Hong Kong Launches Co‑Prosper HK Platform to Match Businesses with Social Welfare Projects

The Hong Kong Government has unveiled the Co‑Prosper HK – Welfare Projects Matching Platform, created by the Commission on Targeted Poverty Alleviation. The platform invites social welfare organisations and social enterprises to submit proposals by 29 November. It is part of the First Five‑Year Plan’s goal to institutionalise a tripartite partnership among the government, business and community to tackle poverty. Proposals must target subdivided‑unit households, single‑parent households, all‑elderly households or carers and address at least one of nine specified themes. Matching will be negotiated directly between funders and project proponents, with funds disbursed straight to the proponents, bypassing the platform’s own accounts.