Bulletin No. 2, 2015

A ll projec t s, whether I CON or I NSEED, emphasize partnership with the community. After all, while academics may hold the knowledge, it is community service providers and interest groups who know best what their members need. Most KPF-funded projects engage charities and NGOs, in addition to schools, hospitals and community centres, to help identify project focus and gain access to participants. The five projects quoted, for example, enlisted the assistance of the Hong Kong Bengali Association, the Hong Kong Integrated Nepalese Society, The Conservancy Association Centre for Heritage (CACHe), the Hong Kong Society for the Aged, the Hong Kong Caritas Parents Resource Centre, and St. James’ Settlement, among many other groups. In the transfer of knowledge, those being served are given a say in how they’d like the knowledge to be used for their benefit. In other words, the approach is ‘bottom up’ and not ‘top down’. There’s beauty in that idea as well. By the People, For the People Knowledge Delivered to the Doorstep—Knowledge Transfer Project Fund 19