philanthropic sectors to the social agenda and services.
4. Build a caring and sustainable society through advancing corporate social responsibility practices and philanthropy.
5. Promote public understanding of social welfare services and image of the Council and the Sector to strengthen public support.
6. Enhance NGOs accountability and transparency to strengthen public trust.
7. Enhance public education and engagement towards building a caring & inclusive society.

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