Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region
Results of applications for 15th-round funding exercise of Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme announced
The successful applications of the 15th round are of a high standard, with a diverse representation covering arts education/appreciation/promotion, community arts, media arts, multi-disciplinary arts, music and theatre. The successful applicants (categories and names of organisations in alphabetical order) are as follows:
| Name of organisationImmersive Theatre x Mental Resilience x Sustainability The 15th-round funding exercise continues to implement the Incentive Matching Sum initiative to encourage successful Project Grant applicants to seek non-government sponsorships and/or donations during project implementation, offering each successful applicant an extra matching sum up to a ceiling of $800,000. Introduced by the Government in 2011, the ACDFS aims to provide funding support for innovative and impactful proposals that contribute to the objectives of capacity development of arts practitioners, arts groups, art forms and/or the arts sector; programme/content development; audience building and arts education. The funding scheme is administered on the advice of the Advisory Committee on Arts Development. Members of the Committee take part in the assessment of applications together with Expert Advisers. A total of 95 applications were assessed in the 15th-round funding exercise. Issued at HKT 15:24 NNNN |