Evidence-based Practice

Building NGO Evidence-based Practice Capacity

Objectives

To enhance evidence-based practice capacity of NGOs
To build an evidence-based platform/community with a visible brand for the future development of social service research

Principal Investigator

Collaborator

Achievements

Organised 2 conferences and 2 workshops to bring together overseas and local wisdom on evidence-based practice, in which:
- 2 overseas speakers were invited to share international wisdom in evidence-based practice with more than 200 participants from local NGOs
- 3 local scholars were invited to introduce up-to-date research findings and resources in a conference held in 2012
- 18 service projects from 16 local NGOs were invited to share their experience of evidence-based practice and service excellence
Built up an evidence-based platform with a visible brand, with:
- more than 200 participants from local NGOs took part in the conferences and workshops
- collaborated with the “Best Practice Awards 2013” in a conference to reach out to more NGOs in the sector
- invited funders to the conferences to have a dialogue with local NGOs on resources for evidence-based research studies
- constructed an event website to provide the latest information and resources to local NGOs
- uploaded 26 articles to the event website and EBP fans page in Facebook to encourage the discussion over major issues about evidence-based practice to continue
- formed a Practitioner-Researcher Group as a mutual exchange platform for the sector

Impact

Encouraged NGOs to use or produce evidence for service development and advocacy through the sharing of best practice among local NGOs
Consolidated views on the importance of evidence-based practice to service excellence
Enhanced the evidence-based practice capacity of NGOs at the individual, organisational and sectoral level with regular platforms for best practice sharing at the annual conference and training workshops
Established a communication/networking platform for dialogues among academia, NGOs and funders

Event Highlights

Oct 11, 2012	Conference on Practice and Research for Social Service Excellence
Oct 12, 2012	Workshop on Practice and Research for Social Service Excellence – Social Work Data are All Around Us: Using Available Information in Practice-based Research for Service Excellence
Dec 11, 2013	Conference on Practice and Research for Social Service Excellence cum Best Practice Award Sharing 2013
Dec 12, 2013	Workshop on Practice and Research for Social Service Excellence: Combining Practice and Research – a Mission Impossible?

ExCEL3 Coordinator: Mr Larry Kwan