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Chairman of the Busan-Masan Democratic Movement Memorial Foundation Song, Ki In Father visit the TFD
2018/11/08
A delegation from Korea paid a visit on the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy on November 8, 2018. It was received by TFD Director of International Cooperation Bo Tedards.
Seminar by Mr. Dharndhanate Punndhanamahakarune, TFD’s Dissertation Fellow
2018/10/31
The Taiwan Foundation for Democracy hosted a seminar for Mr. Dharndhanate Punndhanamahakarune The Taiwan Foundation for Democracy hosted a seminar for Mr. Dharndhanate Punndhanamahakarune, TFD’s Dissertation Fellow, at 3:00-4:30 pm on October 31, 2018 at Taiwan Foundation for Democracy. Mr. Dharndhanate Punndhanamahakarune delivered a presentation entitled ‘State, Student Revolutions and the Battle of Hegemony: The Rise and Decline of Democratization in Taiwan and Thailand’. The seminar was moderated by Prof. Juo-Yu Lin, Department of Diplomacy and International Relations at TamKang University, with Dr. Huan-Kai Tseng, adjunct Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, National Taiwan University, as the discussant.
Temporary interruption of website service due to system server upgrade
2018/10/31
The TFD website will be temporarily unavailable on October 31, 2018 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm due to system server upgrade. We apologize for any inconvenience.
TFD joins Human Rights Defenders World Summit
2018/10/27~2018/11/02
As part of the global commemorations of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as well as the 20th anniversary of the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, TFD President Ford Fu-te Liao participated in the “Human Rights Defenders World Summit 2018,” held in Paris, France from October 29-31. Following the event, Dr. Liao visited key global partners based in France, such as Reporters sans frontiers (RSF) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), to discuss future cooperation and strengthening of the TFD’s international human rights network.
The 2018 Global Cooperation Training Framework on“Defending Democracy Through Media Literacy” Opening Ceremony
2018/10/18
The 2018 Global Cooperation and Training Framework (GCTF) International Workshop on “Defending Democracy Through Media Literacy,” co-hosted by the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD) along with the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), opened today (10/18). The two-day event’s opening ceremony was graced by the presence of TFD Chairman Jia-chyuan Su, Foreign Minister Jaushieh Joseph Wu, Digital Minister Audrey Tang, AIT Director William Brent Christensen, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Scott Busby.
Seminar by Mr. Klaikong Vaidhyakarn, Democracy and Human Rights Service Fellow of TFD
2018/10/16
The TFD hosted a seminar for Mr. Klaikong Vaidhyakarn, the TFD’s Democracy and Human Rights Service Fellow, from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm on October 16, 2018 at the foundation. Mr. Klaikong Vaidhyakarn delivered a presentation entitled ‘Civic Tech and Digital Civic Participation: Taiwan’s Experiences and How to Replicate to Thailand.’ Dr. Yeh-Chung Lu, Vice President of the TFD, was invited to moderate the seminar while Mr. Pomin Wu, g0v.tw, was invited as the discussant.
McDonald-Laurier Institute Managing Director Brian Crowley visits the TFD
2018/10/16
MacDonald-Laurier Institute Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley visited the TFD and had an informative exchange with TFD President Ford Fu-Te Liao and Vice President Ketty W. Chen about issues of disinformation, China’s influence and possible future collaboration between the two institutions.
Center for American Progress visits the TFD
2018/10/15
Center for American Progress delegation visited the TFD and had a lively exchange with TFD Vice President Ketty W. Chen on TFD’s programs and collaboration in the region and issues of disinformation, China’s influence and Taiwan’s coming elections.
TFD Attends Forum 2000 conference in Prague and Visits Partner Institutions in Europe
2018/10/03~2018/10/13
Taiwan’s President Ing-wen Tsai delegated TFD President Fu-te Liao and Deputy Minister of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Szu-chien Hsu to attend the 22nd Forum 2000 Conference in Prague, during October 7–9, 2018. Moreover, TFD also invited J. Michael Cole as an expert to join TFD’s delegation for Forum 2000 Conference. The theme of Forum 2000 Conference of this year is “Democracy: In Need of a Critical Update?”. The major discussion of this conference was challenges of populism and nationalism on society and economy, and tremendous transformation of public sphere in internet time, which tried to re-build the trust of democracy through the participation and share view points of young generation.
Visit of the Rand Corporation
2018/09/13
Dr. Rafiq Dossani, director at the Rand Corporation Center for Asia Pacific Policy paid a visit to the TFD at September 13, 2018 and was received by Dr. Yeh-Chung, Lu, Vice President of the TFD. After VP Lu’s introduction on the vision and working programs of TFD. Both sides engaged in a conversation about China issues, TFD’s effort on pushing for young leaders capacity- building programs, researches on combating fake news and preventing democracy backsliding and the future collaboration between two sides. They enjoyed the fruitful discussion.
