Guide on STAR Program for Social Good 2023
Hikvision’s STAR Program for Social Good aims to provide cutting-edge technologies that help non-profit organizations and projects explore innovative ways to benefit communities and protect our valuable nature and culture.
1. What We Offer
1.1 Products
With a wide range of products that cover both hardware and software, Hikvision provides products or subsidies to support selected projects.
1.2 Solutions
Through AIoT solutions, Hikvision is dedicated to empowering selected projects with more convenience, efficiency and security.
1.3 Technologies
With multi-dimensional perception and other innovative technologies, Hikvision aims to help protect lives, the earth and our culture.
2. Main Focus Areas
2.1 Biodiversity Monitoring and Conservation
Biodiversity is essential for all life on earth and critical for sustainable economic and social development. Hikvision would like to provide technologies, products, and solutions for biodiversity projects to support them better observe and protect wildlife, focusing on areas such as:
2.2 Environmental Monitoring and Protection
Environmental harm and climate change pose significant risks to the earth, and are a concern for people everywhere. Hikvision has explored multi-dimensional perception technologies and accumulated advanced application practices in intelligent environmental monitoring and protection, in a number of fields such as:
2.3 Cultural Heritage Preservation
Cultural heritage is an invaluable resource from the past, it connects societies today, and should be passed on to future generations. Hikvision is committed to making contributions to protection of our heritages with innovative technologies, which includes:
In addition to the main focus areas mentioned above, we also would like to know your suggestions or questions if you think Hikvision’s technology can make a positive impact in the field that you are concerned about.
3. Qualifications of the Applicants
The applicants must be established and existing in accordance with the laws and regulations of the country or region where they are located, which could be non-governmental organizations, public sector agencies, social enterprises, research institutions, universities and schools, etc. The applicants shall have the willingness to cooperate with Hikvision and use technology to address their challenges.
Currently, the Program does not accept individual applicants, but is limited to organizational applicants. The applicants must meet the following requirements:
a. Have full-time or part-time IT technicians
b. Have an organizational financial management system
c. Have at least 3 full-time employees
4. Basic Requirements for the Applicants
In addition to satisfying the above qualifications, the applicants must also meet the following basic requirements:
4.1 All information provided by the applicant must be authentic and credible. If the applicant is found to provide false information, Hikvision shall be entitled to permanently cease the cooperation with the applicant in the Program.
4.2 The applicant must not engage in affairs, events, and behaviors of violence, pornographic activities, military, racism, sexism, environmental pollution, cruelty to animals, human rights abuse, privacy violation, etc.
4.3 In principle, an applicant can participate in one STAR project within one year. Hikvision encourages several organizations to participate in the same STAR project if they share the similar or complementary objectives, capabilities, and resources. In such case, the organizations can make a joint application.
5. Basic Process of Establishing the Partnership
5.1 Submission of applications
The applicant submits its basic information and raises its demand through the official website of Hikvision’s STAR Program for Social Good.
5.2 Preliminary assessment on qualification
Hikvision will contact the applicant within 7 working days after receiving the submission and conduct a preliminary assessment on its qualification.
5.3 Submission of detailed project application
After passing the preliminary qualification assessment, the applicant shall prepare the detailed project application based on further communication with Hikvision.
5.4 Compliance review
Hikvision will complete the compliance review within 7 working days after receiving the submission of the detailed project application.
5.5 Project assessment
Once the compliance review is passed, Hikvision will organize an expert panel to evaluate the feasibility of the project in terms of technical feasibility and project sustainability. As the requirements of each project differ in complexity, the applicant shall provide assistance to complete necessary field study if required.
5.6 Signing of partnership agreements
Hikvision provides a technical proposal for the project that has passed through the feasibility assessment. If agreed, the applicant shall sign the partnership agreement with Hikvision, and will obtain technical and product support from Hikvision.
6. Confidentiality
6.1 Without the permission of the applicant, Hikvision will not to disclose any information about the applicant or the project to any third party, except for the strategic partners of Hikvision’s STAR Program for Social Good.
6.2 The applicant shall not disclose to third parties any information or materials related to Hikvision or provided by Hikvision, including but not limited to product designs, technical solutions, design drawings, instructional documentation, manuals, R&D plans, programs, software source code, object code, development kits, technical materials, business plans, business operating models, marketing strategies, sales plans, data, personnel arrangements, supplier information, customer information, financial information, terms and conditions of contracts, etc. as well as any other materials classified as “Confidential” or “Restricted” and all information contained therein.
7. Miscellaneous
The right of final interpretation of the Guide and the Program resides with Hikvision.
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