The SIE Fund connects the community with different sectors, including businesses, NGOs, academics and philanthropies, to create social impact through innovative solutions that address poverty and social exclusion. Illustrated below are the major milestones of the SIE Fund since its establishment in 2013:
Major Milestones
- The sixth term Task Force assumed office
(1 July)
- Announcement of the third batch of intermediaries; the new round of innovative programmes is expected to be launched in the second quarter of 2023
(17 March) - The fifth term Task Force assumed office (1 January)
- Young Entrepreneur Showcase held at the Social Enterprise Summit (26 November)
- Achievements of the "Pay-for-Success" project presented at the "showcase day" (30 July)
- Invitation of proposals for the third batch of intermediaries (June)
- Commencement of four innovative projects that promote inter-generational digital inclusion (October)
- Injection of $500 million to the SIE Fund approved with the passage of the Appropriation Bill 2021 by the Legislative Council (28 April)
- Appointment of consultant for the “Second Evaluation Study of the SIE Fund”
(April)
- Appointment of a collaborative coalition of ten organisations led by The Hong Kong Council of Social Service as an intermediary to design, develop and operate the Gerontechnology Platform (December)
- The fourth term Task Force assumed office (1 July)
- Appointment of the Society of Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention, Hong Kong as an intermediary to run a new innovative programme "BEHub" targeted to launch in September 2020 (May)
- Appointment of Fullness Social Enterprises Society Ltd as an intermediary to run a new innovative programme "Innovator Farm" targeted to launch in June 2020 (March)
- Reappointment of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service as the intermediary to implement a new round of "Impact Incubator" programme starting from February 2020 (February)
- Reappointment of PolyU Technology and Consultancy Co Ltd as the intermediary to implement a new round of "Good Seed" programme starting from December 2019 (December)
- “FOOD-CO 2.0”, phase 2 of FOOD-CO platform for Food Support Flagship Project launched
(July)
- Recruitment of intermediary for gerontechnology platform commenced (30 April)
- Recruitment of new batch of intermediaries for Innovative Programmes commenced (17 January)
- The third term Task Force assumed office (1 July)
- Social Innovation Co-working Space Subsidy Scheme opens for funding application (26 April)
- Latest batch of 58 innovative ventures announced (19 November)
- The Shared Value : Creating Competitive Advantage Forum held again to mark the start of series of activities for Shared Value Initiative for 2017-18
(21 September) - Launch of Community Housing Movement (19 September)
- Findings of landscape study on gerontechnology released (12 June)
- FOOD-CO platform for Food Support Flagship Project launched (May)
- Final Pitching and Award Presentation Ceremony, SI CEO Competition for Tertiary Students
(22 April)
- Commencement of Social Entrepreneurship and Venture Philanthropy course at CUHK marked the addition of the second university partner to the Nurturing Social Minds programme (8 September)
- Announcement of engaging St. James' Settlement as the intermediary to implement the Food Support Flagship Project (26 June)
- First batch of 25 innovative ventures funded under Innovative Programmes announced (15 May)
- Stage 2 activity of Shared Value initiative concluded with the completion of the third workshop (12 November)
- Shared Value : Creating Competitive Advantage Forum marked the start of Shared Value Initiative (9 September)
- Invitation for proposals for conducting Evaluation Study of the SIE Fund (8 September)
- Launch of "Fast Forward" programme by SOW (Asia) Foundation Limited (27 May)
- Invitation of proposals for Food Support Flagship Project (26 May)
- Launch of "Nurturing Social Minds" programme by the Yeh Family Philanthropy Limited (12 May)
- Launch of "Impact Incubator" programme by the Hong Kong Council of Social Service (21 April)
- Announcement of winners of Social Innovation Video Competition (24 January)
- Launch of "Good Seed" programme by PolyU Technology and Consultancy Co Ltd (22 January)
- Announcement of first batch of intermediaries (4 December)
- The second term Task Force assumed office (1 December)
- Launch of SIE Fund mobile app (9 October)
- Social Innovation Video Competition Kick-off Ceremony (27 June)
- Launch of SIE Fund Youtube Channel (10 March)
- Open invitation for provision of intermediary service (28 February)
- Stakeholder engagement exercise for Food Support Flagship Project (February-March)
- The first issue of quarterly newsletter published (24 January)
- Launch of SIE Fund Facebook fanpage (20 January)
- SIE Fund launched in Commission on Poverty Summit (28 September)
- Market sounding exercise on engaging intermediaries (26 June)