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2019 Asia Young Leaders for Democracy (AYLD) program opens in Taipei
2019/08/20
The 2019 Asia Young Leaders for Democracy (AYLD), an annual program organized by the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy for young democracy practitioners advocating for democracy and human rights across Asia to gather together and exchange ideas and experiences in Taipei, commenced today. This year’s participants hailed from more than 10 different countries, including Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand, representing a variety of cultural, religious and political backgrounds.
Visit of the Delegation of U.S. Midwestern States Legislative Leaders to the Republic of China(Taiwan)
2019/08/08
The Delegation of U.S. Midwestern States Legislative Leaders to the Republic of China (Taiwan) visited the TFD on August 8, 2019. Received by Vice President Yeh-Chung Lu, both sides engaged in a conversation about the upcoming Taiwan Presidential Election and the current state of Taiwan’s democracy.
Signing of the MOU with the Institutum Iurisprudentiae, Academia Sinica
2019/07/30
TFD established International Fellowship Program in 2003 and granted fellowships to international visiting scholars, dissertation researchers, post-doctoral scholars and human rights practitioners abroad Taiwan who wish to pursue research related to Taiwan’s democracy and human rights.
Seminar by Dr. Pavel Doubek, Postdoctoral Research Fellow of TFD
2019/07/29
The Taiwan Foundation for Democracy hosted a seminar for Dr. Pavel Doubek, Postdoctoral Research Fellow on 29 July, 2019. Dr. Doubek delivered a presentation entitled “Establishing the National Preventive Mechanism in Taiwan” and was moderated by Professor Song-lih Huang at the Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University. Dr. Vivianne Yen-ching Weng, Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, National Chengchi University, was invited as the seminar's discussant.
Taipei Principles for Global Religious Freedom Advocacy
2019/07/25
Civil society plays a critical role in efforts to advance freedom of religion and belief. Civil society actors and religious leaders are uniquely positioned to aggregate concerns and to engage government officials through advocacy and awareness-raising to promote religious freedom, diversity, equity and inclusion. Collectively providing a positive voice of human rights, tolerance, coexistence and respect, and trust in order for civil society actors to develop new and robust partnerships between themselves, religious communities, national governments and international organizations to protect and promote religious freedom for all.
2019 TFD Survey on Taiwanese View of Democratic Values and Governance
2019/07/19
The Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD) on July 19 held a press conference at the TFD about the 2019 TFD survey on Taiwanese View of Democratic Values and Governance. The event was moderated by TFD President Ford Fu-te Liao, who gave an overview presentation on the survey results. The TFD also invited scholars Tsai Chia-hung, Director of the Election Study Center at National Chengchi University and Lin Thung-hong, Research Fellow of the Institute of Sociology at Academia Sinica to introduce the research method and comment on the survey results.
Visit of Dr. Thomas Bellows, the University of Texas at San Antonio
2019/07/12
Dr. Thomas Bellows, professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio, visited the TFD on July 12, 2019. Received by Vice President Yeh-Chung Lu and Director Allen Peng of the Department of Research and Development, both sides engaged in a conversation about the upcoming Taiwan Presidential Election and the current state of Taiwan’s democracy.
Visit of Delegates of the Parliamentary Assistant to MP of Canada
2019/07/10
A delegation from Canadian Parliamentary Assistant to MP paid a visit on the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy on July 10, 2019. It was received by TFD Director of Research and Development, Dr. Allen Peng. At first, Dr. Allen Peng introduced the vision and working programs of TFD. Then, both sides discussed about the Cross-Strait relationship, progress and challenge of Taiwan democratization, and Taiwanese young people’s civil participation. The discussion of both sides are so fruitful.
TFD Hosts the Tackling the Spread of Disinformation: Experience of Taiwan’s Civil Society workshop
2019/07/02
On July 2nd 2019, the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD) held the Tackling the Spread of Disinformation: Experience of Taiwan’s Civil Society workshop for the Asia Democracy Research Network’s research project. The TFD invited Taiwan FactCheck Center Director Yuan-Hui Hu, Student Front against Disinformation member Jen-yu Hsu, Open Culture Foundation International Exchanging Project Manager Howei Chang, Taiwan Alliance for Advancement of Youth Rights and Welfare Researcher Chih-Yang Liu and Hsin-Hua Tsai, Academia Sinica Project Manager Ines Lin, Journalist Jason Liu to share their experience of fighting against disinformation.
The “2019 Defending Democracy: Comparing Authoritarian Influence Operations” Panel
2019/06/27
The Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD) this morning hosted the “2019 Defending Democracy: Comparing Authoritarian Influence Operations” panel at the TFD headquarters in Taipei. TFD President Ford Fu-Te Liao delivered the opening remarks, and the speakers included Dr. Martin Hala, Director of AcaMedia and Sinopsis.cz , and Mr. Xiao Qiang, Founder and Editor-in-chief of China Digital Times.
