Evaluation Consortium
	The CIIF Evaluation Consortium, formed by 7 research teams cross 5 local universities, has completed their studies in March 2006. They evaluated the effectiveness of social capital development strategies promoted by the CIIF, distilled insights and good practices from the CIIF project implementation; identified critical success factors and made recommendations for the future development of social capital for reference. For detail, please click here for an overall summary of the 7 studies; and click here for the summary and full report of each study.
	Institute and Project Team Brief Sum- mary Full Report 1. University of Hong Kong - Dept of Social Work and Social Administration - Title: Building Social Capital: A Formative Programme Review of CIIF projects Research Team: Dr. Donna Wong (Principal investigator), Dr Joe Leung, Dr Law Chi Kwong & Dr Ernest Chui 2. City University of Hong Kong - Quality Evaluation Centre (Chinese Version Only) Title: An Evaluation Study on Outcomes and Impact of the CIIF Research Team: Prof SH Ng (Advisor); Dr. KK Leung (Principal investigator), Prof Chan Wing-tai (Shue Yan), Dr Raymond Chan 3. HK Polytechnic University - Dept of Applied Social Sciences (Chinese Version Only) Project focus: To document the process and mechanism whereby social capital development and its impact on the lives of project participants who belong to the socially and economically disadvantaged groups. Research Team: Dr Ting Wai-fong (Principal investigator) 4. City University of Hong Kong - Dept of Applied Social Studies (Chinese Version Only) Title: Social trust and its antecedent conditions in the development of social capital Research Team: Prof SH Ng (Advisor); Dr. Raymond Chan (Principal investigator), Dr Alice Chong 5. Lingnan University - Asia Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies (APIAS) - Title: An evaluation study on the impacts of CIIF intergenerational programmes on the development of social capital in Hong Kong Research Team: Prof. Alfred Chan (Principal investigator), Prof Lin Ping (Economics) 6. Chinese University of Hong Kong - Dept of Social Work (Chinese Version Only) Title: A Study of Professional Contribution to the Sustainability of Self-help Groups and their Social Capital Created in CIIF Projects Research Team: Prof. Mok Bong-ho (Principal investigator), Prof Steven Ngai and Prof Jacky Cheung 7. HK Polytechnic University - Dept of Applied Social Sciences - Title: Social Investment and Social Network: Analysis of the Collaboration between Third Sector and Private Sector in CIIF-funded Projects Research Team: Dr. Chan Kam-tong (Principal investigator)