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Visit of President Juli Minoves
2018/07/30
Dr. Juli Minoves, the current President of Liberal International, and William Townsend, Head of Communication and Political Outreach, visited the TFD on July 30th and received by President Liao Fu-te, and Allen Peng, Director of Research and Development. In addition to understand the structure and general works of TFD, both sides comprehensively exchanged ideas regarding the major projects of human rights and democracy conducted by TFD, and have discussed the cooperation in the future.
Seminar by Mr. Christopher Carothers, the Dissertation Fellow at TFD
2018/07/25
The Taiwan Foundation for Democracy and Department of Public Policy and Management of Shih Hsin University co-hosted a seminar for Mr. Christopher Carothers, the TFD’s Dissertation Fellow, at 11:30-13:00 on July 25, 2018 at the Shih Hsin University.Mr. Carothers delivered a presentation entitled ‘Corruption Control Before and After Democratization: A Comparative Study of Taiwan and South Korea’ and was moderated by Dr. Hsin-Chung Liao, associate professor at the Department of Public Policy and Management of Shih Hsin University. Dr. Hans Hangpu Tung, assistant professor at the Department of Political Science of National Taiwan University and Dr. Chelsea Chia-chen Chou, assistant professor at the Graduate Institute of National Development of National Taiwan University, was invited as the seminar's discussants.
Visit of Amb. Derek Mitchell
2018/07/19
Amb. Derek Mitchell on July 19 visited the TFD and was received by TFD President Liao Fu-Te and Bo Tedards, Director of International Cooperation. Amb. Derek Mitchell engaged in a conversation about the TFD’s operations, Taiwan’s democratization, international networking. They are looking forward to expanding the organization and building partnerships through the platform to deepen democracy.
Delegation of Members of the European Parliament visits TFD
2018/07/19
The Delegation of Members of the European Parliament on July 19 visited the TFD and was received by TFD President Liao Fu-Te and Bo Tedards, Director of International Cooperation. The four-person group included Vice-Chair of the Delegation for relations with the People’s Republic of China Reinhard Bütikofer, Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development Herbert Dorfmann,Chair of the Committee on Budgetary Control Ingeborg Grässle, EPP Group Adviser Michael Hahn.The Delegation of Members of the European Parliament learned about the vision and working programs of the TFD and Taiwan’s democratic development among other topics.
Dr. Ford Fu-Te Liao takes office as TFD President
2018/07/10
On July 10, 2018, the TFD Board of Trustees unanimously approved the appointment of Dr. Ford Fu-Te Liao as President of the TFD, effective July 16.
Internet Services Temporarily Unavailable
2018/06/30
The Foundation will be upgrading its electric service from 08:00 to 18:00, Saturday, June 30, 2018(Taipei time). The Foundation's email and internet services will be unavailable during this period of time. We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.
Visit of the 2018 Boise State University Delegation
2018/06/29
The Boise State University Delegation is a summer internship co-hosted by Providence University and Taiwan Think-tank, including 8 students of Political Science, Economics, Accountancy, Urban Studies, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, International Business, and Business Administration paid a visit to the TFD on June 29, 2018. The delegation was received by Bo Tedards, Director of International Cooperation, who introduced the vision and working programs of the TFD. Afterwards, the interns engaged in a conversation about the soft power of Taiwanese civil society to support the TFD’s domestic and international mission, the comparison of Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement and Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement, and the international NGO’s developmental strategies in Taiwan under China’s influence and so on. By this visit, the interns learned about the TFD’s mission and Taiwan’s role in regional democratic development.
The Fifth East Asia Democracy Forum in Taipei
2018/06/26
The Taiwan Foundation for Democracy held the fifth East Asia Democracy Forum in Taipei on June 26th. The theme of this year’s forum is “Prevent Democratic Backsliding.” Democracies around the world are experiencing various predicaments, including the loss of confidence in the democratic system in those more mature democracies and the democratic regression in the new and fragile democracies. The core values of democracy such as freedom of speech, freedom of press and political and social pluralism are encountering great challenges in the era of social media and new informational technologies and in a time when authoritarian regimes are offering what they call the "alternative model."
The TFD will host the 2018 Fifth East Asia Democracy Forum
2018/06/26
Taiwan Foundation for Democracy will host the 5th East Asia Democracy Forum on June 26th, 2018. The conference venue is located at Grand Hyatt Taipei - Grand Ballroom 1, 3rd Floor (No.2, Song Shou Rd., Taipei, Taiwan). This Forum will be conducted in English. E-Direct Mail is attached (EDM link). Program agenda is attached (Agenda link). Welcome to register for the event (Registration link. Registration will be closed on June 15th)
President Tsai Ing-wen meets Taiwan Foundation for Democracy 15th anniversary conference delegation
2018/06/26
On June 26, 2018, President Tsai Ing-wen met with experts, scholars, and think-tank representatives from around the world attending an international conference marking the 15th anniversary of the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD). They were accompanied by Secretary-General of National Security Council David Lee, TFD Vice Chairman Joseph Jaushieh Wu, TFD President Szu-chien Hsu, TFD Vice President Ketty W. Chen, and TFD Member of Board of Trustee Fort Fu-Te Liao.
