I’m now living in Guangzhou remaking myself as a consultant for international NGOs operating in the greater China and Asia-Pacific region. I’ve registered my own consulting company, Social Innovations Advisory, Ltd, in Hong Kong to help NGOs interested in doing innovative and impactful programming and reporting in the region. While I spend most of my time in Guangzhou, I make regular trips to Hong Kong and neighboring countries for meetings and other business.
Below are some
of the consulting projects I’ve taken on this year:
1. Researching and writing the China
Philanthropy Law Report for the International Center for
Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL), and regularly updating ICNL’s China page for the Civic
Freedom Monitor.
2. Developing short info graphs,
timelines and FAQs to explain the civil society and philanthropy
environment and laws in China for ICNL.
3. Regularly updating the Council on Foundation’s Country Note for
China.
4. Contributing an assessment of China’s legal
environment for civil society for a policy
brief on global civil society written by Professor Helmut Anheier of
Germany’s Hertie School of Governance in preparation for the G-20/T-20 in
Argentina.
5. Writing an article, “Remaking
Chinese Civil Society in the Xi Jinping Era” for ChinaFile.
6. Participating in a two-week fact-finding mission to
interview human rights NGOs in Palestine and Israel about restrictions on
access to funding, and drafting a 20-page advocacy report, for the International
Federation for Human Rights (Fidh).
7. Writing a thought piece on strategies for expanding
the space for civil society in the Asia-Pacific for Innovation for Change-East
Asia’s retreat for civil society leaders and intellectuals.
8. Carrying out a survey of active labor organizations in
China for an international NGO and writing a report with recommendations on how
foreign companies can engage with and support those organizations.
9. Organizing a forum for an international NGO to discuss
and come up with recommendations on changing their strategy in China/Asia.
10. Conducting and writing an evaluation of a civil
society project in China for a U.S. funder.
11. Helping NGOs to conceptualize and draft concept notes
and full proposals for large European Union and U.S. government grants.
Stay in touch and let me know how I can contribute to the global effort
to strengthen civil society, labor and philanthropy. I can be reached by email
at shawnshieh@gmail.com or shawnshieh@tutanota.com, by Skype using my Skype ID
profshawn, or by phone or WhatsApp through my China number +86 18565377724.
