US Government funds used to support the Occupy Central protests in Hong Kong

The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) was established to act as a conduit to disperse US Government funds for ‘promoting democracy’, allocated by the US Congress to its four core grantees, including the National Democratic Institute (NDI), which represents the Democratic Party of America¹.

NED grant to the NDI in 2012 to prepare for the Occupy Central protests

According to the 2012 NED Annual Report, the NDI was given a grant of US$460,000² for the following work in China (Hong Kong):

“To foster awareness regarding Hong Kong's political institutions and constitutional reform process and to develop the capacity of citizens - particularly university students - to more effectively participate in the public debate on political reform, NDI will work with civil society organizations on parliamentary monitoring, a survey, and development of an Internet portal, allowing students and citizens to explore possible reforms leading to universal suffrage”.

NED Grants for work in China (Hong Kong) in 2012

The following posts in this blog will show how these US Government funds were used to arrange, coordinate and support the Occupy Central protests.

References

¹Oversight of the National Endowment for Democracy : hearings before the Subcommittee on International Operations of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, second session, May 14 and 20, June 11, 1986. See the 1986 report 

²National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Annual Report 2012. Grants to Asia – China (Hong Kong) in 2012.