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Government should invite the Advisory Committee on Social Work Trainingand Manpower Planning to monitor closely the manpower supply in thewelfare sector, so as to ensure a stable supply of professional staff.(6) The Government should set up a $1 billion Social Welfare Development Fundto support training, capacity enhancement initiatives and service deliveryenhancement studies. Grants should be allocated to NGOs on LSG based onthe merit of their applications.(7) In view of the changing service needs, the Government should institute areview mechanism whereby appropriate advisory bodies such as the SocialWelfare Advisory Committee (SWAC), the Elderly Commission, theRehabilitation Advisory Committee, etc. may oversee the systematic review ofwelfare services and ensure that stakeholders’ views are taken into account inthe review process.(8) In exceptional and justifiable cases, the SWD should allow NGOs to advancethe subventions for other charges.(9) In managing their reserves, NGOs should take into account their SnapshotStaff commitments, as well as the need for service enhancement and staffdevelopment.(10) The SWD should establish a mechanism whereby NGOs which anticipatefinancial difficulties can alert the SWD in advance, so that remedial measurescan be taken as appropriate before the NGOs concerned exhaust their reserves.(11) NGOs should fully deploy the Provident Fund (PF) provisions and reserves fornon-Snapshot Staff on PF contributions, including possibly specialcontributions to award non-Snapshot Staff for their good performance.(12) Recognising NGOs’ achievements in enhancing efficiency and productivityunder the Enhanced Productivity Programme/ Efficiency Savings, it isrecommended that the need for additional funding should only be justified bya systematic review of service needs.(13) The LSGSC should be reconstituted to strengthen its role and composition, sothat it can lead the sector in the continuous development of the LSGSS.(14) For the sake of transparency, the SWD should be prepared to explain, at therequest of individual NGOs, the basis of their LSG calculations.(15) The SWD should revise the LSG Manual in consultation with stakeholders,update it regularly, and announce changes on the SWD’s website in the firstinstance. NGOs should also be notified instantaneously by email.(16) The SWD should rationalise the Agency Officer system with a team of officerswho are familiar with the rules and operations of the Subventions, Finance andService Branches and can provide prompt advice to NGOs on all LSG-related- v -
issues. The resources thus released may be redeployed to step up existingwork such as quality inspections or implement new initiatives.(17) The SWD should conduct a thorough review of its audit procedures to ensurethat they are effective in monitoring the use of public funds and do notcompromise NGOs’ flexibility under the LSGSS.(18) To avoid misunderstanding, NGOs should consult the SWD in a timelymanner as to what constitute “Funding and Service Agreement (FSA)-related”activities before conducting such activities.(19) The SWD should streamline its financial reporting requirements, includingdropping the requirement for NGOs to provide analyses of incomes andexpenditures by programme area and by FSA.(20) The SWD should review the deadline for NGOs to submit their AnnualFinancial <strong>Report</strong>s (AFRs), taking into account the practicability of therequirement.(21) The SWD should set up a help desk to provide management advice to smallNGOs and to facilitate their collaborative efforts. To help small NGOsdevelop, the SWD should also make available additional resources for them tostrengthen their administrative and professional support. Small NGOs mayapply for grants up to $300,000 (or 10% of its LSG, whichever is lower) eachyear for a total of four years.(22) The definition of “small NGOs” should be standardised so that the assistanceto them can be more targetted and effective. For this purpose, small NGOsshould more appropriately be defined as NGOs with an annual LSG of lessthan $5 million and an annual expenditure below $10 million.(23) Small NGOs may consider submitting joint proposals to enhance theircompetitiveness in the bidding of new services. While NGOs participating insuch joint ventures have to identify a representative to sign the FSA and liaisewith the SWD, the NGOs should also enter into an agreement amongthemselves to set out clearly their individual contributions and sharedresponsibilities.(24) In inviting bids for new services, the SWD should make known to prospectivebidders the relative weighting of the various aspects of a proposal in themarking scheme.(25) NGOs should carefully consider their resource implications before preparingservice proposals. NGOs should also take into account the views of theirstaff and share with them the considerations in submitting service proposals.(26) The SWD should look into the possibility of simplifying the process for theallocation of new services, such as introducing a two-stage tendering process,- vi -
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Page 5 and 6: ANNEXES1. Stakeholder groups which
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Page 27 and 28: enhancement. Greater autonomy and f
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4.42 Indeed, the re-engineering eff
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4.52 The LSGSC is an important plat
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the LSG, the PF provision for Snaps
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stakeholders which look to the manu
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Recommendation 16The SWD should rat
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edirected and innovative thinking e
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SWD’s audit procedures5.8 Many NG
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about the parameters set by the SWD
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Recommendation 20The SWD should rev
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with an annual subvention of more t
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to form federations or jointly prov
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The figures do seem to support the
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their existing services.existing on
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5.52 Many BIPs have indeed helped N
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Chapter Six -Accountability and Cor
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2001-03 : Issued booklets on five b
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practice guidelines currently avail
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6.17 Chapter 4 of the LSG Manual on
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of income and key expenditure items
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cherished no less in the welfare se
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ief, it monitors NGOs' performance
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7.11 Frontline staff have also poin
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planning mechanism described in the
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(iii) have obtained SWD’s prior a
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Chapter Eight - Handling of Complai
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ight of appeal or objection or a re
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Underinvestigation4 17 16 37Total :
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community will expect intervention
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eferral unreasonable.8.27 The IRC h
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Chapter Nine - Related Issues9.1 Th
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eplenishment of F&E items costing n
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eliance on their professional certi
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contracts or had not yet joined the
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additional resources, not only can
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Chapter Ten - Recommendations10.1 T
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passion of the many people we have
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Chapter 5(17) The SWD should conduc
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e informed of the ICHC’s decision
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Annex 1Page 2 of 343. Hong Kong Alz
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Australian system at that time.Anne
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Annex IIPage 4 of 8Hong Kong 2008-0
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Annex IIPage 6 of 8in reducing the
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Annex 3Page 2 of 26. 終止合
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Annex 6Page 1 of 1Flowchart on how
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Page 2 of 9Chief Executive announce
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