Organized by the Hong Kong Management Association since 1990, the Award for Excellence in Training and Development 2013, the most prestigious and authoritative award in training and development, is now open for entries.

Skills Training Category - Any learning activity provided to improve job specific skills, knowledge and behaviour that contributes to business results.

Development Category - Any activity, initiative or programme focused on people development that contributes to on-going enhancement of organizational capability and business results.

Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards		Most Innovative Award(s)
Excellence Awards		Special Award(s)
Certificate(s) of Merit	Special Award(s) for SMEs
	Best Presentation Award

Judging Process:

All participating companies are required to submit a 2-page programme summary to the Board of Examiners comprising members of the Training Awards Organizing Committee and Human Resources Development Management Committee of the Association. All companies will be invited to give a 15-minute presentation (in English, Cantonese or Putonghua) on the training or development programmes, followed by a 10-minute Question-and-Answer session.

The Board of Examiners will select the finalists and determine recipients of Certificate(s) of Merit, Recruit Most Innovative Awards and Special Awards for SMEs from among all the participating training or development programmes. In addition, a number of Special Citations will be granted at the discretion of the Examiners to recognize training or development programmes with excellent performance in different individual areas.

Finalists of each category will be invited to submit a 5-page written submission of their training or development programmes and to deliver a 20-minute presentation followed by a 10-minute Question-and-Answer session in English before the Panel of Adjudicators at the Final Presentation Seminar, an experience-sharing seminar open to all executives. The Adjudicators will decide on the winners of Gold, Silver, Bronze Awards and Excellence Awards for both categories. The Best Presentation Award in both categories will be selected by all participants attending the Final Presentation Seminar.



The Individual Awards recognize the most outstanding trainers in Hong Kong who have made significant contribution to the human resource development of their companies as well as the whole community. There are two categories for the Individual Awards:

Outstanding New Trainer Awards - Executives who have engaged in human resources and/or training and development profession for less than 5 years and are providing training for staff members of their own company or their clients.

Distinguished Trainer Awards - Executives who have engaged in human resources and/or training and development profession for a minimum of 5 years and are providing training for staff members of their own company or their clients.

Judging Process:


All entrants have to be nominated by their companies nomination. They are required to submit a 4-page written submission, which will be reviewed by the Board of Examiners, explaining their achievements in human resources development, a learning process designed, delivered and managed by entrants and the evaluation data for the past 5 years as well as a personal information summary in English. Shortlisted entrants will be given an opportunity to attend Interview Sessions by the Board of Examiners in either English or Cantonese.

Winners of the Distinguished Trainer Awards and Outstanding New Trainer Awards will be selected by the Board of Examiners. Finalists of the Distinguished Trainer Awardees will be invited to compete for the Trainer of the Year Award by the Panel of Adjudicators.

All winners of the Campaign and Individual Awards will be announced and presented with trophies or certificates at the annual Susan Yuen Memorial Lecture and Dinner, officiated by Dr Dennis Sun BBS JP, Chairman of the Association.

The Award this year is proudly sponsored by the following companies: