Workplace English Campaign e-Newsletter

Second Issue

Briefing Session Series

The WEC Briefing Session Series 2006 on Government support for continuing education and training concluded with the last one in the series held on 30 November 2006. Please click below for details on subjects covered in the series:


		Funding Scheme for Workplace English Training
		Continuing Education Fund
		Training services provided by the Hong Kong Productivity Council
		Training services provided by the Employees Retraining Board
		Skills Upgrading Scheme

For details of the new series, please refer to our eMail Alerts to be sent out in early 2007.

Latest News on Funding Scheme for
Workplace English Training

The applications figure of the Funding Scheme for Workplace English Training, which supports employers to commission in-house English training tailor-made for their employees, continued to grow in 2006.

In view of the increasing popularity of the Funding Scheme, WEC is conducting a thorough review to see how the Scheme can better help employees improve their English proficiency. The review is expected to be completed in the first half of 2007. Findings will be posted onto the WEC website in due course.

Useful Tips

Starting from this issue, we will include some useful tips for Corporate Supporters to apply for grants under the Funding Scheme for Workplace English Training and to adopt the Hong Kong Workplace English Benchmarks (HKWEB).

If you have any particular questions on the Funding Scheme or HKWEB or comments to share with other Corporate Supporters, please write to the Office of WEC (OWEC). We will reply collectively in the e-Newsletter.


		Email:	info@english.gov.hk
		Address:	Room 1702 Skyline Tower, 39 Wang Kwong Road, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon

Timelines for Submitting Application Form to the Funding Scheme
for Workplace English Training

Submit course description prior to application

Receive approval for course description within 28 days

Submit application form to earmark fund
before commencement of training

Receive written notification on approval for
earmarking of fund within four weeks

Take at least eight to ten weeks to complete the process


	Submit course description prior to application


	Employers who wish to apply for grants under the Funding Scheme for commissioning in-house English training tailor-made for their employees are required to submit a description of the training course(s) concerned to OWEC prior to the application.


	Receive approval for course description within 28 days

If the course description received is clearly outlined with sufficient details included, OWEC will issue a written notification to the applying company within 28 days. An approval code will be provided if the course is considered to be meeting the definition of a workplace English training course. The applicant may then submit the completed application form for the approved course to OWEC for earmarking of funding.


	Submit application form to earmark fund before commencement of training


	The application form must reach OWEC within three month before commencement of the training courses concerned for successful earmarking of funding under the Funding Scheme.


	Receive written notification on approval for earmarking of fund within four weeks


	If the information/document received is clearly outlined with sufficient details included, OWEC will issue a written notification on the outcome of the application to the applying company within four weeks from the date of receipt of the application. If the application is approved, applicants would also be informed of the amount of grant that has been earmarked for the application.


	Take at least eight to ten weeks to complete the process

As it normally takes at least eight to ten weeks to complete the above procedures before application for grants is approved, employers who are interested to apply to the Funding Scheme for their in-house English training are recommended to apply early and reserve sufficient time for application before commencement of the training course(s) concerned.

Nevertheless, if the applicants have already received approval for a particular course and would like to organise the same course again for other employees in the same company, they may skip parts (1) and (2) and submit the application form together with the course approval code to OWEC. They will receive the notification on earmarking of fund within four weeks.


	For further details, please call the WEC Hotline or refer to the Guidelines for Application.


	WEC Hotline:	2186 8800
	Email:	info@english.gov.hk
	Website:	http://www.english.gov.hk/

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