Annual Report Annual 2019 International Cooperation and Development Fund and Development International Cooperation

TaiwanICDF Annual Report 2019 www.icdf.org.tw Tel.886-2-28732323 Fax.886-2-2876-6475 Tel.886-2-28732323 International Cooperation and Development Fund and Development Cooperation International 12-15F, No. 9, Lane 62, Tien Mou West Rd., 111047, 111047, Taipei Rd., West Mou Tien Lane 62, 9, No. 12-15F, Partnerships for Progress and Sustainable Development and Sustainable Progress for Partnerships Contents

2 Introducing the TaiwanICDF 64 Commitment to eco-tourism and green 4 Preface finance in order to benefit the sustainable development of the environment 70 Using capabilities to build a solid foundation 1 and help partner countries continuously 6 Strategic Planning and Direction develop 77 Implementing ex-post evaluations to present project achievements 2 10 Operations 2019 TaiwanICDFReport Annual 10 2019 Cooperating Countries and Projects 4

Partnerships for Progress and Sustainable Development 12 Agriculture 80 Administration 18 Education 81 Financial Management 22 Information and Communications Technology 82 Accounting Management 26 Environment 83 Human Resources Public Health 84 Cybersecurity International Cooperation and Development Fund 2019 32 12-15F, No. 9, Lane 62, Tien Mou West Rd., Taipei 111047, Taiwan International Cooperation and Development Fund Tel.886-2-28732323 Fax.886-2-2876-6475 Annual Report www.icdf.org.tw 37 Others 84 Auditing 85 Legal Affairs 86 PR and Promotional Materials About the cover 3

This cover design draws on the meaning 42 Special Reports of "an undulating row of mountains." It 43 Actively engaging in international participation, Appendix symbolizes Taiwan's concept of supporting exploring partnership opportunities, and 88 Organization Chart sustainable development and investing in Board of Directors, Supervisors, and international cooperation and development deepening cooperation 89 affairs; it also uses sound waves as a 50 Mentoring agricultural enterprises and SMEs Consultative Committee reflection of the mountains to represent the to assist partner countries in upgrading their 90 Report of Independent Accountants TaiwanICDF's adherence to international industries Cooperation Projects in 2019 trends. The TaiwanICDF harnesses its five 116 priority areas to implement and transmit 57 Accelerating the progress of women's 124 Cooperation Projects with International Taiwan's successful experience and empowerment by promoting women's Organizations and NGOs 2019 continues to contribute to the international participation in socio-economic activities community. Introducing the TaiwanICDF Vision Sources of Funding Operations Since the International Cooperation and Development Fund (TaiwanICDF) was founded in 1996 as Taiwan's Partnerships for progress The TaiwanICDF was established with an initial The operational scope of the TaiwanICDF covers seven professional development assistance organization, Sustainable development endowment of NT$11.6 billion, which was the net duties and responsibilities: we have been dedicated to assisting friendly or value of the IECDF's funds at the time of its dissolution. Sources of funding include the general fund, interest, developing countries in economic, social and human Facilitating social and economic returns on investments and income from commissions by resource development, and in promoting economic development in our partner countries. relationships among these countries through Mission the government or other institutions. As of December 31, technical cooperation, lending and investment, 2019, the total balance of all funds was NT$15.56 billion. international education and training, and humanitarian Strengthen international assistance. By utilizing the organization's funds cooperation and enhance foreign and their yields to engage in direct and indirect Promoting better economic ties to partner relations to promote economic investments, and by implementing bilateral and countries. development, social progress, multilateral technical cooperation, humanitarian aid, Cooperating Partners and the welfare of all mankind or educational training programs, the TaiwanICDF's Strategy mission is to provide humanitarian assistance for The TaiwanICDF's main partners Partner Countries Cooperating with international organizations, countries that suffer from natural disasters, or for • Respond to international are governments, international institutions, or governments to facilitate social international refugees. development trends organizations or their designated • Draw on Taiwan's comparative and economic development in our partner agencies, corporate bodies, and 23 countries. advantages non-governmental organizations. • Integrate public and private sector resources • Strengthen cooperative Providing humanitarian assistance to partnerships international refugees or countries hit by natural disasters. 154 Overseas Experts Providing technical and human resources training to partner countries, and providing 10 Implementing a Project- 4 technical assistance or services in order to Project Planning oriented Methodology foster industrial capacity. Principles Replicating Successful Operating overseas missions to improve and Experiences develop agricultural, industrial, economic, medical, and education sectors in our To ensure that our core strategies 104 Domestic Personnel partner countries. can be implemented with tangible Considering Effectiveness effect throughout the normal course and Efficiency Other initiatives designed to bolster of operations, we have developed 10 a set of project planning principles 4 international cooperation and development designed to improve effectiveness Coordinating the Use or foster good relations with other partner and results by standardizing the of Resources countries. way we carry out our assistance projects. Accurate as of December 31, 2019 Safeguarding Project Outcomes, Sustainable Development

History

1959 1961 1972 1989 1995 1996

Republic of China (Taiwan) Under Operation Vanguard, technical SATCC merged into the Committee of At a time when Taiwan enters a To integrate Taiwan's foreign aid The government dissolves the IECDF initiates overseas technical missions help to improve agricultural International Technical Cooperation period of rapid economic growth, resources in response to the and establishes an independent assistance, sending its first production in many African countries, (CITC), leading Taiwan's overseas the government establishes the expansion of the nation's foreign organization, the International group of agricultural specialists expanding its operations to become technical cooperation work and assisting International Economic Cooperation aid operations, the government Cooperation and Development Fund, to Vietnam. the Sino-Africa Technical Cooperation partner nations in their agricultural Development Fund (IECDF) to provide drafts and passes the Statute for the on July 1. The following year, the CITC Committee (SATCC) the following year. development. economic assistance to developing Establishment of the International is incorporated into the TaiwanICDF. partners. Cooperation and Development Fund. Preface

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Global Engagement Raising Taiwan’s Visibility

In 2019, the United Nations High-level Political Forum on cooperation agreements with such organizations as the Substantive participation in key international and other stakeholders (MGoS) have a right to speak and Sustainable Development responded to the international Pan American Development Foundation (PADF), the Inter- conferences play a crucial role at important UN-level meetings, our community’s continuing calls for positive action. Through its American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), In 2019, the TaiwanICDF drew on its work on the dynamic cooperation as a technology partner in the global theme of “empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness Columbia University’s Center for Sustainable Development SDGs, the Paris Agreement, and other important topics initiatives of the World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO) led and equality,” the forum explored how to strengthen the (CSD), and the International Research Institute for Climate to demonstrate Taiwan’s contribution to the international to us presenting our conclusions alongside the WFO at role of civil society and other key groups. It also initiated and Society (IRI), combining resources to expand the community. Our active commitment to sharing Taiwan’s COP25. regional exchanges and emphasized that global problems benefits of various programs. foreign aid achievements throughout key international must be solved through the combined efforts of all. All of In the Asia-Pacific region, a TaiwanICDF delegation arenas helped highlight the efforts and outcomes of Global engagement makes Taiwan seen and heard this highlighted how important it is for the private sector and visited the Japan International Cooperation Agency Taiwan’s international cooperation. As President Tsai Ing-wen has said, Taiwan is keen civil groups to participate in international cooperation. (JICA) to exchange ideas about international education At a global level, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, to contribute to the international community, and to this The TaiwanICDF has been acting on the United Nations and training methods. We also held discussions with the Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Belize all coorganized side end, cooperation is our overriding principle. In 2019, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) since 2016. Sasakawa Peace Foundation’s Ocean Policy Research events with us during the 72nd World Health Assembly TaiwanICDF took the initiative and transcended the status We continue to strengthen international cooperation and Institute (SPF-OPRI) regarding the joint promotion of (WHA). We used these events to share Taiwan’s assistance quo: We brought domestic and overseas industries, advance Taiwan’s foreign relations, and promote a range of ocean affairs training in the Pacific. Elsewhere, we signed in promoting public health programs, and highlight the government agencies, and academic partners together; international cooperation programs in the spirit of fostering a memorandum of cooperation with the Lowy Institute, effectiveness with which the TaiwanICDF had implemented we joined hands with like-minded countries; and we economic and social development. Since 2019, we have pledging to provide information about Taiwan’s assistance associated projects. During the United Nations General shared Taiwan’s foreign aid experience at the UN and in played a more active role as a platform for the public and in the Pacific so that the world can better see what we Assembly (UNGA), the TaiwanICDF also shared Taiwan’s other important global and regional arenas. In this way, the private sectors at home and abroad, integrating resources contribute to the region. best practices and contributions to regional cooperation TaiwanICDF has lived up to its valuable role as Taiwan’s and expanding our operational and executive capacity. This at a seminar hosted by the US Center for Strategic and professional foreign aid agency, and created space for has raised Taiwan’s international visibility, and highlighted Combining public and private sector resources, International Studies (CSIS). Elsewhere, we also worked Taiwan’s international participation. the TaiwanICDF’s valuable role as a professional foreign aid building consensus on development assistance with like-minded organizations to coorganize side events Advancing Taiwan’s foreign relations remains the agency. In terms of integrating Taiwan’s cooperative international during the United Nations Framework Convention on TaiwanICDF’s primary mission. Looking ahead, we will development resources, the TaiwanICDF has worked with Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties continue to expand cooperative opportunities with like- Partnering with like-minded countries, displaying the Ministry of Economic Affairs’ Water Resources Agency (COP25), sharing examples of successful projects that had minded countries and institutions throughout the world, common values to conduct a Water Resources Management Workshop, promoted climate adaptation in our partner countries. strategically selecting our project partners so as to widen Organisation for Economic Co-operation and and coorganized the 2019 Quanta International Cultural At a regional level, the TaiwanICDF participated in the the scope and results of our initiatives, and thus raise Development (OECD) statistics show that in 2018, Ambassador Program with the Quanta Culture & Education annual meeting of the Regional Committee in Asia-Pacific the visibility of Taiwan’s foreign aid work. With expanded Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members’ Foundation. In cooperation with local governments, (RCAP) for the first time. Organized by the Conference international presence, Taiwan will be seen and heard average official development assistance (ODA) stood at initiatives such as these reflect the effort and effectiveness of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative around the world. 0.31 percent of gross national income (GNI), falling short of with which we have actively integrated domestic public and Relationship with the UN (CoNGO), the event allowed us to the UN target of 0.7 percent. Taiwan’s ODA accounted for private sector resources in international development and share our experience of running educational programs. In 0.051 percent of its GNI. Working within the constraints of cooperation. another first, we also participated in the annual conference limited resources, our highest priority has been to integrate To combine academic resources and deepen people’s of the Confederation of Asia-Pacific Chambers of the resources of all of the parties we work with, and understanding of international cooperation, the TaiwanICDF Commerce and Industry (CACCI) in Bangladesh, sharing expand assistance through a wide variety of channels. As has collaborated with National Chengchi University’s specific practices on fair and sustainable development, Taiwan’s professional foreign aid agency, the TaiwanICDF Graduate Institute of Development Studies, Taipei Medical and on and food product safety with 200 delegates works in accordance with Taiwan’s foreign policy. This has University, and other key institutions to launch a series of from 15 countries. This encouraged enterprises to jointly meant combining resources with like-minded international development assistance and international development invest in international development assistance. agencies to jointly invest in international development courses. We have also carried out a number of promotional In terms of expanding opportunities for international assistance programs, expanding the effectiveness of such meet-the-TaiwanICDF activities on senior high, junior high, participation, the TaiwanICDF joined the International endeavors. and primary school campuses. All of these activities have Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI), subsequently In Latin America, the TaiwanICDF and the US allowed Taiwan’s foreign aid work to take root, improving the participating as an IPSI member in the affairs of such International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) have public’s overall understanding of international development important development organizations as the United Nations collaborated to promote small and medium enterprises and and foreign aid, and gaining young people’s support and Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Jaushieh women’s financing cooperation projects in . We securing their participation in the years ahead. Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Minister of Foreign Affairs have also actively employed project resources by signing University (UNU), and JICA. Similarly, since major groups Chairman, the TaiwanICDF 1 Strategic Planning and Direction 7

Strategic Planning and Direction Combining Partner Resources and Action to Promote International Participation

In working towards meeting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), every country is currently facing many challenges. The TaiwanICDF serves as a platform for communication between Taiwan and the international community, While the dynamics of international relations have population does not have access to essential healthcare actively breaking down diplomatic barriers in order to respond to the needs of the changed over the last few years, the TaiwanICDF, services. In the future, it is critical to focus on issues such international community. This year, we will further deepen our cooperation in multiple the organization responsible for promoting Taiwan’s as broadening the reach of healthcare, creating a service fields, continuing to assist developing nations with Taiwan’s technologies and sharing development aid work, continues to follow national foreign channel for high quality basic healthcare, and providing success stories with them. The TaiwanICDF is also increasing the impact and reach policy and promote projects that match the development sustainable, yet affordable financial support for those of Taiwan’s foreign aid programs by engaging in a wide range of cooperation and policies of Taiwan’s partners. In 2019, the TaiwanICDF who need it. development projects, and by connecting like-minded communities with the resources actively promoted international engagement and In terms of education, rapid technological changes of international organizations. Through strengthening international participation and partnerships to highlight the active role we play on the world present opportunities and challenges, but the learning aligned actions, the TaiwanICDF and the international development aid community stage. In our aim to achieve the Sustainable Development environment, capacities of teachers and quality of are jointly tackling the challenges of sustainable development. Allow Taiwan to face the Goals (SDGs), we have been combining resources with education have not kept pace. Refocused efforts are world, and let the world see Taiwan. international organizations as well as closely monitoring how needed to improve learning outcomes for the full lifecycle, the SDGs are being promoted, in order to guarantee that especially for women, girls, and marginalized people in Taiwan’s actions follow the global governance framework vulnerable settings. Many developing countries still lack and align with the international development aid community. the basic infrastructure and facilities needed to provide effective learning environments, particularly in Sub-Saharan Immense challenges remain in the promotion of Africa. the SDGs Economically, although the global economy is growing In order to ensure that the SDGs are achieved by 2030, at a slower rate, global labor productivity has increased the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and the and unemployment is back to pre-financial crisis levels in High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2018. More progress is needed to increase employment (HLPF) are responsible for monitoring and evaluating all opportunities, particularly for young people; reduce informal developments related to the SDGs. In 2019, the UN fully employment and gender pay gaps; and promote safe and reviewed the progress of all 17 SDGs for the first time since secure working environments to ensure sustainable and they were initially adopted in 2016. ECOSOC’s Progress inclusive economic growth. towards the Sustainable Development Goals report, Regarding the environment, land degradation continues published in May 2019, and The Sustainable Development and biodiversity loss is occurring at an alarming rate. The Goals Report 2019 described the successes and difficulties steady increase in greenhouse gas emissions and the of achieving the SDGs. Despite the progress being made by acceleration of climate change are leading to growing each country in certain aspects, there are still considerable ocean acidification and worsening coastal eutrophication, barriers to overcome. For example, how can high quality and is affecting the livelihoods and food sources of billions and reliable data be quickly gathered? Overcoming this of people. Direct economic losses caused by natural challenge requires each country’s assistance in providing disasters have increased by at least 150 percent in the scientific evidence and systematically gathering data. last 20 years, with developing countries suffering the Regarding food security, hunger is on the rise again most losses. Increased involvement is required in order to globally and there are 49 million children under five affected strengthen resilience and reduce feelings of vulnerability by wasting. Government spending on agriculture compared and insecurity among the public. to agriculture’s contribution to the total economy has declined by 37 percent. The UN is calling for increased Combining domestic public and private sector investment in infrastructure and technology for sustainable resources, creating “Taiwan value” agriculture and much greater support for small-scale food Reports published by the UN in 2019 show that the producers and family farmers. 2030 Sustainable Development Goals are still facing In terms of health, major progress has been made significant challenges. In its Development Co-operation in improving the health of millions of people, increasing Report 2019, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation life expectancy, reducing maternal and child mortality, and Development (OECD) similarly stated that emerging and fighting against leading communicable diseases. global challenges pose urgent and important issues such However, progress has stalled or is not happening as: how to get the public to understand how development fast enough in addressing major diseases, such as cooperation works, why it is necessary, and how to malaria and tuberculosis, and at least half of the global encourage the public to get more involved in the process. 8 Strategic Planning and Direction 9

The TaiwanICDF has actively taken part in various international-level conferences. In addition to its substantive participation in and handling of important discussions about international development, it has also contributed via participatory opportunities to promote Taiwan's international cooperation affairs. (The photo shows the conference venue of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change)

The TaiwanICDF is strengthening domestic and development, we are also working to expand our projects for our Latin American and Caribbean and Pacific links with the private sector in the region, we participated in foreign partnerships in order to actively respond to global cooperative partnerships in order to increase the impact of allies. The projects aimed to provide young people and the Confederation of Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce challenges and Taiwan’s international dilemma. In 2019, our projects. women with vocational education, thereby increasing and Industry (CACCI) annual conference and presented on in addition to continuing to promote existing business In terms of agriculture, the TaiwanICDF and the World employment opportunities, reducing wage discrepancies two themes to 200 delegates representing 15 countries: “In connections and actively creating new partnerships Farmers' Organisation (WFO) organized the Caribbean between age and gender, and promoting stable economic Pursuit of Equitable and Sustainable Growth” and “Achieving between businesses and international development aid Regional Workshop, and gathered data on farmers and growth. Food Security and Food Safety.” Lastly, we encouraged agencies, we restructured and set up the Partnerships and specific proposals and helped grassroots farmers speak to In terms of the environment, the TaiwanICDF is working businesses to invest in international development aid work. Development Division, promoting international participation the international community. The TaiwanICDF worked with with our allies to face climate change, which is becoming In order to expand international engagement abilities, the and expanding partnerships. The TaiwanICDF also identified the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) to increasingly serious. For example, we are cooperating TaiwanICDF successfully applied to join the International and contacted government departments, industries, promote the Research Project for Climate Change Adaption with the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI), members of and academic institutions interested in participating in Measures in Nicaragua and used Geographic Information in Belize on the Urban Resilience and Disaster Prevention which include the United Nations Development Programme international development aid programs and in doing so, Systems (GIS), mobile devices, and professional software Project. The TaiwanICDF is using geographical information (UNDP), the United Nations Environmental Programme successfully integrated resources and increased Taiwan’s and data analysis to develop the Arroz Nica app, by and data gathered by the project to establish an early (UNEP), the United Nations University (UNU), and the participation capabilities. combining high-quality agricultural data and technology warning system for the government of Belize. In addition to Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The Domestically, in order to strengthen links between to strengthen the climate resilience of our partners. The implementing a vertical notification model and a horizontal TaiwanICDF also shared the results of our aid programs with Taiwan’s private sector and international development TaiwanICDF is also working with Columbia University’s information sharing system, we are also using drills and the Australasian Aid Conference (AAC), the Pacific Update affairs, the TaiwanICDF organized the 2019 Asia-Pacific International Research Institute for Climate and Society training to strengthen resilience and reduce feelings of forum, and the 11th Annual Conference on Development Agribusiness Development and Matching Forum and (IRI), which will provide technology to help us teach project vulnerability and insecurity. Studies. invited Taiwan’s industries (12 private sector companies beneficiaries in Guatemala how to use meteorological data including Hsinhai Biotechnology Company and GEOSAT to reduce damage caused by climate change. Demonstrating “Taiwan value” by increasing Committed to engaging the world; let Taiwan shine Aerospace and Technology), government officials In terms of food security, the Taiwan Technical Mission international engagement In the face of constantly emerging international (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, New Taipei City Government), in Nauru and the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) jointly Taiwan’s aid method is a people-oriented “Taiwan model” challenges, and to ensure that the direction of the and representatives from eight Asia-Pacific countries developed the Food Agriculture Education App, and and has obtained the approval of allies and like-minded TaiwanICDF’s development aid work continues to follow including Cambodia, Indonesia, and India. The forum designed agricultural technology and nutrition education countries. In 2019, the TaiwanICDF actively participated that of the international community, we completed our 2030 gave domestic manufacturers a greater understanding materials that provide small-scale food producers with in many international conferences: At the global level, we Strategic Plan in 2019. With “Partnerships for Progress and of the business opportunities available in Taiwan’s essential information. participated in conferences and surrounding meetings Sustainable Development” as our vision, we put forward foreign aid and promoted communication between In the area of health, the TaiwanICDF collaborated with at the World Health Assembly (WHA), the United Nations priority areas and action plans for the 2030 Strategic manufacturers and the Asia-Pacific representatives. the Center for Disease Analysis Foundation (CDAF), an High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development Plan, which will act as the basis for the promotion and As for the government agencies, the Water Resources American international research NGO, to promote research (HLPF), the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), implementation of future projects. Agency and the combined projects on fighting infectious diseases in Indonesia, and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Looking forward to 2020, the TaiwanICDF will continue their resources to promote international cooperation focusing mainly on viral hepatitis. The results will be Change Conference of the Parties (UNFCCC COP), with to serve as a platform for communication between Taiwan programs. In terms of academia, we worked with Taipei provided to partner countries for reference when formulating our staff serving as keynote speakers and panelists at and the international community in the areas of cooperation Medical University and the National Graduate Institute relevant policies. The TaiwanICDF is also working with side events we organized in cooperation with partner and development. Through participation in a wide range of of Development Studies at National Chengchi University Columbia University’s Sustainable Development Center on organizations. Besides engaging in and keeping abreast of cooperation and development affairs, and the assistance to produce a series of lectures on development aid and the mHealth Care Plan for Refugees in Turkey. This project major international development discourse, the TaiwanICDF of like-minded organizations, we are ready to take on the international development, and also organized campus focuses on developing mobile healthcare applications to also uses engagement opportunities to share Taiwan’s challenges of the Sustainable Development Goals with the outreach activities (universities, high schools, junior high give refugees in Turkey access to healthcare information, contributions to international cooperation work. rest of the world and committed to engaging the world; let schools, and primary schools) to spread understanding fulfilling the call for “Health for All.” At the regional level, in 2019, the TaiwanICDF sent Taiwan be seen and heard. of the TaiwanICDF. These activities have allowed In education, the TaiwanICDF is integrating information delegates to participate for the first time in the annual Taiwan’s aid work to take root and have also increased and communications technologies (ICT) into educational meeting of the Regional Committee in Asia-Pacific (RCAP), the public’s understanding of Taiwan’s foreign aid work. development projects. Besides helping St. Lucia increase convened by the Conference of Non-Governmental teachers’ abilities to use ICT, we are also improving teacher Organizations (CoNGO), where we shared our experience Expanding cooperative partnerships and facing training and on-the-job training, creating an environment in educational projects. Afterwards, CoNGO compiled a the challenges of sustainable development conducive to integrating ICT into educational spaces, and report on the contributions of the TaiwanICDF and other together improving student performance. participating organizations in the Asia-Pacific region, and To deal with the challenges posed by sustainable In 2019, the TaiwanICDF organized vocational training shared it with the HLPF. Additionally, in order to strengthen 2 Operations 11

East Asia and Pacific Operations 1 Thailand 2 Cambodia 3 Indonesia 4 Philippines 5 Palau 6 Papua New Guinea 7 Solomon Islands 8 Nauru 9 Marshall Islands 2019 Cooperating Countries and Projects 10 Kiribati 11 Tuvalu 12 Fiji

West Asia and Africa

13 Tunisia 14 Turkey 15 Lebanon 16 Jordan 17 Bahrain 18 Saudi Arabia 19 Uganda 3535 3636 32323333 20 Eswatini 3131 3434 3737 1414 Latin America and the Caribbean

1313 1515 21 Guatemala 1616 22 Nicaragua 1717 23 Belize 2525 2323 2626 1818 24 Honduras 2121 2727 11 25 Haiti 2424 2828 44 2222 22 26 St. Kitts and Nevis 55 99 27 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 28 St. Lucia 1919 88 2929 33 1010 29 Ecuador 66 30 Paraguay 77 1111 Central Asia and Central/Eastern Europe

3030 31 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1212 32 Serbia 2020 33 Romania 34 Bulgaria 35 Moldova 36 Ukraine 37 Turkmenistan

Agriculture Information and Communications Technology Public Health TaiwanICDF Overseas Volunteers Program Responding to international development trends education, information and communications, and Education Taiwan Youth Overseas Service and using areas of comparative advantage is the environment. This seeks to ensure resources Environment Other one of the TaiwanICDF’s core strategies. With are reasonably and efficiently invested to achieve limited resources, we prioritize our work in areas project objectives and visions. On the following in which Taiwan has a comparative advantage, page we detail strategic focuses and projects in including agriculture, public health and medicine, the TaiwanICDF’s priority areas. Operations 13

1 Case Study

Eswatini: Seed Potato Production Project Echoes UN SDG 2: End hunger, achieve food security Agriculture and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

Strategic Key Points By working on both structural set up. The goal of supplying seed and technical aspects, the goal potatoes throughout the year was According to a United Nations forecast, the total of supplying seed potatoes achieved by controlling temperature, global population will reach 8.6 billion by 2030 and throughout the year was extending light exposure, and increase to 9.7 billion by 2050. A larger population achieved regulating the storage time of seed means a need for more food, and it is estimated This project worked on both potatoes. that the global food demand will increase by 50 structural and agricultural technology After six years of effort, a complete percent by 2050 compared to 2013. Therefore, the aspects. For the structural aspect, seed potato production and supply United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 2 is the TaiwanICDF collaborated with the system has been successfully Researchers from Eswatini's Department of seed quality control department of the established for Eswatini. The total "End hunger, achieve food security and improved Agriculture perform potato virus and disease nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture." testing. Eswatini Ministry of Agriculture. The annual output of each generation of To assist diplomatic allies in increasing the project was based on Taiwan’s seed seed potatoes is 540 metric tons. output of major food crops, the TaiwanICDF potato inspection and certification The supply coverage of the seed promotes a number of projects. Starting with system and incorporated the potatoes in Eswatini is 100 percent, seedling cultivation, we identify the most suitable According to statistics from the “Seed Potato Certification Scheme” which is sufficient for 300 hectares varieties to meet domestic market needs of our Kingdom of Eswatini’s (hereafter from neighboring South Africa. of agricultural cultivation, greatly partner countries and improve farmers’ livelihoods Eswatini) National Agricultural Establishing an Eswatini seed potato reducing the demand for imported while reducing the economic burden of the general Marketing Board (NAMBoard), the health inspection and certification seed potatoes. Estimating a yield of public. country's potato imports exceed system is also in line with the Seed 20 metric tons per hectare for potato The following are some examples of our 7,000 metric tons per year and market Harmonization Implementation Plan of cultivation, this can help Eswatini agricultural projects. The Seed Potato Production demand continues to rise as potatoes the Common Market for Eastern and produce 6,000 metric tons of edible Project (Eswatini) increased total annual seed have become one of the people's Southern Africa (COMESA). After the potatoes, effectively reducing the potato production to 540 metric tons for Eswatini daily staple . However, the system was established, a disease amount of imports. with a 100 percent supply coverage, sufficient amount of seed potatoes produced testing laboratory was set up to build In addition, this project introduced for 300 hectares of agricultural cultivation, which in Eswatini is small. As a result, the potato disease testing capabilities on potato-specific cultivation machinery reduced seed potato import demand. The Healthy supply of edible potatoes is often both process and facility/equipment and post-harvest processing Avocado Seedling Production Project (Honduras) affected by the efficiency of the seed fronts. machinery, established a sales has helped the number of Hass avocado seedlings potato import pipeline. Unstable In terms of agricultural technology, pipeline and storage management locally produced and sold in Honduras reach foreign supplies and poor domestic tissue culture laboratories, for seed and edible potatoes, and 100,000 and 70,000, respectively, and has storage quality have reduced farmers' environmentally-controlled completed a seed potato distribution expanded 350 hectares of avocado fields. The willingness to expand production. greenhouses, and net rooms system leading the development of Common Bean Research, Development, and In order to promote healthy were established according to the the potato industry in Eswatini. At the Production Extension Project (Nicaragua) has development of the potato industry, the cultivation and management needs same time, the TaiwanICDF looks introduced two drought-resistant bean varieties in TaiwanICDF has cooperated with the of seed potatoes of each generation, forward to injecting working capital Nicaragua, and has established 210 seed banks, Eswatini Ministry of Agriculture on the and furthermore, the G0, G1, G2, into this project through diversified producing 230,000 metric tons of improved bean Seed Potato Production Project since G3, and G4 generations’ seed products, which will increase the seeds and 50,000 metric tons of original seeds. 2013 to help establish a seed potato potato production systems were possibility of sustainable operation of In addition, the TaiwanICDF and the European supply system. By focusing on seedling gradually completed. With respect bilateral technical collaborations. Bank for Reconstruction and Development cultivation, which is the most fundamental to the supply of seed potatoes, four (EBRD) have been cooperating on agribusiness issue, the difficulty in agricultural low-temperature storages each with programs since 2015. This year, we have further development has been resolved. an area of 100 square meters were developed the Financial Intermediary and Private Enterprises Investment Special Fund-Sustainable Agribusiness Value Chain Account Project, to address environmental and climate change issues. Siboniso Ngwenya The project consolidates resources from EBRD (Eswatini potato farmer) and other donors, providing technical assistance 0 % → 100 % and/or consultation. This enables agribusiness “I am grateful to the Seed Potato Production Project for providing good quality and reasonably priced seed in the region to adopt green technologies, potatoes and delivery services.” Supply coverage of self-produced seed potatoes mitigate greenhouse gas effects, achieve cleaner from 2013 to 2019 production, and enhance climate change resilience. 14 Operations 15

2 Case Study 3 Case Study

Honduras: Expanding Avocado Seedling Echoes UN SDG 2: End hunger, achieve food St. Christopher and Nevis: Enhancing Agricultural Echoes UN SDG 2: End hunger, achieve food security security, improved nutrition, and promote sustainable and improved nutrition and promote sustainable Production Project agriculture. Adaptive Capacity to Climate Variability Project agriculture.

seedlings and increasing planting cultivation area, largely achieving the sector’s lack of capacity to respond information. area, in order to increase domestic project’s goal. and adapt to early warnings of climate In the context of rising climate supply and meet market demand. variability. uncertainty, inadequate precipitation In view of Taiwan's extensive Integrating resources from public and high temperature are the two experience in seedling nursery and private sectors to complete Reducing losses by establishing primary threats to agricultural operation and management, the Honduras avocado project an information dissemination production in the future. Planting the TaiwanICDF and Honduras On March 20, 2019, Taiwan and mechanism for the prevention crops that are resistant to insect cooperated to implement the Honduras signed the Honduras and reduction of crop damage pests and tolerant of drought Expanding Avocado Seedling Expanding Avocado Cultivation Since 2018, the TaiwanICDF has and should be promoted. In Project managers from Taiwan and Honduras Production Project. Using Taiwan's Project, drawing on the successful This project uses corn to conduct disaster collaborated with the St. Kitts and Nevis addition, a good irrigation system present avocado seedlings to Honduran prevention and reduction experiments, and President Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado quality technology, the project experience of establishing an proposes response plans for different disasters. Ministry of Agriculture by introducing and a configuration system that can (middle) and our ambassador to Honduras assisted Honduras in establishing avocado nursery at the experimental the Enhancing Agricultural Adaptive respond to weather conditions are Ingrid Hsing (right 3) as a memento. excellent avocado nurseries and station in Intibucá, setting the Capacity to Climate Variability Project. equally important. At present, the developing local technical personnel's consistency of operation and Three measures were adopted project continues to carry out relevant Avocados are native to Central management capabilities in order management, and replicating it at According to United Nations to increase the resilience of the experiments in introducing disaster- and South America and have high to produce avocado seedlings for two experimental stations in the predictions, the future trend of agricultural system: establish a data tolerant crop varieties and disaster- nutritional value. They are known as farmers' needs. Comayagua and Ocotepeque polarized rainfall in the Caribbean will collection mechanism for early warning, mitigation materials and equipment a "superfood" in the United States, This project differed from previous departments. Combined efforts become increasingly severe. The total develop and introduce crop disaster (such as windbreaks, greenhouses, the largest consumer market, and cooperation models between the in the three regions have led the amount of rainfall may not change mitigation and prevention techniques, etc.). are also a fruit consumed regularly TaiwanICDF and partner countries. public nurseries’ annual outputs to much, but may become extremely and increase the availability of Agricultural damage caused by in . Although the Through means of assistance and increase to 105,000 seedlings. At the uneven in time and spatial distribution. agricultural information so as to climate variability are huge challenges Republic of Honduras (hereafter gifts, it supported the Honduras same time, the public and private Agriculture is highly dependent on establish crop disaster mitigation and for all countries. Building on Taiwan's Honduras) in Central America has Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock- sectors integrated, and the number natural resources such as water and prevention and allow farmers to utilize experience in agricultural disaster an environment suitable for avocado Directorate of Agricultural Science of avocado seedlings supplied land, and it is sensitive and vulnerable the available information to minimize prevention and mitigation, this project cultivation, its production cannot meet and Technology (SAG-DICTA), which to various regions of the country to the impact of climate change. damage caused by disasters. will systematically strengthen the domestic demand, and avocados are led the joint implementation with the expanded to 250,000 per year, A severe drought occurred in Saint Since the implementation of resilience of St. Kitts and Nevis’s imported at an annual rate of about staff of Taiwan Technical Mission. achieving Honduras’s national policy Christopher (hereafter St. Kitts) and the project, the Taiwan Technical agriculture and move toward the US$10 million. Since 2016, a complete production objectives in avocado production of Nevis in 2015, causing the total crop Mission in St. Kitts and Nevis set up goals of agricultural informatization, According to statistics from the facility has been constructed for the cultivating 1,000 hectares annually output to fall by 31.2 percent from the four agricultural weather stations precision, and modernization. Honduras Central Bank, about avocado nursery at the Santa Catarina and 4,000 hectares within four years. 2014 figure, and affecting national in St. Kitts and Nevis at the end of 9,990 metric tons of avocados experimental station in the Department In conjunction with Honduras's food security and farmers’ livelihoods. 2018 to collect real-time weather were imported in 2016, and about of Intibucá, with an annual output of promotion of avocado investments, In response, the country filed a data, which is uploaded hourly to 1,986 metric tons were produced 35,000 seedlings. In addition, a Hass the TaiwanICDF will also guide post- request for assistance from Taiwan. the government information center’s domestically. The import percentage avocado foundation stock field was harvest collection and packaging Literature reviews and fieldwork servers. In addition, the Technical was 83 percent, representing great successfully established, and nine operations in the future to help expand confirmed that the impact of climate Mission used Google Drive to set up potential for domestic avocado local core technicians with nursery the international market, lay the variability and climate change trends an agricultural information integration production. Therefore, the Honduras management skills received training. foundation for the Honduras avocado are important issues in St. Kitts and platform (https://goo.gl/gpmExX) and government made the avocado So far, the production and sales of production chain, and effectively Nevis’s agricultural development. utilized the group chat functions of industry a priority agricultural Hass seedlings have reached 100,000 enhance cooperation between Taiwan Initial estimates of St. Kitts and Nevis’s the mobile application WhatsApp to development project, with a goal of and 70,000 plants, respectively, which and Honduras. agricultural vulnerability revealed the systematically and effectively allow reproducing a large number of healthy corresponds to about 350 hectares of core problem to be its agricultural farmers to obtain disaster prevention

Lucía Gutiérrez Leon Antony (Honduran avocado farmer) (St. Kitts project demonstration field counselor) seedlings → seedlings places 7,000 35,000 “The project provides excellent avocado seedlings and “Through the project, I have learned how to use 5 guidance on cultivation techniques. It has improved our pesticides to fight pests and diseases, and have Annual production of avocado seedlings from 2015 to 2019 family life and restored our enthusiasm for agricultural received advice on fertilization. It has been very Number of farmer cooperation demonstration (Santa Catarina Nursery) production.” fulfilling!” fields established from 2018 to 2019 16 Operations 17

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Nicaragua: Common Bean Research, Development, and Echoes UN SDG 2: End hunger, achieve food security Financial Intermediary and Private Enterprises Echoes UN SDG 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable and improved nutrition and promote sustainable Production Extension Project agriculture. Investment Special Fund-Sustainable Agribusiness agriculture; 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive Value Chain Account employment and decent work for all; 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns; 13 Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.

bean research and (2) promote bean advantage of the rainy season and these challenges, emissions from countries of operations in investing seeds and build the capacity of INTA facilitate crop rotation to improve the agriculture, forestry, and fisheries in equipment purchases and/or technicians. In terms of experiments efficiency of land use. could increase by an additional 30 obtaining working capital needed and research, through research and In terms of training and promotion, percent by 2050. for business operations. Beneficiary breeding at experimental stations, the the experimental stations actively In response to the global issue of companies come from different sub- project identified varieties suitable for promoted various new techniques food security and climate change, in sectors covering primary production, cultivation in various regions to reduce to farmers. For example, in late 2015, the TaiwanICDF together with processing and packaging, logistics the impacts of different environmental November 2019, a production- the European Bank for Reconstruction and transportation, marketing, and climate changes on local increasing cultivation technique and Development (EBRD), launched and distribution services. The This project teaches female class members how beans. At the same time, the project demonstration was held to promote Agribusiness plays an important role along the the Financial Intermediary and Private project also brings in technical to collect and select common beans. food production value chain. Injecting financing produced breeding seeds to supply the two-line cultivation technique. By will enable them to obtain working capital and Enterprises Investment Special Fund- assistance and consultations, the seed breeding demonstration changing the spacing of common invest in equipment upgrade, expanding their Agribusiness Account, a program that supporting agribusinesses in their areas in various regions (AVMS, also bean plants while keeping the number operation. It will also help the farmers improve ensures private agribusinesses have adoption of innovative practices to their livelihood. known as Seed Bank). Improvements of plants per unit area the same, access to financing for development reduce production costs, increase The common bean is an important in cultivation and post-harvest increasing management space, According to the 2017 data from in EBRD’s region of operations. Since productivity and added values, and food crop of the Republic of processing technology and common and improving the microclimate, the Food and Agriculture Organization then, the Fund has successfully of green technologies to encourage Nicaragua (hereafter Nicaragua) in bean yield and quality combined with the technique could help achieve of the United Nations (FAO), global financed eight agribusinesses in climate resilient related capital Central America. The TaiwanICDF an increase in the number of seed the goal of increasing the yield. In food production has to be increased Turkey, Moldova, Turkmenistan expenditure. This will help to mitigate has assisted Nicaragua in increasing breeding demonstration areas in each addition, the TaiwanICDF taught by 50 percent by 2050 compared to and Ukraine and assisted them greenhouse gases generated by the yield of fine common bean seeds region, helped small and medium- farmers about environmentally friendly 2013 due to population and income in obtaining finances for growth food production activities, as well and developing new varieties. Since sized farmers in remote areas obtain cultivation methods on an ongoing growth. However, the extent to which expansion. as strengthen the resilience of 2016, we have jointly implemented improved bean seeds and cultivation basis, such as natural pesticides that the volume of agricultural output in agribusinesses to respond to climate the Common Bean Research, techniques. Along with an increase can prevent pests. We also showed developed countries can be increased Promoting the adoption change impact. Development and Production in bean seed and commercial bean farmers techniques to improve is limited. The potential for improving of innovative or green This program directly echoes SDG Extension Project with Nicaragua, seed production, farmers' income field management, such as how to the productivity and efficiency of the technologies to increase 12: "Ensure sustainable consumption assisting in improving common can also be increased. The goal maintain soil moisture to increase food sector in developing countries productivity and strengthen and production patterns" and 13: bean seeds, increasing production of increasing the utilization rate of yield. needs to be explored in order to fill resilience to cope with climate "Take urgent action to combat climate efficiency from the source, and improved common bean varieties Thus far, the project has the shortage. change change and its impact." In addition, purifying and cultivating common from 1.02 to 5.3 percent is expected established 210 seed banks, Besides the existing challenges, Building on the successful the value chain approach will provide bean varieties suitable for the to be achieved. producing 230,000 metric tons of the agriculture sectors in Central experience, the TaiwanICDF and a forward and backward integration country's market and environment. Thus far, the implementation of the fine seeds and 50,000 metric tons Asian and Southern and Eastern EBRD have further developed the to the primary producers and farmers project has introduced two drought- of original seeds. More than 1,500 Mediterranean countries are facing Financial Intermediary and Private on one side, and small and medium- Increase yields and returns by resistant varieties, INTA Rápido farmer training classes were held and unique challenges and increasingly Enterprises Investment Special Fund- sized enterprises on the other. The assisting small farmers with Sequía and Rojo Extrema Sequía, and more than 24,000 people participated complicated situations such as Sustainable Agribusiness Value program offers opportunities for accessing improved seeds and has propagated the original species in the trainings. The use of improved climate change, intensification of Chain Account Project this year. The shared value-added and employment technologies of INTA Fuerte Sequia (IFS) to provide varieties combined with various natural hazards, and vulnerability to special fund presents a platform and income improvement, This project is in collaboration with improved seed varieties. In addition cultivation techniques has increased drought and water scarcity. Globally, for the TaiwanICDF and EBRD to promoting sustainable and inclusive the Nicaraguan Institute of Agricultural to drought tolerance, some varieties farmers' abilitiets to cope with climate agricultural production has accounted co-finance agribusiness in EBRD’s development for all. Technology (El Instituto Nicaragüense also have the characteristics of early change, and has also increased the for 30 percent of energy consumption region of operations. Targeting de Tecnología Agropecuaria, or INTA), maturity. Under the current situation resilience of the Nicaraguan common and 20 percent of greenhouse gas agribusinesses along the agricultural and includes two main aspects: (1) of highly concentrated rainfall, bean industry. (GHG) emissions. If climate-resilience production value chain, the fund enhance the capacity of common the varieties can effectively take technologies are not adopted to fight assists agribusinesses in EBRD’s

Juana Albina Eugen Verdes (Nicaraguan common bean farmer) (Associate Banker in EBRD Chisinau resident office, Republic of Moldova) % → % companies 1.3 5.06 “We have achieved the best bean varieties. The 5 technology, fertilizer application, and control of pests “Agribusiness cooperation projects between the Utilization rate of common bean varieties and diseases have all improved.” TaiwanICDF and EBRD not only is transformational for the Number of agribusinesses assisted in 2019 from 2016 to 2019 Moldovan agribusiness, but also contributes to a cleaner and more sustainable economy and environment.” Operations 19

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Vocational Training Projects (including Pacific and Echoes UN SDG 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable Education quality education and promote lifelong learning Latin American and Caribbean Countries) opportunities for all; 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls; 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.

Strategic Key Points of Taiwan"- providing the best service Furthermore, this year's first to customers. vocational training courses in The World Bank once observed that education food processing and packaging is the most important and fundamental means to Learning technology and design, Chinese cooking, tourism eliminate the uneven distribution of resources. For knowledge, and carrying and hospitality, and hospitality many years, the TaiwanICDF has continuously forward the spirit of Taiwan management successfully attracted provided a multifaceted learning model. Through In addition to taking home their 85 women from partner countries to the International Higher Education Scholarship newly acquired skills and knowledge Taiwan. Some female participants Program, professional workshops, vocational in the technical and vocational training from South Pacific partner countries Participants personally implementing the food courses, the participants from various were impressed by the development training projects, and other projects, we have safety control process in The Food Processing assisted our allied and partner countries in and Packaging Design Program. countries also carried forward the of Taiwan's hotel services and cultivating professional talent. This is in keeping with "spirit of Taiwan." baking industry. They believe that the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal As a Nicaraguan participant who this program has expanded their 8: "Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable participated in the food processing international horizons, enhanced economic growth, full and productive employment In view of the fact that education and packaging design class said, their professional skills, and made and decent work for all." Through the integration of and technical and vocational training by visiting small- and medium-sized them more confident and bold international talent networks, we have strengthened can help strengthen the economic enterprise (SME) manufacturers such regarding their own entrepreneurship. industrial complementarity and talent exchanges growth momentum in our developing as the Yong-An Fisheries Association, A Vincentian cooking instructor between other countries and Taiwan. partner countries in Latin America she found that there are still many participant said that she learned The vocational training projects launched 16 and the Caribbean and the Pacific, improvements to be made in the different cooking methods in Taiwan vocational training classes this year, including the the Ministry of Foreign Affairs production processes in her country's and was especially impressed by introduction of six items related to the livelihood commissioned the TaiwanICDF to national cooperatives. It is important fruit carving. She considers it a very service industry, enabling 325 participants from handle the vocational training projects not only to increase a product's quality creative course and intends to carry 15 of our partner countries to take professional in 2019. A total of 16 vocational and maintain freshness, but also her new cooking knowledge and skills skills and the "spirit of Taiwan" back to their training classes were held and 325 to reduce food waste and increase to her home country and impart them home countries. Through the University Social students from 15 partner countries income. The participant stated that to her students. Responsibility Practice Plan of the International came to Taiwan to receive short-term she would definitely implement this By executing the vocational Higher Education Scholarship Program, scholarship intensive technical training. knowledge after returning home. training program, not only has the students from Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, The vocational training programs Another participant from Guatemala employment and entrepreneurship Nicaragua, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, this year differed from previous years. said that, when visiting the Chimei of young people from the partner Saint Kitts and Nevis, Palau, Eswatini, and other Six new topics related to the livelihood Happiness Factory, he saw the strict countries been strengthened, but diplomatic allies carried out cultural exchanges with service industry were added, such requirements of the factory's operating female workers can also effectively primary and secondary school students in Taiwan, as food processing and packaging procedures and quality control and participate in the workplace, thereby broke through language barriers, and deepened the design, Chinese cooking, tourism learned to apply a more flexible promoting the development of gender friendship between Taiwan and other countries. and hospitality, and hospitality business management strategy in the equality. This reflects the pursuit of To strengthen the relationship between management. By offering intensive production, preservation, and sales of sustainable economic growth in the Taiwan and our allies, this year we added to training in Taiwan for nearly three frozen products. Being a vocational UN Sustainable Development Goals, the International Higher Education Scholarship months, we improved the professional training teacher, the participant promotes productive employment, Program a short-term non-degree scholarship skills of partner countries' participants, said that after returning to his home and supports the empowerment of special training program — the Advanced Training introduced relevant smart equipment country, he would incorporate what women. Program for Intermediate and Senior Officials from manufacturers in Taiwan, and enabled he had learned into his teaching and Partner Countries, which was added to increase participants to experience the "spirit promote it to local companies. the flexibility and diversity of resource utilization. By linking intermediate and senior officials in partner country governments, education is used as a Willian Fernando Aguayo Vera means to increase the effectiveness of Taiwan's (Paraguayan furniture company operator) foreign aid; drive changes in the partner countries' people “In the creative carpentry class, I have learned how to 545 policies, economy, communities, businesses, increase my own production and commercialization schools and individuals; and elevate Taiwan's aid (online marketing), and can communicate with other Number of trainees from 2017 to 2019 level and influence. Latin American partners. The rewards have been bountiful.” 20 Operations 21

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Advanced Training Program for Intermediate and Senior Echoes UN SDG 17: Strengthen the means of International Higher Education Scholarship Program Echoes UN SDG 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable implementation and revitalize the global partnership quality education and promote lifelong learning Officials from Partner Countries of the International for sustainable development. — cooperating with TICA alliance schools and NGOs to promote University opportunities for all. Higher Education Scholarship Program Social Responsibility, further exchanges between foreign students and Taiwanese students, and deepen friendships between the two sides

development of energy and Vincent and the Grenadines and organizations (NGOs) such as that Taiwan's work in foreign aid and have applied information and pointed out that her home country the Quanta Culture & Education international cooperation is based on communications technology (ICT) currently needs to establish a blue Foundation (QCEF), The World In a concrete and pragmatic model. to environmental protection. For this economy development strategy to Your Classroom.tw (TWIYC.tw), and Additionally, in order to enable reason, the TaiwanICDF cooperated take advantage of the rich coastal Couchsurfers in Class worked with foreign students to practice Mandarin with the National Central University for and ocean resources and reduce domestic primary and secondary more while in Taiwan and gain a the first time to conduct the Advanced environmental risks and ecological schools to promote various cultural deeper understanding of Taiwanese Training Program on Environmental impacts. In this participant’s exchange programs. These programs culture, the TaiwanICDF cooperated Sustainable Development, which improvement report, a Driver- enabled foreign students to interact with QCEF to handle the 2019 Quanta A Vincentian student shares her relevant combined Taiwan's advantages Pressure-State-Impact-Response St. Kitts and Nevis scholarship recipients play with Taiwanese people, seeking to Global Culture Ambassador Program. experiences in her country during a project Caribbean music in National Hualien Senior High design course. in environmental protection and (DPSIR) framework was used to School. instigate more cultural exchanges Three students were selected to telecommunications technology and systematically analyze the status between local and foreign students, venture deeper into rural areas, as far cultivated environmental protection of coastal and marine resource break down language barriers, and as Green Island, so that they could knowledge and related public sector management and the shortcomings deepen friendships between the two forge connections with Taiwanese To strengthen the relationship with administrative management talents of current policies and legislation. It In recent years, the international sides. students using Mandarin and our partner countries, the TaiwanICDF of our partner countries. The course proposed the following action plan: community has continuously introduce their hometown’s historical has increased the flexibility and content included energy sustainability, The short-term goal is to establish a advocated that higher education Uncovering the mystery of and geographical information. diversity of the use of resources in cloud applications, and Internet of sound framework to manage the use institutions should actively connect diplomatic relations and The experience left a deep and the International Higher Education Things (IoT), among others. A total and protection of coastal and marine with local communities to share learning about Taiwan's specific unforgettable impression on all Scholarship Program and enhanced of 11 partner countries' officials took resources and enhance the availability various new knowledge with the and pragmatic foreign aid model participants. cooperation with universities. A non- part. of scientific data. The long-term goal public, in addition to researching In just a few months, the degree short-term advanced training Different from our various other is to protect the coastal and marine and innovating in professional fields scholarship recipients from allied program has been added - Advanced short-term workshops, the Advanced ecosystems and enhance the coastal and cultivating a quality labor force countries such as Belize, Guatemala, Training Program for Intermediate and Training Program for Intermediate communities' safety and well-being. in the country. Accordingly, Taiwan Honduras, Nicaragua, Saint Vincent Senior Officials from Partner Country and Senior Officials from Partner Through training in research has promoted the University Social and the Grenadines, Saint Kitts and Governments - which assists partner Country Governments was academic- logic from this program, and the Responsibility (USR) Program since Nevis, Palau, and Eswatini attended countries in training government oriented and enhanced the students' related development suggestions 2017 in the hope that universities will school campuses in Keelung, officials in policy planning skills and academic knowledge and research provided by experts, the participants play a key role in the social, cultural, Taipei, New Taipei, Taoyuan, Tainan, technical expertise, while enhancing and analysis capabilities through from all the partner countries were and economic development of their Kaohsiung, and Hualien. Using the level and influence of Taiwan’s aid. five-week courses. To enable the richly rewarded. In the process, the respective regions. lively mediums such as films and participants to plan, evaluate, and effectiveness of Taiwan's foreign aid For more than 20 years, the presentations, they introduced the Combining the advantages execute environmental development was deepened, and the capability of TaiwanICDF has cooperated with culture and customs of their home of Taiwan's environmental plans more proficiently, each Taiwan's universities to take part in all the universities of the Taiwan countries, and explored environmental protection and ICT to participant had to write an inception international affairs was enhanced. International Cooperation Alliance protection and sustainable cultivate partner countries' report before coming to Taiwan and (TICA) to execute the International development issues in depth. For environmental protection analyze the main environmental Higher Education Scholarship many teachers and students, it knowledge and public sector issues in their home country, then Program. Over the years, we was their first opportunity to learn talent gradually improve the plan through have cultivated more than 2,000 about Taiwan's allied countries In recent years, climate change weekly courses in Taiwan. outstanding students, contributing and hear firsthand accounts from has had a severe global impact. For example, a Vincentian to the international community. To scholarship recipients. They also All countries have attached great participant chose the topic of further implement USR practices, the used this program to learn about the importance to the sustainable coastal zone management in St. TaiwanICDF and non-governmental TaiwanICDF and fully understand

Yasa Nikki Belmar Louise George (Vincentian student) (St. Lucian scholarship recipient, Quanta International Cultural Ambassador first prize winner) people events 23 “The Advanced Training Program on Environmental 14 Sustainable Development has taught me how to “It's great to bring St. Lucian accessories, traditional Number of trainees in 2019 conduct an environmental impact assessment and costumes, and specialty foods to Keelung Senior Number of events held for the “Knowing the TaiwanICDF” confirm the priority of environmental management, High School to hold a small expo. It has been so campus awareness campaign in 2019 which will help in project design and implementation.” meaningful!” Operations 23

Information and 1 Case Study Communications Climate Change Adaptation Research on Upland Rice Echoes UN SDG 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable Technology Project (Nicaragua) agriculture.

Strategic Key Points project lists mobile phone software Organization (FAO) to add functions applications (apps) as one of its such as optimal planting periods and With the integration of information and primary work items. crop yield predictions. In addition, communications technology (ICT) into people's The original idea behind the according to the Central Bank of daily lives, digital content has become increasingly software development was to Nicaragua’s Agricultural Production abundant and diverse. Countries are committed to transform the National Soil Fertility Report from 2017, the cultivated invigorating the digital economy and strengthening Map (First Edition), published by area of food crops in the country digital governance to enhance national the Nicaragua Bureau of Land and has reached 700,000 hectares (5.1 competitiveness. Resources Research and the Bureau percent of the country's land): of Mobile phone software provides a variety of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry which there are only 13,000 hectares Leveraging Taiwan's strengths in the ICT of practical information such as cultivation sector, the TaiwanICDF continues to assist partner calendars, agricultural climate, soil maps, plant Technology in 2018, into a mobile of upland rice; far less than 55,000 countries in improving their quality of government diseases, and insect pests and fertilizer. application that provides farmers with hectares of rice; 220,000 hectares services and governance effectiveness. For fertilization advice. After continuous of red beans; and 320,000 hectares example, the Technical and Vocational Education improvement, the final version of of corn. Arroz Nica can also be and Training Enhancement Project (Eswatini) Agriculture in the Republic of the upland rice cultivation software expanded to cover other crops by brought together different sectors to systematically Nicaragua (hereafter Nicaragua) Arroz Nica was officially released on modifying crop parameters to make it cultivate high-level ICT talents needed by has traditionally been labor-intensive November 15, 2019. more widely used. enterprises and the government in Eswatini. farming. Due to a lack of infrastructure Taiwan has set an innovative Another example is the Electronic Document and capital and the fact that small- Integrating functions needed by example of international cooperation and Records Management System (EDRMS) scale farmers are used to extensive farmers and providing real-time in the field of agricultural ICT by Development Project (Eswatini), which assisted farming, crop production and farmers’ cultivation advice introducing application software for Eswatini in developing government digitalization livelihoods are bearing the brunt Arroz Nica integrates many small-scale farmers in a developing and has trained 400 seed teachers and IT staff. of extreme weather impacts. This functions that farmers need, such as country. The TaiwanICDF looks We are also actively introducing ICT tools into problem increasingly threatens food a cultivation calendar, agro climate forward to participating in agricultural various projects, such as agricultural production security. Nicaraguan farmers urgently information, soil maps, pest and guidance for developing countries and marketing, public health care, education, need technical assistance to respond fertilizer management advice, and through low-cost and high- technical training, technological disaster prevention, to climate change. other practical information to help efficiency approaches to improve and smart applications, to promote cross-domain Since September 2018, the farmers get immediate farming their agricultural resilience, and will integrated applications. In particular, smartphones, TaiwanICDF has cooperated with advice. At present, the software is continue to assist the agricultural and various application softwares (apps) are now the International Center for Tropical available for free download in the transformation of partner countries. more conducive to providing many services and Agriculture (CIAT) on the Rice Android mobile store. In order to information to users. Seed Research, Development and accommodate the Nicaraguan mobile For example, with the Intelligent Bus Production Extension Project in communications environment, the Management and Monitoring System Project (Saint Nicaragua as well as the Climate software is designed to be usable Vincent and the Grenadines), mobile phones Change Adaptation Research on offline so that small-scale farmers in and smart station displays are used to shorten Upland Rice Project (Nicaragua) rural areas can also benefit from the public transportation waiting times and enable the to jointly explore practices that will convenience of this technology. government to effectively monitor traffic situations. enable developing countries to In addition to the above functions, The mobile application Arroz Nica, developed respond to climate change and Arroz Nica will subsequently import by the Climate Change Adaptation Research on strengthen crop cultivation. In aiming big data applications such as the Upland Rice Project (Nicaragua), provides real- to implement innovative approaches AgraCrop production model from the time cultivation advice and can be used offline, to agricultural promotion, the United Nations Food and Agriculture benefiting small farmers in rural areas. Waves of ICT development have brought infinite possibilities of progress and development. We will Mercedes Coto continue to integrate Taiwan's ICT advantages, (Nicaraguan upland rice farmer) introduce new technologies, expand program people people “Through the app, we can check the optimal planting 0 → 600 benefits, and use technological tools and ideas to time, understand fertility land fertility, and choose the add value to foreign aid efforts. appropriate type of agricultural materials.” Number of Nicaraguan agricultural pushers using technology tools from 2018 to 2019 24 Operations 25

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Eswatini: Technical and Vocational Education and Echoes UN SDG 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Echoes UN SDG 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and quality education and promote lifelong learning sustainable economic growth, full and productive Training Enhancement Project, Electronic Document opportunities for all; 17: Strengthen the means of Intelligent Bus Management and employment, and decent work for all; 11: Make cities implementation and revitalize the global partnership and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and and Records Management System (EDRMS) for sustainable development. Monitoring System Project sustainable; 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts; 17: Strengthen the means of Development Project implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.

at the Eswatini College of Technology System (EDRMS) Development systems improved road safety and 40 smart bus station displays now (ECOT), and co-designed a four- Project to familiarize the country with and bus waiting times provide passengers with bus arrival year course curriculum with experts electronic document and records Starting this year, the schedules. In addition to saving time from Taiwan. Through equipment management technology applications, TaiwanICDF has cooperated with for people in remote areas, the system purchases and establishing teacher thereby enhancing the government's the SVG government and System allows the government to effectively capabilities, the project cultivates service quality and information & Technology Corp., an information monitor traffic conditions and improve high-level ICT specialists in Eswatini. processing efficiency. service provider in Taiwan, to jointly management strategies. Furthermore, it has brought together To date, in addition to assisting introduce the Intelligent Monitoring Camillo Gonsalves, SVG Minister industry, government, and academia Eswatini in completing the System and Intelligent Bus of Finance, Economic Planning, Times of Swaziland, Eswatini’s leading to form a teaching quality assurance government's digitalization plans and The Intelligent Bus Management and Monitoring Management System. Regarding Sustainable Development, and newspaper, reported the impact and System Project for Saint Vincent and the effectiveness of this project on the cultivation of committee and has strengthened the holding seminars on government Grenadines Project Manager, Chien-Wei Fu the intelligent image monitoring Information Technology, has high industrial talents in the country. connection between industry and digitalization, information security, (left 2) explains to Vincentian officials the system, the operation focused on hopes for this project’s development. academia so that the talent trained by and electronic document, the project achievements of the project. developing digital image monitoring He expects that in the future, the college meets industry needs. has also established a Public Key and analysis abilities. The scale of the smart bus management and The application of ICT has Besides strengthening the Infrastructure (PKI), an Information Buses are the main mode of implementation expanded from the monitoring system, will allow the gradually become a key factor in the theoretical and technical literacy of Security Management System (ISMS), transportation in Saint Vincent and originally planned 50 monitoring public to enjoy more convenient economic development of countries teachers and students at the college, an electronic document system, the Grenadines (hereafter SVG), points to 74 points. Two hundred bus services, and the government around the world. In order to assist this project also provides continued and an International Organization a Caribbean partner country. For high-resolution cameras were to improve transportation more the Kingdom of Eswatini (hereafter education courses for individuals for Standardization (ISO) 27001 many years, however, an absence set up, covering the capital city effectively. The system will also use Eswatini) in increasing its domestic in Eswatini’s ICT industry to further certification project, and has trained a of management structures and Kingstown, as well as all the main technology to assist the government employment rate and promoting expand education levels. Since the total of 400 seed teachers and IT staff. regulatory standards led to a lack bus stations from Orange Hill in the in law enforcement and ensure public economic growth, the TaiwanICDF implementation of the project, more Through the two projects on of standardized driving routes and east to Layou in the west. A facial safety. and the Eswatini Ministry of Education than 100 people have undergone technical and vocational education operating times, most of which were recognition system and an action and Training cooperated on the training, including students who and continued vocational training, and set at each bus driver’s discretion. control center were set up at Argyle Technical and Vocational Education studied for their master's degree in the electronic document and records Bus service inefficiencies, competition International Airport. Finally, this and Training Enhancement Project. Taiwan or attended short-term training management system development, for passengers, and frequent stops project cooperated with the World The project aimed to strengthen courses, as well as local short-term the TaiwanICDF assisted Eswatini resulted in long waiting times and Bank on the Caribbean Regional Eswatini’s technical and vocational trainees in Eswatini. The training in developing ICT talent needed by road safety issues. Communications Infrastructure education and vocational training covered subjects such as network enterprises and government and in In order to improve efficiency Program (CARCIP) and used system in order to systematically security, computer architecture promoting effective application of and safety, SVG hoped to leverage the program’s government fiber cultivate talents in industries such as and networking, cloud computing, information technology in industry Taiwan’s experience in intelligent optic network to transmit image ICT. big data, IoT, and basic computer and government. This allows national transportation development and signals, saving SVG NT$1 million in applications. talent cultivation and industry progress strengths in information technology networking fees. Bringing together industry, In recent years, in order to promote to mutually benefit each other. These development to conduct joint projects In regard to the smart bus government, and academia industrial development and efficiency two projects have not only improved on public transportation management, management system, using Taiwan’s to cultivate talents that meet of the public and private sectors, government effectiveness, but Advanced Public Transportation advanced traffic management industry needs Eswatini schools and government have also become the cornerstone Services (APTS), Advanced Traffic services as a foundation, the project Since 2016, the project has set up units have vigorously promoted of economic, social, and cultural Management Services (ATMS), and utilized navigation, control systems, ICT equipment including computers systematization and informatization. development. other technologies. and information and communications and networks, Arduino experimental To this end, Estwatini cooperated with technologies to convert driving data systems, big data platforms, CISCO Taiwan to implement the Electronic The introduction of smart bus from 200 buses into usable services. products, and Internet of Things (IoT) Document and Records Management management and monitoring Mobile phone application software

Phezulu Dlamini Donnette O’Neil (Head of the Department of Information and Communication, (Vincentian civilian) Eswatini College of Technology) people units 502 “This project has helped reduce crime rates and 70 “This project has an important influence on Eswatini's supervise the safe driving of buses, so I have Number of trainees in 2019 ICT talent cultivation and future ICT development.” full expectations and peace of mind about the Number of surveillance cameras to be improvement of environmental safety.” installed nationwide by 2020 Operations 27

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Honduras: Forest Pest Management Project Echoes UN SDG 13: Take urgent action to combat Environment climate change and its impacts; 15: Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.

Strategic Key Points concluded that the Honduras forests a forest information platform. This are vast but lack the manpower to platform will help policymakers In December 2015, the Paris Agreement, the report pest information in real time mitigate threats prior to a disaster, landmark global climate change deal, was adopted at and respond quickly to outbreaks. and eventually develop into a the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Therefore, this project plans to decision support platform for forest Change’s (UINFCCC) 21st Conference of the Parties use satellite data and forestry health and pest management. Since (COP21). The agreement urges all signatories to management technology together its launch in June 2018, a number assist developing countries in fighting climate change. with a GIS platform to reduce the pest of promotional activities have been The TaiwanICDF has utilized Taiwan's experience in response time by 80 percent and held, and TV interviews have been This project’s relevant staff set up silverfish traps comprehensively enhance Honduras's utilized to explain strategies for bark water management, disaster early warning, and post- at forest pest demonstration sites to monitor the disaster recovery to implement natural disaster early number of pests. ability to manage forest resources and beetle control. This project has (1) warning programs in partner countries this year. These monitor and prevent pests. assisted Honduras in establishing a projects have helped partner countries apply science During the implementation of the healthy forest demonstration site; (2) and technology to their disaster prevention plans project, we combined Taiwan's public completed a technical assistance and strengthened their natural disaster information The Republic of Honduras and private sector resources. Taiwan's report of the national greenhouse gas management capabilities. (hereafter Honduras) has a forest Forestry Research Institute helped forestry department; (3) inventorized Among the projects, the Forest Pest Management coverage rate of 55 percent, of which establish Honduras's forest resources, data types, environmental parameters, Project (Honduras) can effectively predict 90 percent of pine, an economic tree species, forest management, and pest analysis, and technical methods required by pest outbreaks and has reduced the pest warning time accounts for one third of total forest and collect data on rainfall, soil and the project; and (4) produced a 90 from one month to one week. The Urban Resilience area. Due to climate change and other information. The institute also percent-plus accurate pest risk map and Disaster Prevention Project (Belize) is expected drought in recent years, severe helped Honduras understand pest covering state-owned, private, and to reduce the number of flood casualties and affected bark beetle outbreaks occurred in outbreaks and proliferation processes academic unit forest land. people by 10 percent and direct economic losses by 15 2014, and more than 22 percent of based on scientific and quantitative Forestry is an important economic percent. pine forests were infected, causing results. National Central University's source for Honduras. The project This year, the TaiwanICDF also conducted the immense economic losses in Research Center for Space and has improved the government's Workshop on Resilient Cities Development and Water forestry. To this end, the Honduras Remote Sensing used remote sensing pest control efficiency, strengthened Resources Management Workshop in Taiwan. Taiwan's National Forest Conservation Agency technology to confirm the location people's perceptions about healthy successes in establishing resilient cities and water submitted a cooperation request and extent of pest infestations, and forests, and reduced pest response resources management were shared with students to Taiwan in 2016; it sought to use utilized GIS to coordinate on-site and times. In addition to providing from allied and partner countries. Trainees learned a Geographic Information System government notification mechanisms Honduras with a comprehensive about sustainability, building resilient infrastructure, and (GIS) technology to strengthen forest to improve the accuracy of pest forest health management strengthening climate adaptation capabilities. management and reduce insect information and the efficiency of system, it also echoes Article 5 Furthermore, measures to tackle climate change damage. The two parties launched information transmission. of the Paris Agreement through have expanded from reducing carbon emissions and the Forest Pest Management Project The Taiwan Forestry Research forest conservation, sustainable improving energy efficiency to sustainable use of in 2018. Institute and Central University's development, and promotion of resources and green development models. Through Space and Remote Sensing forest carbon storage in developing the Green Energy Special Fund in cooperation with Combining public and private Research Center utilized its skills countries. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development sector efforts to enhance and technologies to successfully (EBRD), the TaiwanICDF has supported several green Honduras forest resources and construct an early warning system technology projects in many countries. For example, pest management capabilities for pests; this project has taken it a loan was provided to assist the ArcelorMittal steel The TaiwanICDF dispatched one step further and combined the plant in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. This project experts to the local area where they system with Taiwan's ICT to build is expected to help reduce annual carbon dioxide emissions by more than 220,000 tons, annual sulfur oxide emissions by more than 80 percent, and annual Alejandro Arguello nitrogen oxide emissions by more than 60 percent, (Head of YODECO, the second largest wood company in Honduras) demonstrating that economic development can coexist 6 people with environmental protection. “In the past, the forest area was vast, making it difficult to quickly grasp the location of the pest outbreak; now, we can use the risk map to find out the high-risk areas Number of system information processing analysts trained of the pest outbreak. It has effectively improved forest from 2018 to 2019 management efficiency.” 28 Operations 29

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Belize: Urban Resilience and Disaster Echoes UN SDG 11: Make cities and human Nicaragua: Strengthen Capacity for GIS Metadata and Echoes UN SDG 11: Make cities and human Prevention Project settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable. Disaster Resilience Project settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.

help enhance its ability to reduce can use GIS to predict the extent Project to help Nicaragua monitor response efficiency, one national disasters. The goal of the Urban of flooding. To date, two training natural disaster information and the disaster risk map has been produced Resilience and Disaster Prevention sessions have been completed. results were significant. Accordingly, and updated; three risk management Project was to assist Belize in using Furthermore, the project uses the this cooperation was the second and disaster response promotion GIS technology to construct an early produced maps to review densely phase of the GIS application capacity activities have been held; two cities, flood warning system and improve populated areas such as villages, improvement plan. Nagarote and Condega, have been the efficiency of emergency response major public facilities, schools, and confirmed as science and technology before and during disasters. The engineering structures to recommend Continuing technical disaster prevention model towns; project would also carry out basic plans for improving governance and cooperation between the two and the preliminary phase has been engineering improvement measures engineering. Areas with insufficient Eight officials from the National System for countries and strengthening the completed. This project involves the composition of flooding Prevention, Mitigation, and Attention of Disasters resilience of the overall disaster potential maps for twin cities San Ignacio/Santa at the demonstration site. The hope drainage capacity are prioritized for (Sistema Nacional para la Prevención, Mitigación As for personnel capacity building, Elena and the neighboring towns in Belize. was that integrating a flood warning improvement. Bottleneck sections of y Atención de Desastres) and the Nicaraguan prevention system two risk management and disaster system into the Belize disaster flooding are opened up to eliminate or Institute of Territorial Studies (Instituto From October 2018, the response training courses were Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales) visited prevention and rescue system would reduce flooding. the Taoyuan disaster prevention community and TaiwanICDF, the Nicaraguan conducted this year. Furthermore, Belize is in a hurricane-prone reduce casualties and financial losses Once the project is completed, were interviewed by the media. Institute of Territorial Studies Taiwan Technical Mission selected region and is frequently hit by caused by floods. the following goals are expected to (Instituto Nicaragüense de Estudios eight Nicaraguan technical personnel tropical storms and floods. In recent Currently, the project has be achieved: a 10 percent reduction Territoriales, or INETER), and the with relevant work experience in GIS, years, extreme climate change and established a Belize disaster relief in flood casualties and number of The Republic of Nicaragua National System for Prevention, national science and technology rainfall, coupled with rapid urban basic map information database. affected people, and a 15 percent (hereafter Nicaragua) is one of the Mitigation, and Attention of Disasters disaster reduction, and local development, have led to changes in It includes: cadastral maps, land reduction in economic losses. most vulnerable countries in Central (Sistema Nacional para la Prevención, government disaster prevention at the the hydrological cycle characteristics. use maps, road maps, river maps, America to extreme climate and Mitigación y Atención de Desastres, grassroots level to come to Taiwan to About 70 percent of the country's topographic maps, watershed natural disasters on account of its or SINAPRED) jointly launched receive training. 390,000 population live in low- maps, bridge maps, public facilities geographical location and geological the Strengthen Capacity for GIS Through developing Nicaragua's lying areas and 40.5 percent live in maps, flood potential maps, and characteristics, and climate change. Metadata and Resilience Project. geographic information interpretation adjacent coastal areas; 24 percent others, providing a foundation for the In 2016, it was ranked 14th on the The main content of the project is as data, constructing a common of them live in flood-prone areas. response unit to research and make Global Risk Index. follows: (1) Develop the production platform for visual map information According to the Global Climate judgments in the event of a flood. Because Taiwan possesses and management capabilities of centers, building risk management Risk Index published by the non- Additionally, a two-meter resolution satellite technology and Geographic geographic information interpretation and disaster response technical profit non-governmental organization digital elevation model was completed Information System (GIS) technology data, known as metadata; (2) Improve staff's capabilities, and strengthening Germanwatch, from 1992 to 2011, this year. Calculations have been as well as extensive experience in the national disaster prevention community disaster prevention Belize lost 7 percent of its GDP due performed with hydrological and land monitoring and management, system's response efficiency; (3) Build awareness, the project will gradually to extreme weather, and 19 in every geological parameters to work out Nicaragua put forward a request the capabilities of risk management develop the Nicaraguan government 100,000 people died from natural the range and depth of possible to the TaiwanICDF. It hoped that and disaster response technical and community's disaster response disasters. flooding sites in the twin towns of San scientific and technological tools personnel. capacity and reduce disaster losses. Ignacio and Santa Elena, which are could improve its disaster prevention In terms of developing geographic Through this project, Taiwan will Establish an early warning to be used as pre-disaster warning efficiency and strengthen the information interpretation data also continue its close cooperative system for floods and references. The project has also emergency response capacity of its production and management abilities, relationship with its partner country substantially reduce casualties enhanced water disaster prevention disaster prevention system. From this year we completed an inventory of and contribute to the international and financial losses and rescue knowledge, and relevant 2009 to 2016, the two countries jointly 2,000 map and information materials, community. The Belize government asked Belize staff’s water regime data implemented the Central American and set a single interpretation Taiwan to use Geographic Information establishment capabilities through Geographic Information System standard for Nicaragua’s interpretation Systems (GIS) technology to education and training so that they Application Capacity Enhancement data. In terms of improving disaster

Minerva Pinelo Edmond Barrera (Belizean project partner) (Director of SINPRED) people 17 “Through education and training, we have conducted “Under the project, I have come to Taiwan to study 75 % cross-border exchanges with Taiwan's disaster natural disaster response techniques and plan to apply Number of participants in disaster prevention prevention technology to increase Belize's vision of lessons learned to Nicaragua.” Expected rate of improvement in natural disaster response inter-ministry education and training in 2019 community disaster prevention, and thus enhance the efficiency by the end of the project in 2020 general public's awareness of disaster prevention.” 30 Operations 31

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BiH: Zenica CHP Station Upgrade and Echoes UN SDG 7: Ensure access to affordable, International Human Resources Training Echoes UN SDG 6: Ensure availability and sustainable reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all; 11: management of water and sanitation for all; 11: Make Modernization Project Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, Workshop Program cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient resilient and sustainable; 17: Strengthen the means of and sustainable. implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.

by its combined heat and power Financing for a green economy, they returned to their home countries. and improving recovery abilities, (CHP) station is used for iron and economic growth, and The Water Resources Management and build a complete and diverse steel production and is also a source environmental performance go Workshop was co-organized by the resilient society. For example, of district heating for the city in the hand in hand TaiwanICDF, Taiwan Water Resources Guatemalan student Rudy García winter. However, the CHP plant had The project combines financial Agency, and the U.S. Bureau of Feliciano's home country is often long used coal as fuel, generating mechanisms with the goal of Reclamation. Many trainees were threatened by earthquakes. He was large amounts of solid waste that promoting a green economy so particularly interested in reservoir particularly interested in Taiwan's polluted water sources. It also that economic and environmental dredging because their countries use of collected analytical data to increased the city's carbon emissions performances can be improved do not track the problem of reservoir improve early warning accuracy and This project combines financial mechanisms and sulfur oxide pollution. The air simultaneously. Through international The Workshop on Resilient Cities Development siltation, leading to water supply disaster prevention effectiveness. with the goal of promoting a green economy, so has integrated the actual practices of the Taiwan that economic improvement and environmental pollution was exacerbated by the cooperation, clean energy and new government, industry, and private sector, restriction. They believe that it will help These included disaster-resistant performance can go hand in hand. (The photo city's weather conditions and its basin technologies become accessible and sharing strategies and practices from the four to formulate related policy plans in infrastructure, upgraded health and shows ArcelorMittal steel plant) topography. Zenica will enjoy a cleaner and more key points: preparation, disaster reduction, the future and preemptively minimize welfare measures, sufficient living response, and recovery. To address these problems, the energy efficient future with this green damage to reservoir functions. space for the urban population, and The European Bank for TaiwanICDF along with EBRD and investment. The city of Zenica also In recent years, the balance Furthermore, three students, effective disaster prevention (rescue) Reconstruction and Development Finnfund co-financed a joint venture joins the EBRD's Green City Initiative, of nature has been disrupted on Nguyen Thu Phuong of Vietnam, response mechanisms. (EBRD), in cooperation with the formed by ArcelorMittal Zenica which aims to build a better and more account of the enormous effects of Mohammad Anowar Hossain Bhuyan Through the above two professional TaiwanICDF, established the Green aiming to decommission the coal- sustainable future for the city and its extreme climate. The effective use of Bangladesh, and GowthamBalu workshops, the TaiwanICDF once Energy Special Fund (GESF) in fired steam furnaces and install five residents. of natural resources has become a of India, were deeply interested in again exported Taiwan's experience 2011. It helps to promote the use of new gas-fired furnaces that comply In addition to this project, through key global issue. In the face of the the construction of water purification to help allied and partner countries carbon reducing green technologies with European Union standards. The the Green Energy Special Fund, the impact of natural disasters, it has systems in remote rural areas due to cultivate professionals in related in municipal infrastructure projects old steam-driven blowers have also TaiwanICDF has participated in other become critical to establish a resilient drought in their home country and fields and take a large step forward in EBRD’s countries of operation. been replaced by high-efficiency green technology projects in Moldova, infrastructure in a timely manner. hoped that this could meet the basic in building a resilient and sustainable The GESF is innovatively designed electric blowers which maximize BiH, Bulgaria, Romania, and Jordan. To face this global problem water needs of their people. earth together. to convert the underlying projects’ gas recovery. The new type of together, this year's TaiwanICDF expected carbon reduction steam furnaces can run entirely on International Human Resources Integrate government, industry, benefits into the levels of subsidy recovered gas, with natural gas to be Training Seminar Program included and private practices to share in the borrowing interest rates. used as a top-up fuel when needed, two workshops on environmental strategies and practices for This encourages the adoption of essentially eliminating the use of air- issues: the Water Resources building resilient cities higher cost yet more efficient green polluting coal. In addition, the heat Management Workshop and The Workshop on Resilient Cities technologies to achieve the objectives generated is transmitted to supply the Workshop on Resilient Cities Development integrated the practical of improving energy efficiency or heating for the citizens of Zenica in the Development. In all, 52 attendees practices of Taiwan's government, developing clean energy. An example winter, turning the steel plant from a from 27 countries were invited to industry and people. Using four is the ArcelorMittal steel plant in pollution maker into a warm neighbor. gather together and discuss the focuses—preparation, disaster Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina The project is expected to reduce concept of sustainable environmental reduction, response, and recovery— (BiH), located in the Western Balkans annual carbon dioxide emissions by development and share their relevant attendees shared strategies and in Southern Europe. more than 220,000 tons per year and practical application experiences. practices for building resilient cities. ArcelorMittal is one of the world's annual emissions of sulfur oxides and Through the workshops, trainees They learned to build disaster major steel groups and provides nitrogen oxides by 80 percent and 60 learned about the technical assistance prevention capabilities between a large number of employment percent respectively, which meet EU that Taiwan can provide, which they communities, improve community opportunities for the city of Zenica. industrial emission standards. could then use as reference for resilience after disasters, guide The steam and electricity generated promoting related strategies once residents in developing resilience

Biju Nair Rudy Amílcar García Feliciano (CEO of ArcelorMittal Zenica) (Specialist, Guatemalan Secretariat for Planning and Programming of the Presidency) More than tons people 220,000 “I am grateful to the project for providing concessional 52 loans. In addition to helping us become financially “My visit to Taiwan showed me examples of community disaster prevention, and the importance of disaster viable, it can also enhance the 4E benefits Estimated annual reduction in carbon dioxide emissions prevention awareness. I plan to work hard to promote Number of participants in 2019 (Environmental, Economy, Energy, and Employment).” pre-disaster preparation in Guatemala so the community can have a strong responsiveness and resilience.” Operations 33

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Healthcare Personnel Training Program Echoes UN SDG 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote Public Health wellbeing for all at all ages; 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.

Strategic Key Points For example, the TaiwanICDF radiology specialists in 2019, which collaborated with Shin Kong Wu Ho further deepened the effectiveness TaiwanICDF has long cooperated with domestic Su Memorial Hospital to assist the of the program. It is our hope that and foreign public and private sectors and civil Maternal and Infant Health Care the two physicians will become societies to echo international development trends. Improvement Project in the Kingdom key promoters of the program after By consolidating Taiwan's strategic assets, we of Eswatini (Phase II) in training returning to Belize, and will share assist partner countries in strengthening their registration staff on the cause of what they learned in Taiwan with their health systems. For example, the Healthcare death. This will greatly benefit the colleagues. In the future, this program Personnel Training Program helps train healthcare collection of statistical research data will build upon this foundation and This project is based on the needs of Taiwan's for epidemiology in the future. In terms further expand training subjects. professionals from partner countries. Regarding partner and allied countries. It complements public health and medicine projects, 13 projects relevant public health medical plans to train of upcoming projects, the TaiwanICDF Going forward, based on the needs were carried out in 2019 and 3 new projects will seed teachers and match them to Taiwan's cooperated with Taipei Municipal of partner countries and taking into medical institutions for one to three-month Wanfang Hospital in 2019 to train the account the relevance of our regional be launched in 2020, addressing issues such as internship training. maternal and infant health care, non-communicable medical information management staff development plans, the TaiwanICDF disease prevention and control, health information In order to assist partner countries of the Honduran Ministry of Health, will continue to incorporate more management systems, and prevention of infectious and friendly countries in enhancing laying the foundation for the Honduras partner countries and conduct diseases. In addition to designing solutions for the professional knowledge of Health Information Management associated healthcare personnel the partner countries, these projects also actively their medical personnel, improving Efficiency Enhancement Project that training in order to assist partner internalize the designs into the partner countries’ the quality of medical treatment, will be launched in 2020. countries and friendly countries in health systems to enhance the sustainability of the and promoting the exchange of establishing capacity, cultivating local results. technologies and experiences Promoting the training of talents, and creating better healthcare To provide a few examples, the Capacity Building between Taiwan and the international specialist physicians and environments. Project for the Prevention and Control of Chronic community, the TaiwanICDF carries cultivating local talent Renal Failure (Belize), completed Belize's first out our Healthcare Personnel The program has been in operation kidney disease risk factor epidemiological report Training Program on an on-going for 15 years, and has thus far and has served as a reference for the country’s basis. Taking into account the needs trained a total of 419 people. After government policies. The Health Information raised by partner countries and their training in Taiwan, participants Management Efficiency Enhancement Project friendly countries and matching have repeatedly suggested that the (Paraguay) has doubled the average number of them with the appropriate domestic TaiwanICDF carry out the training of patient services in 43 medical institutions and medical institutions, the program specialists. This shows both a lack of shortened the average visiting time for patients offers one to three month clinical specialists in partner countries and from 2.5 hours to 0.9 hours. The Maternal and training for healthcare personnel high esteem for Taiwan's medical Infant Health Care Improvement Project (Kingdom from these countries. In 2019, a total expertise. After discussing with of Eswatini) successfully increased the 7-to-14- of 10 medical personnel from seven Taiwan’s ministry of health, medical days postnatal check-up rate for women in Eswatini countries were sent to six medical societies, and other relevant entities, from 22 percent in 2015 to 90 percent in 2019. institutions for training. and confirming the qualification The governments of these three countries have In aiming to effectively utilize certification system for partner often spoken in support of Taiwan’s government in resources and expand synergy countries’ specialists, the TaiwanICDF international arenas and have expanded the scales among projects, the program partnered with Far Eastern Memorial of cooperation with the TaiwanICDF given the continues to cooperate with public Hospital for the first time on the excellent partnership experiences. health projects implemented by the Project for Strengthening the Medical In the future, the TaiwanICDF will uphold the TaiwanICDF to train seed teachers. Imaging System in Belize to train two spirit of effective assistance and continue to collaborate with domestic public and private health institutions to help partner countries achieve the Irene Pkes Naito ideal of universal health coverage. (Palauan trainee) people “In this trip, I have received practical experience 10 in Taiwan's handling and treatment of tuberculosis patients, vector mosquito control, diabetes care, and Number of medical personnel trained in 2019 hospital infection monitoring. It has been enormously beneficial.” 34 Operations 35

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Kingdom of Eswatini: Maternal and Infant Health Care Echoes UN SDG 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote Paraguay: Health Information Management Efficiency Echoes UN SDG 17: Strengthen the means of wellbeing for all at all ages. implementation and revitalize the global partnership Improvement Project Enhancement Project for sustainable development.

and its six neighboring primary care 303 Rural Health Motivators (RHMs) and hospital management in Taiwan personnel workload, but has also clinics. in Manzini on maternal and child to improve Paraguay’s overall health increased the number of people The project is multi-pronged: At care knowledge, strengthening the information management efficiency receiving healthcare. Appointment the government level, two reports connections between RFM Hospital and health care quality by improving visiting times were reduced from an on regular education and training and the community's primary health and promoting aspects such as average of 2.5 hours to 0.9 hours. All needs and specifications for facilities. Furthermore, we produced hospital management capability and management indicators show that medical personnel were provided health education leaflets in the local system software. the introduction of the new system to the Eswatini Ministry of Health as language to raise public awareness has significantly improved hospital references for training maternal and and introduced a number of health The introduction of a new management efficiency. In addition, Eswatini's Raleigh Fitkin Memorial Hospital infant care professionals. At the health education and consultation channels Cathay General Hospital's Information health information system this health information system can Deputy Medical Director Raymond Bijoon Department Director Ching-Ping Tseng (right) (left) explains to TaiwanICDF Secretary facility level, in addition to introducing through both traditional media and visited Paraguay to provide technical guidance has improved management also assist medical institutions in General Timothy T.Y. Hsiang (right) about the the necessary medical equipment to mobile communication apps. Since about health information systems. efficiency and increased the automatically uploading patient data effectiveness of the project in assisting the the seven aforementioned medical the start of the project, in addition to number of patients serviced to the central servers of the Paraguay hospital strengthen medical equipment. institutions, we also cooperated with raising awareness of the importance Since its launch, the project has Health and Welfare Department on a According to the 2018 statistics the Eswatini Nursing and Midwifery of pre- and post-natal checkups for Although the Republic of Paraguay assisted Paraguay in establishing weekly basis, so that the department from the World Health Organization Association to provide clinical training more pregnant women, the project (hereafter Paraguay), our partner standardized operating processes can obtain and use patient statistics (WHO), each year there are for 131 medical staff on care for high- also prompted family members of country in South America, had a and completing the development of from medical institutions in a timely approximately 300,000 maternal risk pregnant women, and granted on- pregnant women to start paying health information system, its overall a health information system, whose manner. deaths and 2.6 million neonatal the-job training credits. attention to the health condition of utilization was low due to a difference functions include appointment This project’s achievements mortalities worldwide due to expectant mothers and proactively between its operation process and scheduling, pre-diagnosis have been highly appreciated in premature births. The maternal and Dedicated managers tracked seek maternal health services. the actual treatment process, as well assessments, physician consultations, Paraguay, and in addition to actively neonatal mortality rates of our partner and coordinated to provide Given the excellent results, Eswatini as a lack of integration capabilities. clinical testing, pharmacy investing in more equipment, the country the Kingdom of Eswatini complete care during pregnancy jointly started the second phase of Over the years, all medical institutions services, accounting and schedule country has also changed the (hereafter Eswatini) also remain high. In addition, this project cooperated the project with the TaiwanICDF in continued to use manual handwriting management, and report generation. implementation area. The original The main cause is the poor quality of with Chia-Yi Christian Hospital January 2019. Building upon the for medical appointments, physician As of December 2019, 43 medical plan was to introduce the system in care available to women and children, to introduce the Standardized accomplishments of the first phase, visits, and prescription pick-ups. The institutions in Paraguay's selected public medical institutions of three including the low rate of pre- and Operational Procedures for Maternal the work will be expanded to all public service quality was adversely affected area had successfully introduced remote rural areas. Now, the project post-natal examinations for pregnant Case Management at RFM Hospital. medical institutions nationwide. In order by the poor information management this system. As an example, in has expanded to cover Asunción, the women. As a result, those with high Through dedicated case managers, to accommodate the project expansion, efficiency. October 2019, the number of patients capital city of Paraguay. Paraguay health risks are not identified in time to the hospital managed and tracked in addition to inviting Chia-Yi Christian To improve this situation, the treated through the system reached is looking forward to introducing receive adequate treatment. the health status of high-risk pregnant Hospital to continue collaboration, TaiwanICDF has partnered with 143,547; the average number of this health information system to In view of this finding, since women (during pregnancy, delivery, we also invited the participation of Cathay General Hospital and the daily outpatients was 4,785; and the public medical institutions across the 2016, the TaiwanICDF, Chia-Yi and postpartum), and coordinated Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, which had Paraguay Ministry of Health and number of healthcare personnel using country. The second phase of the Christian Hospital, and the Eswatini relevant agencies to provide care previously jointly implemented the Welfare since 2016 to implement the system was 1,573 (including 1,118 national project has been launched in Ministry of Health have cooperated throughout the entire pregnancy. Burkina Faso Maternal and Neonatal the Health Information Management physicians). order to provide convenient and high- to assist the Eswatini Nazarene During the implementation of the plan, Health Care Improvement Project with Efficiency Enhancement Project, After the introduction of the new quality healthcare for more people in Health Institution (ENHI), the largest a total of 144 cases were managed, the TaiwanICDF. Over the next five which encompasses three areas: system, manual processes such as Paraguay. church organization in the country, in and there were no mortalities by the years, the TaiwanICDF will continue to strengthening the e-health system appointment scheduling, medical strengthening the maternal and child end of the project. work closely with the Eswatini Ministry function, promoting the e-health record keeping, and prescription care capabilities of Raleigh Fitkin This project went further into the of Health to protect the health of system, and strengthening hospital management, which used to be highly Memorial (RFM) Hospital, the church’s communities and cooperated with expectant mothers and newborns. management. This brought together time-consuming, were replaced. medical institution located in Manzini, the Eswatini Ministry of Health to train experts on health information systems This has not only greatly reduced

Simon M. Zwane Caura Yohana Benítez (Principal Secretary, Ministry of Health, Eswatini) (Director General of Villa Elisa District Hospital) % → % hours → hours 22 90 “We are grateful for this project which has assisted “Since the introduction of the system, the quality of 2.5 0.9 our government and all our medical and health care medical service has been optimized, the process 7-to-14 days Postnatal Care Rate from 2015 to 2019 practitioners to improve our maternal and child health for data statistics has been simplified, which result in Average appointment visiting time care system.” organized hospital management, and reducing the from 2016 to 2019 visiting time for patients greatly.” 36

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Belize: Capacity Building Project for the Prevention Echoes UN SDG 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages; 17: Strengthen the means Others and Control of Chronic Renal Failure of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.

management system, and providing which can be used by the Belize Strategic Key Points an epidemiological report. Ministry of Health as a reference for During project implementation, future related policies to reduce the Sustainable development goals are the focus of by incorporating the resources of country's burden caused by chronic global mobilization. Among them, SDG 10 calls for both the Belize Ministry of Health kidney disease and decrease its "reducing inequality within and among countries," and the Statistical Institute of negative impact on society and the focusing on continuously reducing poverty and Belize, kidney health education and economy. confronting different types of inequality. community surveys were conducted In addition to achieving the original To gradually integrate social and economic simultaneously to promote the defined objectives, the project also policies and safeguard the welfare of people, the Seed instructors trained through the project concept of chronic disease and created additional benefits, such visit the community to promote the concept of mode of assistance has changed from passive prevention and treatment of chronic and kidney kidney disease prevention. At the end as dialysis nurse certification and to active intervention. This year, the TaiwanICDF diseases. of the project, health education had kidney disease epidemiological data provided financing to Tuvalu and the Marshall covered 35,283 people between the that attracted international scholars' Islands to support their governments in public ages of 20 and 55, or 25.6 percent of attention. These achievements construction, which increased the hosting of In Belize, our partner country in this age group, exceeding the project not only set a fine example for the international conferences and events, and Central America, non-communicable achievement index (10 percent). TaiwanICDF's public health projects, promoted domestic development. The Nevis Small diseases (NCDs) such as In addition, Belize sent five seed but also demonstrated Taiwan's Enterprises Re-Lending Project (St. Kitts and hypertension and diabetes are on nursing instructors to Taiwan to be capability in giving external assistance Nevis) strengthens the government's role in social the rise. Since hypertension and trained on chronic kidney disease in public health and medicine areas welfare. Using access to loans as an incentive, diabetes are major risk factors for and dialysis. After returning to Belize, to its partner countries and the social development policy goals are achieved by kidney disease, Belize is concerned they trained 20 dialysis nurses in their international community. encouraging citizens to actively participate in formal that if the number of end-stage kidney home locations and all the nurses economic activities. patients continues to increase, the were certified by the Nurses and In responding to major global disasters cost of dialysis treatment will greatly Midwives Council of Belize. or refugee issues, the TaiwanICDF actively increase the financial burden on the cooperates with international non-governmental country. Completion of an organizations (INGOs) to effectively coordinate on In view of Taiwan’s rich experiences epidemiological report on international assistance and provide resources. in the prevention and treatment of chronic kidney disease to assist Experts and volunteers from Taiwan are also chronic kidney disease and the in related policy decisions dispatched to disaster-stricken areas to deepen promotion of preventive health care, The project also assisted Belize in front-line participation and train our international after Belize outlined its needs, the completing its first national chronic humanitarian assistance talent. For instance, the TaiwanICDF collaborated with Far kidney disease epidemiological Sigi-Biromaru Livelihood Support Program and Eastern Memorial Hospital and Belize report. The report shows that the rate the Central Sulawesi Earthquake WASH Support on the Capacity Building Project of chronic kidney disease among Program (Indonesia) successfully assisted people for the Prevention and Control of people aged 20 to 55 is 13.9 percent in disaster-stricken areas to restore their livelihoods Chronic Renal Failure. This project in Belize, which makes it a region of and promptly resume farmland cultivation, and seeks to assist Belize in establishing high prevalence compared to the rest helped solve basic water, sanitation, and hygiene a system for the prevention and of the world. Among them, the rate for issues. treatment of chronic renal failure women (15.0 percent) is significantly To date, the TaiwanICDF has so far dispatched by improving the capabilities of higher than that of men (12.5 percent). more than 770 volunteers to 42 countries. healthcare staff, promoting health Other significant risk factors include Through long-term, in-depth efforts to understand knowledge, establishing a case diabetes, hypertension, and obesity, the potential needs of resident countries, the TaiwanICDF Overseas Volunteers Program also provides volunteers the opportunity to initiate small grant projects of their own to increase the depth of Angel Campos (Minister of State in the Ministry of Health, Belize) their service. people 35,283 “This project has helped medical and community staff in capacity building and health education promotion Kidney disease health education recipients and has achieved remarkable results. It has improved from 2016 to 2019 the social and economic challenges caused by chronic kidney disease in our country.” 38 Operations 39

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St. Kitts and Nevis: Nevis Small Enterprises Echoes UN SDG 5: Achieve gender equality and Indonesia: Sigi-Biromaru Livelihood Support Echoes UN SDG 2: End hunger, achieve food security empower all women and girls; 8: Promote sustained, and improved nutrition and promote sustainable Re-Lending Project inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and Program and Central Sulawesi Earthquake agriculture; 6: Ensure availability and sustainable productive employment and decent work for all; 9: management of water and sanitation for all. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and WASH Support Program sustainable industrialization and foster innovation.

Re-lending to women and youth also hold training courses, produce TaiwanICDF and Mercy Corps also October 31, 2019, was implemented to foster development of formal manuals and promotional videos, etc., implemented the Central Sulawesi in three sub-districts in Sigi District. small enterprises so that it can become a full function Earthquake WASH Support Program Program accomplishments include The Nevis Island Administration entity of technical assistance and in Sigi District to assist affected the construction of eight clean water (NIA) therefore set “promoting small financial intermediary to strengthen households in meeting basic water resources, the distribution of 1,016 enterprises development” as an the capacity of small enterprises in and sanitation needs. water filtration equipment, and the important policy. In order to assist Nevis. construction of 120 community latrines the NIA in promoting its policy, the The TaiwanICDF in 2001 and 2009 The programs were launched to solve sanitation problems caused TaiwanICDF cooperates with the NIA cooperated with the Foundation for shortly after the disaster to help by damage to household toilets after Taiwan’s ambassador to St. Kitts Tom Lee (left) in the Nevis Small Enterprises Re- National Development, St. Kitts and Peter S.L. Lan, Deputy Representative of Taipei the affected people improve the disaster. representing the TaiwanICDF and Premier of Economic and Trade Office in Indonesia (first the Nevis Island Administration, Mark Brantley Lending Project. This project provides Nevis to expand its micro-credit from the left in the front row), Ade Soekadis, their livelihood Furthermore, the program set up (middle) at the loan signing in December 2019. micro-credits and technical assistance business in order to support the Executive Director of Mercy Corps, and Irwan The Livelihood Program had lasted 12 Water Management and Hygiene to small enterprises and start-ups development of micro-and small- Lapata, Regent of the Sigi District, attended for one year and was completed Promotion Committees in the 12 the handover ceremony of water and sanitation owned or operated by women and size entrepreneurship nationwide. facilities of the project. on December 23, 2019. During the targeted villages. During the program, youth aged 35 and under with a valid This project will help the NIA implementation of the program, 50 it held 25 committee meetings, According to the International business license issued by the NIA’s encourage women and young people shallow wells were excavated in 12 seed teacher trainings, and 84 Labour Organization’s World Ministry of Finance, Inland Revenue to participate in formal economic On September 28, 2018, a 7.4 Lolu Village to replace the damaged hygiene promotion sessions. It also Employment and Social Outlook- Department since December this activities as well as assist them in magnitude earthquake struck Gumbasa irrigation system in the produced manuals and teaching Trends 2019 report, the average year. This project will not only further obtaining financial services. That Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. The short and mid-term. Through Cash materials, such as maintenance youth unemployment rate in Latin energize the local economy and drive will not only promote economic disaster has caused at least 4,340 for Work, 507 beneficiary households of water facilities and latrines, and America and the Caribbean was employment growth, but also serve development, but will also lead social fatalities and 100,028 damaged received cash income to meet their instructions for the use of water 18 percent, the highest level record as a catalyst for formalizing small development. houses. The total economic loss was immediate needs and along with filtration equipment, to be used by since 1991. In the same year, World enterprises. estimated to be about $2.8 billion, heavy machinery provided by the 351 hygiene promotion cadres. The Bank data showed that the female The TaiwanICDF’s loan to the NIA affecting more than 2.4 million Sigi Department of Agriculture, promotion of public health-related unemployment rate in this region will therefore be used to support re- people. Sigi was one of the three cleared and leveled a total of 100 knowledge reached 2,422 people and remained high at 11.4 percent. lending operations and strengthen most severely affected districts. hectares of agricultural land affected 1,691 households in total benefited Our partner country, the Federation the capacity of the Small Enterprise The Gumbasa irrigation system by the earthquake. The program from the program. of St. Christopher (hereafter St. Kitts) Development Unit (SEDU), which and agricultural lands were heavily also purchased seven cultivators In praising the program, Mul Yadi and Nevis is located in the Caribbean is under the NIA’s Ministry of damaged, causing local people to and four tillers to donate to seven Hidla, the director of Sigi Department and is composed of two islands, St. Finance and will be responsible for lose their main source of income. In farmers' groups, and provided of Agriculture said that they would Kitts and Nevis. In Nevis, women and implementing the project. The SEDU addition, a large part of the water agriculture inputs to 200 farmers to replicate the same project model youth are particularly left behind as a benefits from having better capacity in supply network was damaged by help the beneficiaries rapidly restore to assist the areas that still do not result of a relative lack of economic providing business training courses, the earthquake, leading to a crisis 116 hectares of cultivated land. In have access to irrigation. The WASH and financial infrastructure, such workshops and business advisory in both water supply and sanitation. addition, the TaiwanICDF dispatched Program assisted the district in as underdeveloped capital markets services, especially in coaching Within three months of a short-term horticultural expert to supplying clean water to areas where and lack of available information youth to take business ideas from the disaster, the TaiwanICDF participate in the program twice, to it had been difficult to obtain water. which leads to low willingness of conception to full development of a cooperated with World Vision assist in crop cultivation and to serve It also helped raise public health local commercial banks to lend to functioning business entity. to carry out the Sigi-Biromaru as a training instructor for the local standards by providing latrines and small enterprises. Women and young Through this project, the SEDU can Livelihood Support Program to farmer field schools. The total number promoting sanitation and hygiene people who have the spirit and idea of purchase information management assist the affected people in Lolu of program beneficiaries was 2,028. knowledge. operating small enterprises are often equipment that can help computerize Village, Sigi District, to improve their The WASH Program, which lasted deterred due to financial barriers. its client data from. The SEDU will livelihood. In February 2019, the for nine months and ended on

Rodney Flemming Mul Yadi Hidla (Nevis restaurant owner) (Director of Sigi Department of Agriculture) At least households 30 “After obtaining the loan funds, we have not only “This Livelihood Support Program is a benchmark 2,198 expanded the scale of the restaurant, but also project. In the future, we will plan to replicate the same Number of sub-loan cases expected expanded the nursery for use in wedding photography model to assist areas within the Gumbasa Irrigation Total number of beneficiary households to be completed by 2024 and as a wedding banquet venue. It has increased System network that still have no access to irrigation revenue and created job opportunities.” water.” 40 Operations 41

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TaiwanICDF Overseas Volunteers Program Echoes UN SDG 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote Assignment of Professional Mandarin Chinese Echoes UN SDG 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable well-being for all at all ages. quality education and promote lifelong learning Language Teachers to Partner and Friendly Countries opportunities for all.

Unit, as well as assisting local people and the government agency proficiency tests in countries with parties. In addition, local Mandarin television stations in producing health expressed high affirmation for this assigned Mandarin teachers. This will students have also been trained outreach programs to promote healthy activity. Nevis’s Ministry of Health assess student progress in Mandarin to become campus volunteers in diets to the public. has considered organizing this comprehension and serve as promoting Taiwanese culture, and competition as an annual event in the reference for resident teachers to help occasionally hold cultural lecture Reinforcing the concept of future. them adjust teaching methods. tours at colleges and universities. Yu- a balanced diet through a Hsu said that the event brought Hsuan Huang, a Mandarin teacher children’s cooking competition positive changes to locals. For Course contents designed to in Honduras, organized a “Call a In addition, aligned with the My example, in school group lunches, incorporate learning about Taiwanese” event for students to talk Volunteer Wei-Li Hsu has actively planned Healthy Plate Program promoted meals prepared by chefs have Mandarin students experience Chinese New festivals to help increase to Taiwanese people via video chat. a small grant project in cooperation with the Year paper-cutting activities. government, elementary school, and community by Nevis’s Ministry of Health, Hsu increased in the ratio of fruit and understanding of Taiwanese Students could use what they learned in the Nevis Island to promote healthy diets initiated a small grant project, the vegetables to better match a culture in class during the chat to exercise through a healthy cooking competition involving My Healthy Plate – Junior Chef balanced diet. These small changes, In addition to offering regular their verbal skills and learn more school children and has successfully created a popular topic and attracted media interviews. Competition, and incorporated it into little by little, have led local people Mandarin courses, the TaiwanICDF’s about life in Taiwan. her volunteer service. She worked to pay attention to the importance of With the rising popularity of the Mandarin teachers are also committed This year, the TaiwanICDF sent with the Ministry of Health, local nutritional balance and their health. Mandarin Chinese language, the to sharing Taiwan’s culture with 16 professional Mandarin teachers primary schools, and communities number of people learning Mandarin local communities. These Mandarin to serve in 10 countries. The total to develop a fun-filled competition around the world is increasing. In teachers often incorporate information number of students who benefited A 2017 report by the United that allowed children to cook healthy order to promote the understanding about traditional festivals in designing from this program was close to 2,000, Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) meals by themselves and present of Taiwanese culture and society by multi-faceted course contents, and the number of participants in stated that about 26 percent of their dishes in the competition. This those living in partner and friendly such as poetry recitation, Chinese various cultural promotion activities school-age children in St. Kitts served to strengthen the concept of countries, enhance exchanges, add character culture festivals, short film was about 7,000. The TaiwanICDF and Nevis, one of Taiwan’s partner balanced diets for children, promoted to the understanding of Taiwan, and viewings, Chinese singing contests, hopes that in the future, more people countries, have obesity problems. To cooking as a parent-child activity, increase the influence of traditional calligraphy competitions, and other from partner countries will have a improve this situation, St. Kitts and and encouraged local families to use Chinese characters, the TaiwanICDF activities. Large-scale progress better understanding of the beauty Nevis proposed the My Healthy Plate the acquired nutritional knowledge to has been sending Mandarin teachers presentations on Mandarin are a of Taiwanese culture and develop Program in July 2018. Nevis’s Ministry improve eating habits. to partner and friendly countries since part of the events, so that Mandarin a long-term friendly disposition of Health requested the TaiwanICDF Hsu confided that due to the 2014 to provide high-quality and students and locals gain a greater toward Taiwan through the learning for a long-term volunteer specializing large scale of the competition, she homogenized Mandarin language understanding about Taiwan through of traditional Chinese characters and in nutrition and health education. At encountered many challenges during teaching. In collaborating countries, the direct experience of Taiwanese various Mandarin courses. the end of October of that year, the preparation and implementation. government entities are the highest culture, in order to achieve the goal of TaiwanICDF dispatched a volunteer, Fortunately, with the support from priority for teacher assignments, cultural exchange. Wei-Li Hsu, who had experience in many parties, the competition was followed by key colleges and Shih-Ting Jen and Wan-Ju promoting healthy diets, to start a successfully held on April 15, 2019, universities, and then language Chen, two of the TaiwanICDF's one-year volunteer service on Nevis and drew much attention. Because promotion centers. Mandarin teachers, cooperated with Island. this event was the first ever children's In order to effectively gauge the Nicaragua's state-run TV station Canal The multi-talented Hsu participated cooking competition for St. Kitts and learning progress of local beginner 6 to produce a Mandarin teaching in a number of local nutrition Nevis, it generated a lot of buzz. Not Mandarin students, starting this year, program called Nica Mandarin. It education and promotion programs, only were there many participants the TaiwanICDF has cooperated began broadcasting on local TV including establishing and managing in the competition, but the number with the Steering Committee for the stations and online channels this year the official Facebook page for the of online live stream viewers also Test of Proficiency-Huayu to expand to help Nicaraguans learn Mandarin Ministry of Health’s Health Promotion approached 2,000. Both local overseas pre-tests for Mandarin and has been well received by all

Wei-Li Hsu Cinthia Lucihen Maradiaga (Volunteer) (Nicaraguan university student) people people → people 772 “Every day at the Ministry of Health of Nevis Island has “The Mandarin teaching project enables us to learn a 136 247 been fulfilling. In addition to experiencing Caribbean new language. It also allows more people in Nicaragua Cumulative number of volunteers dispatched life, I have also been inspired with new potential.” to find out about Taiwan.” Number of participants in the pilot test of the Band Novice level from 1996 to 2019 for the Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language (TOCFL) from 2018 to 2019 3 Special Reports 43

Special Reports Focus Actively Engaging in International Participation, 1 Exploring Partnership Opportunities, and Deepening Cooperation

Echoing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the TaiwanICDF strives to implement various foreign aid programs by taking into account both international assistance and the development needs of partner countries and regions. This year's foreign aid efforts focused on two areas: (1) Assisting partner countries’ agricultural enterprises and small and medium enterprises and promoting ecotourism and In recent years, the state of cooperated with the International from six countries in the region to green finance to help these countries upgrade their industries and environmental international relations has changed Center for Tropical Agriculture participate. This workshop facilitated sustainability; (2) Promoting the empowerment of women worldwide by encouraging significantly. In order to demonstrate (CIAT) to hold the Common Bean information exchanges among women’s participation in community and economic activities. After the completion more positive actions, the TaiwanICDF Production System Workshop. The farmers, governments, and regional of each program, the TaiwanICDF conducted a rigorous evaluation using scientific has successfully played a leading course contents leveraged the agricultural organizations, bringing methods to assess the effectiveness of the program, and published the results in role and has proactively created experience sharing, field surveys, together precise solutions and best international forums or academic journals to heighten the international visibility of opportunities for international and field implementation from the practices for adapting to climate Taiwan's foreign aid accomplishments. participation. We engage with Honduras Seed Potato Program to change. local and international industry, enhance the trainees’ understanding This event was the first regional government, and academic partners of the production and sales process workshop of WFO's Farmers Driven from both allied, friendly countries of potatoes and common beans in Climate Change Agenda. Its specific and like-minded countries. In addition Central and South America. Group conclusions were reported to the to continuously improving project discussions on defining problems 25th Conference of the Parties to implementation and operations, and proposing solutions were utilized the of United Nations Framework we also incorporate elements for to achieve the course goal of helping Convention on Climate Change international cooperation and strive trainees think about the sustainable (UNFCCC COP25), which was held to share Taiwan’s contributions in production of potatoes and common in December 2019. This successfully important international arenas such as beans. presented Taiwan’s technical United Nations events. In addition, CIAT is actively cooperation achievements in an developing a big data platform. The important international arena. TaiwanICDF works closely with CIAT On the other hand, although 1 Aspect in the areas of climate change and developing countries have relatively sci-tech agriculture, using technology low cumulative greenhouse gas Working with international to develop agricultural promotion tools (GHG) emissions, frequent natural organizations and academic suitable for developing countries. For disasters have significant impacts institutions to develop example, the successful introduction on these countries due to their sustainable food production of the upland rice cultivation app lack of ability to respond to climate systems Arroz Nica has enabled small-scale change. The TaiwanICDF and the Pan Echoing SDG 2, "Zero Hunger" farmers in rural areas to enjoy the American Development Foundation and 17, "Partnership for the Goals," benefits of farming technology. (PADF) jointly executed the Urban the TaiwanICDF cooperates with Resilience and Disaster Prevention international organizations and Project in Belize and signed a 2 academic institutions to help partner Aspect Memorandum of Cooperation. By countries develop sustainable food jointly assisting developing countries production systems that will help Combining strategies and in raising awareness of disaster increase sustainable productivity and practices from all fronts to prevention and utilizing advanced increase capacity. enhance the ability to adapt technologies, the project strengthened Potatoes and common beans to climate change the Belize government's ability to are important food crops in Latin Agriculture is closely related to respond to flood threats. America. Through the International food security, and is very vulnerable Human Resources Training Workshop to the threat of climate change. Program, the TaiwanICDF cooperated The TaiwanICDF and the World Aspect 3 with the International Potato Center Farmers' Organisation (WFO) jointly (CIP) and Zamorano University to organized the Caribbean Regional Holding an international hold the Healthy Potato Seedlings Workshop in Saint Christopher and forum to demonstrate the Workshop. The TaiwanICDF also Nevis and invited around 60 farmers 44 Special Reports 45

1 Interview results of implementing for the Prevention and Control of Post-evaluation Results of Food universal health coverage Chronic Renal Failure in Belize, and Security Programs at the 11th Annual In order to heighten Taiwan’s the Maternal and Infant Health Care Development Conference, and international visibility in the field of Improvement Project in the Kingdom Annual Evaluation Research Results “The TaiwanICDF has abundant research capability health cooperation and demonstrate of Eswatini. At the community level, which was published for the first time and expertise, and has performed outstandingly our achievements in implementing these projects assisted partner in an academic journal included in the with innovative practices in agricultural universal health coverage in countries in revitalizing the role Taiwan Social Sciences Citation Index collaboration with partner countries of community health workers and (TSSCI). production and rural development.” and international non-governmental integrating it into local communities to In addition, we actively participated organizations, the TaiwanICDF and improve people's self-care abilities. in international conferences at global World Vision jointly held the Realizing and regional levels, and shared Primary Health Care through project outcomes. For example, at —— Jennifer Wiegel Aspect 4 Enhanced Community Health Worker the World Farmers' Organisation Regional Coordinator for Central America, International Support forum during the 72nd (WFO) Annual General Meeting, we Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) World Health Assembly (WHA). The Sharing Taiwan's technical shared the stage with experts and forum invited domestic and foreign cooperation successes scholars from the International Fund experts, scholars, and representatives through activities in for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a of international non-governmental academic and professional United Nations specialized agency, to organizations to discuss how to fields present our successes in innovative strengthen the primary health care To present the depth and breadth financing in agriculturae. During system in partner countries by of Taiwan's foreign aid work, this year's United Nations High- supporting community health workers, the TaiwanICDF turned years of level Political Forum, the TaiwanICDF According to a joint study by the promotional efficiency of technical in the field of rice production in in order to achieve the universal accumulated technical cooperation published our measures toward the International Center for Tropical staff and serving small farmers.” Nicaragua, they had the opportunity health coverage goal advocated by experience and post-evaluation promoting education worldwide. Agriculture (CIAT) and the Food The TaiwanICDF has cooperated to interface closely with the the World Health Organization (WHO). results into academic papers and These all demonstrated to the and Agriculture Organization of the with CIAT on joint programs for more Agricultural Science and Technology In this forum, the TaiwanICDF case studies in international journals. international community Taiwan's United Nations (FAO), when the than a year. Wiegel said that during Agency in Nicaragua, and extend and Chiayi Christian Hospital These were published at home and global development contributions. global average temperature rises by the process, she witnessed the their influence to various Nicaraguan representatives shared our abroad, such as the Post-evaluation 2ºC, the impact on agriculture will TaiwanICDF’s abundant research departments to increase awareness of successful public health projects Results of Horticultural Programs at be significant, particularly for Latin capability and expertise. In particular, CIAT’s efforts on food crop varieties. such as the Capacity Building Project the Australian Aid Conference (AAC), America. the TaiwanICDF’s innovative practices Moreover, the collaboration with the Jennifer Wiegel, CIAT Regional in agricultural production and rural TaiwanICDF in app design was a Coordinator for Central America, development were outstanding. new breakthrough. The joint work emphasized that in order to combat The two organizations have the between the two organizations has the impact of climate change, in same commitment to assisting improved the efficiency of CIAT's recent years, CIAT has actively the progress of partner countries agricultural promotion. CIAT also invested in research to improve the and their governmental research contributed its expertise in statistical accuracy of agro-meteorological institutions, and have also brought out modeling to assist the TaiwanICDF in information and recommendations, the best of each side in integration making correct agricultural production and to utilize technology to effectively and collaboration so that their decisions for farmers. Wiegel is, transmit information to farmers. accomplishments and influences therefore, optimistic and excited for Furthermore, they hope to use were multiplied. She said emotionally, deeper cooperation in the future! communities as a platform for "During this period, we worked experience exchange, dissemination, together to cultivate both the land research, and decision-making. In and the ability of cooperative entities. the face of the long-term effects Everything seems so pure, natural, of climate change, CIAT is also and vibrant!" researching adaptable food varieties. For example, in Nicaragua, they Using software applications tried to find common bean and corn (apps) to help farmers make the varieties that are suitable for planting right decisions in agricultural in various regions after decades. In production addition, CIAT is developing a big Wiegel is also very grateful that, data platform so that open data can through the process of working with benefit more organizations. Their the TaiwanICDF, CIAT transitioned from In the annual meeting of the World Farmers’ Organisation, the TaiwanICDF shared the stage with experts and scholars of the United Nations specialized development of digital agriculture is the private sector of partner countries agency International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to communicate Taiwan's success stories in innovative financing in agriculfure (Left 2 is also well recognized as they progress to managing relations with the public TaiwanICDF Secretary General Timothy T.Y. Hsiang) towards the goal of "strengthening sector. For example, by participating 46 Special Reports 47

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“Leveraging the TaiwanICDF’s expertise “The joint efforts with the TaiwanICDF on and experience and working together for various aid development elements are environmental sustainability and agricultural invaluable to PADF.” climate resilience.”

—— Theo De Jager —— Katherine Taylor President, World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO) Executive Director, Pan American Development Foundation (PADF)

On May 20 this year, Timothy affecting their present and could also Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Established in 1962, the Pan the Belize Urban Resilience and and supporting more diversified T. Y. Hsiang, secretary general impact their future." Regarding WFO’s Jamaica, Saint Christopher and American Development Foundation Disaster Prevention Project. The economic development, Taylor values of the TaiwanICDF, and Theo De partnership with the TaiwanICDF, De Nevis, to share and exchange ideas. (PADF) aims to integrate the resources goal was to establish early warning Taiwan's development experiences in Jager, president of WFO, signed a Jager considers the TaiwanICDF's He has witnessed the TaiwanICDF's of all countries and assist people in mechanisms for floods by utilizing e-commerce, energy, environmental Memorandum of Cooperation on mission of promoting the social, efforts over the years in transferring Latin America and the Caribbean to the Geographic Information System protection, media literacy, public the sidelines of the World Farmers’ economic, and human resource the right combination of technology improve living standards, respond (GIS) and adopting scientific health, and women’s empowerment, Organisation (WFO) General development of global partner and technical expertise, enhancing to natural disasters, promote human monitoring technologies, promoting as well as its disaster mitigation Assembly in Luxembourg. In addition countries to be aligned with WFO's agricultural adaptive capacity to rights, and protect the environment flood control and disaster prevention infrastructure that was developed to participating in the Farmers Driven objectives. In addition, the hope is climate variability, and developing and for sustainable development. PADF education for flood-prone areas, etc. through joint work between public and Climate Change Agenda initiative that leveraging the TaiwanICDF's introducing crop disaster mitigation Executive Director Katherine Taylor Furthermore, the project will improve private sectors. She looks forward to conceived by the WFO, they have expertise, knowledge, and experience and prevention techniques. pointed out that the foundation is a the technical capabilities of Belize maintaining long-term partnerships also jointly promoted training for in capacity building activities will De Jager is very pleased to have somewhat unique organization for disaster prevention entities through a based on mutual enthusiasm on farmers and farmer organizations in bring added value to local farmers the TaiwanICDF as a long-term partner two reasons: (1) It is an important combination of capability building and issues related to aiding development, the Caribbean to share knowledge of and farmers’ organizations around in the framework of the Farmers multilateral organization under the training. and working together to improve the climate-smart agricultural technology the world, contributing to sustainable Driven Climate Change Agenda. We Organization of American States Taylor expressed her gratitude future of people in Latin America and small-scale farmers’ production and climate-resilient agriculture will also effectively expand Taiwan's (OAS) and has effective engagements for the collaboration with Taiwan and the Caribbean by balancing from Taiwan with WFO members. development. international participation and with government stakeholders in the over the years. She said that with increases in the standard of living and WFO is an organization founded increase the global visibility of Taiwan’s region; and (2) It looks at all things Taiwan’s assistance, the opportunity environmental sustainability. by farmers around the world to Reducing the impact of agriculture through cooperation necessary for development and to work with a professional technical advocate for and practice a variety disasters by enhancing with the WFO. In the future, the sustainable development issues. By institution such as the TaiwanICDF of agricultural systems. It is also the agricultural adaptive capacity two organizations will strengthen adhering to the concept of building toward improving the livelihood organizing partner of agriculture to climate variability and cooperation on farmers and farmer local capacity, PADF works with of about 350,000 people across major group of the United Nations, introducing disaster prevention organizations consultations, climate- local civil societies and community the 10 countries PADF serves by as well as an experienced partner in technologies smart agriculture, and international organizations to not only understand jointly caring for the disadvantaged; the World Trade Organization (WTO) De Jager took the Caribbean initiatives, in order to jointly improve the needs of the communities, but developing various assistance and the Conference of the Parties of Regional Workshop held by the two the well-being of farmers around the to also support the interests of the approaches; finding solutions for the UN Framework Convention on organizations at Saint Christopher world! countries and governments. the people; and sharing knowledge, Climate Change (UNFCCC COP). De and Nevis from August 14-16 technology, wisdom and creativity, has Jager, who has been responsible for this year as an example. What Establishing a flood warning been really precious for the practical- farmer development, land reform, and impressed him was that in order mechanism along with capacity minded PADF. agricultural transformation in Africa to bring together specific solutions building to improve the In particular, in the face of for many years, said, "Our mission and best practices on mitigation technical capabilities of disaster development challenges in Latin is to ensure that farmers’ voices are and adaptation to climate change, prevention and relief entities America and the Caribbean, such heard and taken into consideration this workshop invited farmers from In September 2019, the as corruption, flooding in coastal by decision-makers at the global level multiple countries in the Caribbean, TaiwanICDF and PADF jointly signed areas, using digital technology on the most relevant issues that are including Belize, Saint Lucia, a Memorandum of Cooperation on to help people find employment, 48 Special Reports 49

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“The TaiwanICDF provides long-term public “In the future, we could move towards innovative health and medical assistance programs programs jointly with the TaiwanICDF, such as for its partner countries, demonstrating implementing the Integrated Nurturing Care substantial and lasting contributions” Group project model.”

—— Hung-Yi Chiou —— Dan Irvine Master Degree Program Director, Applied Molecular Senior Director, Health and Nutrition, Epidemiology, Taipei Medical University World Vision International

Professor Hung-Yi Chiou, a consecutive years in 2018 and 2019. TaiwanICDF’s experience in building Dan Irvine has led World Vision The TaiwanICDF and World Vision Vision has focused on the field of TaiwanICDF consultant, is the former It was a great innovation to invite core competences in community International’s Health and Nutrition have cooperated for more than 10 medical information for many years, chairman of Taiwan Epidemiology representatives from partner countries, health workers, and through Department since 2007. During this years in the field of humanitarian especially the development of mobile Association, Taiwan Public Health non-governmental organizations collecting, analyzing, and providing time, he has advised development of assistance. In recent years, the digital applications for first-line data Association, and Taiwan Society engaged in international health affairs, data, and strategies and practical interventions and programs focusing two organizations have further collection and analysis. The two of International Classification of and related professional groups to action plans for improving primary on primary health care, enhancing strengthened technical assistance organizations should have a lot of Functioning, Disability, and Health. share their work experiences. In care (including training of medical the community-based health care and personnel exchanges. For shareable experiences. World Vision He is currently teaching at Taipei particular, the TaiwanICDF's long-term staff, provisions of necessary medical system and supporting community example, in 2013, Typhoon Haiyan is currently developing a number of Medical University, and also serving public health and medicine assistance supplies and equipment, and health workers in developing, fragile, severely damaged the Philippines. innovations, such as the Integrated as the chairman of Taiwan Society for programs for partner countries introduction of health information, etc), and humanitarian contexts. He is The TaiwanICDF contributed relief Nurturing Care Group project model, the Development of Long-Term Care have accumulated many valuable the TaiwanICDF could help establish an advocate of social capital and funds through World Vision and an approach using community health and Senior Health Management. Prof. experiences and achievements, a monitoring network for major accountability, as well as global dispatched a project-based volunteer volunteers to address integrated Chiou is conducting international including strengthening the partner diseases. In addition, with its strategic campaigns focused on maternal to assist in the implementation of the sets of issues in young children health research, focusing on Taiwan’s countries’ public health facilities (such partnership with relevant departments and child health and nutrition, and post-disaster reconstruction project. In care, that World Vision would like to health policy experiences and as building the skills of midwives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and violence against children. following years, the Addressing Health cooperate with the TaiwanICDF on. accomplishments in Universal Health and providing important equipment domestic NGOs, the TaiwanICDF is During the 72nd World Health and Hygiene Needs of Those Affected The approach includes addressing Coverage (UHC) and Global Burden for antenatal care and midwifery carrying out more innovative activities Assembly (WHA), World Vision by the Solomon Islands Flooding in mental health, violence, and issues of Disease (GBD). He is deeply in health clinics) by training core and cooperation globally, increasing and the TaiwanICDF co-hosted the Weathercoast, Guadalcanal Project in affecting maternal and child health. impressed by the TaiwanICDF’s competencies of partner countries’ Taiwan’s international engagement Realizing Primary Health Care through response to the Solomon Islands flood The agenda is big, giving the two advocacy in international arenas that health care workers and assisting with more flexibility! Enhanced Community Health Worker in 2014; the Assisting the Recovery organizations many opportunities to help international society recognize in the improvement of primary care Support forum with great results. of Nepal Earthquake Affected work with each other. how the TaiwanICDF adheres to the capability. These efforts demonstrated Irvine said that the two organizations’ Health Posts Project in response to trends of international public health substantial and lasting contributions strategies and programs in the field of the Nepal earthquake in 2015; and and medicine aid and engages toward United Nations Sustainable public health have many intersections, the Integrated Action for Children’s internationally. He also praised the Development Goal 3, "ensure healthy such as their longstanding focus Nutrition Project aimed at improving way the TaiwanICDF integrates global lives and promote well-being for all at on community health workers. child malnutrition in the Eastern partnerships to expand the reach of all ages." Furthermore, World Vision has a Visayas region of the Philippines Taiwan's global health cooperation. He hoped that the TaiwanICDF branch in Taiwan, which works closely in 2018, were all accomplishments would be able to expand its with the Taiwanese government and resulting from cooperation between Providing enduring public successful experiences to countries many aid agencies. the TaiwanICDF and World Vision. health and medicine assistance without diplomatic ties in the future, Irvine is very grateful for the to improve primary care in especially in line with Taiwan's The two organizations have TaiwanICDF’s contributions and looks partner countries national policy, such as Southeast cooperated in humanitarian forward to cooperation on more fronts. Prof. Chiou noted how the Asian countries including Vietnam, assistance for more than In particular, he is very interested in TaiwanICDF held forums outside Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, ten years with many the TaiwanICDF's health information the World Health Assembly for two and Thailand. By utilizing the accomplishments system projects. He said that World 50 Special Reports 51

Focus Mentoring agricultural enterprises and SMEs 2 to assist partner countries in upgrading their industries

One of the TaiwanICDF’s many the country's economic development. according to the production period. goals is to assist partner and To assist Guatemala in enhancing the This will establish stable sales developing countries in developing competitiveness of its small farmer channels and increase the number of different industries, which improves economy, Taiwan has cooperated with fruits and vegetables sold by farmers people's lives and promotes Guatemala to run the Project for the to the actual market. economic growth. In addition to Strengthening of Marketing Capacity introducing new technologies and in Family Farming. The project 2 concepts, advising partner countries mentors farmers in using better Aspect on agribusiness and SME upgrades, technology to produce products working to improve corporate that meet market needs; it also uses Using finances to help competitiveness, and invigorating their information technology to improve agricultural enterprises national economy, the TaiwanICDF the efficiency of transportation and adopt innovative has also actively shared Taiwan's marketing to comply with international technologies to improve agricultural import and export production efficiency and youth entrepreneurship related The TaiwanICDF has counseled Guatemalan farmers on improving production technology and quality and making effective use of information technology policies, plans and practices, and regulations, increasing product quality to improve the efficiency of transportation and marketing in compliance with international agricultural import and export regulations, and strengthen the young entrepreneurs' experiences competitiveness and their income. Over the past few years, competitiveness of small agricultural products. to help young people in all countries According to statistics from Saint agricultural production technology gain a better understanding of the Lucia, another one of Taiwan’s allies, has advanced rapidly worldwide. potential opportunities and risks of approximately 21.7 percent of the Many new technologies are adopted entrepreneurship. country's population is engaged in to increase productivity, reduce for working capital and equipment in a country. Taiwan ranks 18th in the Participants have said that after agricultural production. Agricultural costs, and reduce the environmental investment. Moreover, the EBRD and Global Entrepreneurship Index (GEI) studying the Taiwan government's production plays an important role in carbon footprint of agribusiness the TaiwanICDF also use finance, and 3rd in the Asia Pacific region. To mentoring model and reward Aspect 1 rural development and employment, activities. There are now technologies technical cooperation, and policy answer the industrial development mechanism for entrepreneurship but only accounts for 2.6 percent that improve farming, logistics, dialogue to nurture an environment needs of partner countries, strengthen ecology, young people in their home Enhancing the of the country's GDP. In addition, processing, trade, and breeding for the agribusiness conducive to their youth entrepreneurship, and countries will be encouraged to competitiveness of small Saint Lucia is highly dependent on processes. Additionally, in the adoption of innovative technologies promote industrial labor exchanges try to set up enterprises and use farmers and boosting the the tourism industry. Saint Lucia’s selection of agricultural materials, and improvement of production and cooperation, the TaiwanICDF has innovative thinking to create unique status of the industrial government has focused on including packaging, there is now efficiency, quality, and technical conducted the Workshop on Youth industries. There is also the hope that value chain determining how to combine the the possibility of lower environmental levels. Agribusinesses are positioned Entrepreneurship (ASEAN and South when the students start businesses, The cost and scale of small advantages of the tourism industry impact and less pollution. in the middle of the value chain and Asian Countries). The workshop’s main they will feedback the results to farmers in developing countries and agriculture in order to increase Yet, the proportion of small and via backwards and forwards linkages, themes are "Youth Entrepreneurship society, implement corporate social has made it difficult to standardize the income of small-scale food medium-sized agribusinesses provide employment in the agri-food Counseling Resources" and responsibility, protect the environment the quality of agricultural products, producers. adopting new technologies is sector and contribute to sustainable "Successful Entrepreneurs." We and ecology, and jointly build a global and the combination of inadequate The TaiwanICDF has gone far lower in developing countries and inclusive economic growth in work with the local government’s friendly entrepreneurial ecology. management and marketing beyond the prior focus of assisting than in advanced countries. For partner countries. youth innovation base and focus capabilities has also led to insufficient in improving production technology. these countries, there is an urgent on sharing youth entrepreneurship competitiveness and difficulty in Through the Project for Enhancing need to strengthen the technical mentoring policies and planning, 3 raising prices. the Efficiency of Production- level or provide an impetus to Aspect and entrepreneurial experiences. Guatemala, one of Taiwan’s Central distribution Supply Chain in Fruit and adopt innovative technologies. We also invite young entrepreneurs American allies, has a small farmer Vegetable Sector in St. Lucia, it has The TaiwanICDF and EBRD have Sharing Taiwan’s youth to share their entrepreneurial history economy that accounts for more helped agricultural cooperatives collaborated in the Financial entrepreneurship mentoring and business model on topics such than 50 percent of the country's plan their production period based Intermediary and Private Enterprises experiences to create a as crowdfunding, agriculture, and agricultural output. Building a solution on market needs and provided the Investment Special Fund-Sustainable friendly and entrepreneurial creativity, in order to help students that elevates the industrial value chain climate adjustment, cultivation, post- Agribusiness Value Chain Account global ecology understand the potential challenges for Guatemalan small farmers would harvest processing and packaging to provide financial assistance to Youth entrepreneurship is seen as and development directions in various improve farmers' livelihoods and help technologies required for production agribusinesses to meet their demand an indicator of future economic growth industry fields. 52 Special Reports 53

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“I hope that with Taiwan Technical Mission’s “Taiwan Technical Mission's comprehensive assistance, we will lead our organization’s cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture members to the production and sale of has made me confident about the results.” high-quality organic coffee.”

—— Mardoqueo Marroquín —— Ezechiel Joseph Chairman, Association of Alotecos United Farmers Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, Physical Planning, (AAUA) Natural Resources and Co-operatives, St. Lucia

In order to establish a sustainable bottleneck of increasing sales prices. program. He hopes that with Taiwan Saint Lucia, Taiwan's allied country agriculture in Saint Lucia's Gross to increase the quantity and visibility business model in rural Guatemala, Technical Mission’s assistance, he in the Caribbean, is highly dependent Domestic Product (GDP). of products; it has also guided the the TaiwanICDF has promoted the Changing the concept of will lead the organization’s members on the tourism industry. For many Saint Lucia's Minister for Agriculture farmers' cooperatives to develop a Project for the Strengthening of farmers' production with Taiwan towards the production and sales years, it has faced the problem of a Ezechiel Joseph said that the project corporatized production and sales Marketing Capacity in Family Farming. Technical Mission’s guidance of high-quality organic coffee. It will high total import of major agricultural has built in two components to reach operation mode to increase the Through a public-private partnership To assist our partner country boost turn Alotenango into the most famous products. For example, in 2016, its the mission: not only boost the yield quantity of fruits and vegetables sold in Guatemala, the project has guided its coffee economy, the project has organic coffee production area in agricultural products alone accounted capacity from the production side by farmers to the formal markets. 30 farmer organizations comprised incorporated teaching resources from Guatemala and allow the whole world for 22 percent of the total import but also increase the supply chain Joseph said that, overall, the of women and indigenous peoples in Guatemalan universities. Through to enjoy the fruit of AAUA farmers’ budget, second only to oil, making performance by strength the linkage project has involved a large team of a settlement model; it has provided workshops and seminars, it has labor. the trade deficit high. Actually, even between local farmers and various experts, sophisticated methods, and information on agricultural sales enhanced the capabilities of officials though Saint Lucia's limited natural market outlets. the cooperation between the Taiwan and market needs, helped products and AAUA members. It has also resources and environmental factors ICDF technical team and the Ministry meet market norms, and enhanced established the "Three Volcanoes" mean that it cannot produce a large Working with farmers' of Agriculture. This has made him very marketing and sales capabilities, coffee brand, actively participated number of food crops, converting cooperatives to establish stable confident about the results. For the thereby improving farmers' income in domestic exhibitions and sales, its fruits and vegetables to local sales channels achievements to date, he is thankful to and developing economies in rural attracted the attention of the catering production is still highly feasible. From the production side, this the TaiwanICDF for its guidance and areas, one of which was revitalizing industry, and anticipated entry Therefore, Saint Lucia has included project works deeply with extension training to promotional staff and the the rural coffee industry. into overseas markets. Marroquín "local production of vegetables and offices to conduct vegetable farmer Ministry of Agriculture's consultation Alotenango, located in the south has said that with the guidance of fruits" in its agricultural development surveys, provide agriculture climate department. He also has great hopes of Guatemala, has been famous Taiwan Technical Mission, not only policy, hoping to achieve the goal adaptation techniques, and utilize about future cooperation including: for coffee growing since the 18th has the farmers' production concept of "strengthening self-sufficiency and reshape current agricultural agriculture and leisure agriculture; century. Many families have survived changed, they have also classified and replacing imports." Its Ministry resource systems. Joseph has the joint creation of new technologies on this livelihood for generations. coffee by variety and quality, and the of Agriculture, Fisheries, Physical emphasized: "The comprehensive that farmers can afford, especially Yet, after putting in their hard work, improved coffee processing services Planning, Natural Resources and agricultural resource system has in climate change responsive they could only sell coffee beans to have also ensured the quality of the Co-operatives started cooperating helped farmers and extension staff to technology; and the establishment of middle agents at low prices. To solve coffee. He stressed, "We estimate with the TaiwanICDF to develop monitor important data. It is used as a new multifunctional agricultural base this dilemma, a local farmer named that coffee production this year will a project in 2017. The two parties a reference for production planning, to promote tourism and leisure and Mardoqueo Marroquín called on local increase by 30 percent from last year, launched a three-year Project pricing, marketing and import attract more local young people to small farmers to form the Association and the cup test score will exceed for Enhancing the Efficiency of decisions based on actual resources, Saint Lucia's sustainable development of Alotecos United Farmers (AAUA). 86 points. Furthermore, with our Production-distribution Supply Chain crop conditions and yield." On the of agriculture. However, due to the small farming own coffee brand, better product in Fruit and Vegetable Sector this year. market side, the project works with cost and scale, product quality has packaging, and sales strategies, the The goal is to increase local vegetable farmers’ cooperatives to establish been difficult to standardize, and price of one pound of coffee will jump and fruit production, thereby reducing market channels that will increase the lack of management, marketing from GTQ 25 to GTQ 50!" the number of imported crops, the quantity and access of local capabilities, and other skills has made In addition, Marroquín has high increasing farmers' income, and produce to multiple markets such it impossible to break through the expectations for the TaiwanICDF's strengthening the contribution of as supermarkets and hotels, so as 54 Special Reports 55

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“Working with Taiwan to promote the “Cooperating with Taiwan is not only development of micro, small and medium transformational for the beneficiary, but enterprises has made a significant contribution also contributes to a cleaner and more to Paraguay's economy.” sustainable economy and environment.”

—— Isaac Godoy Larroza —— Eugen Verdes Vice Minister, MSMEs, Associate Banker, EBRD Chisinau resident office, Ministry of Industry and Commerce of Paraguay Republic of Moldova.

The number of micro, small, and industry associations in Paraguay and properly connect them to the Moldova is a country renowned for advice to Moldova's local SMEs, trip eye-opening. They gained a better medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) to establish consultation courses Paraguay Industry Association. its agricultural produce thanks to its but has also helped about 1,000 understanding of the market structure in Paraguay exceeds 250,000, combining Paraguay's resources The integration of Paraguayan and rich soil, biological diversity, and mild Moldova companies to improve their and competitive landscape, best accounting for 61 percent of the and Taiwan's advantages; and (4) Taiwanese culture has enabled them climate. Although agriculture and the operating performance. EBRD is also practices, and required standards total workforce and having a certain conducting individual consultations to successfully debut in Paraguay's processing industry together account the largest institutional investor in and certifications needed to establish impact on Paraguay’s economic for suppliers. prestigious Asuncion Fashion Week, for approximately 12 percent of GDP Moldova, with an investment totaling an effective trade partnership with development. However, the current showing the world the potential and and employ a third of the population, over 1.3 billion EUR in the country. buyers and distributors in the region’s lack of business management Fast introduction of assistance creativity of Paraguay's SMEs and there remains untapped potential. Furthermore, working with the Food horticulture sector. They also held a capabilities and technology in resources to effectively improve capturing the attention of all apparel Since 2015, the TaiwanICDF and Agriculture Organization of the Moldovan wine tasting event in Taipei. Paraguay's MSMEs has led to poor business management and industry sectors. Larroza stated, has cooperated with EBRD on the United Nations (FAO), EBRD has To continue business opportunities operating results. Therefore, the apparel design capabilities "This plan has assisted fashion FIPEISF-Agribusiness Account conducted value chain studies for in the future, there is the possibility of Paraguay Ministry of Industry and Isaac Godoy Larroza, Paraguay's designers and businesspeople in to provide finances to assist with key fruit and vegetable products in arranging reciprocal visits by Taiwan Commerce has actively promoted Vice Minister of MSMEs, is trained achieving success, improving the agribusiness development in Central Moldova. Based on the findings, they enterprises, or for Moldovan exporters the formalization of the industry as an economist. He is adept at visibility of the apparel industry, and Eastern Europe and Central arranged seminars, conferences, and to participate in the Taipei Food Show. in recent years and has hoped to promoting public policy and has increasing the competitiveness of Asia. In 2016, an important loan was business-to-business (B2B) forums for In November 2019, the leverage Taiwan's experience in SME been involved in SMEs for many beneficiary groups, and creating provided to Moldova's leading glass local producers on how to improve the TaiwanICDF and EBRD entered into development, integrate upstream years. Regarding the TaiwanICDF's more employment opportunities for container producer to reconstruct supply of fresh fruit, vegetables, and another partnership for the FIPEISF- and downstream industries, and implementation of the SME program the overall apparel industry." its melting furnace, replacing their nuts to quality standards acceptable Sustainable Agribusiness Value strengthen the industrial value in Paraguay, he said that the program He has emphasized that MSMEs production lines with modern for specific export markets and Chain Account. Funding from this chain, thereby improving the quality, has made significant contributions to are the foundation of Paraguay's technologies. This financing enabled supermarket chains. Verdes expects cooperation will assist agribusinesses competition, and profitability of the Paraguay government and SMEs. economic development. He believes them to supply high quality bottles continued cooperation with donors in EBRD’s countries of operation in Paraguay’s related industries. Among other contributions, the plan that cooperating with Taiwan and to local wine producers, which in such as the TaiwanICDF to focus on investing in equipment expenditure, To improve the performance of has integrated the resources of the drawing on the TaiwanICDF's turn allowed the producers to export supporting prominent agribusinesses or in obtaining working capital MSMEs in Paraguay and enhance the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, experience in helping allied countries more competitive products. This has through investments and consultancy needed for business operations. functions of the relevant consultation the School of Economics of Asuncion develop industry, technology, and reduced the use of plastic bottles programs in Moldova. This cooperation also helps promote mechanism, Taiwan and Paraguay University, and SME-related industry professional personnel has gradually and contributed to a cleaner and In June 2019, Verdes and several the adoption of green relicense cooperated earlier this year to associations to strengthen their enabled Paraguay's key industries to more sustainable economy and horticulture producers and companies technology and the reduction of promote the Project to Strengthen interconnection and relationship. An strengthen their value chain, promote environment. from Moldova came on a business- greenhouse gas generated from the Capacity to Support Development of example is the fashion industry that the development of Paraguay's micro- matching and knowledge exchange food production process. It will also Paraguay MSMEs. The main tasks has been designated for assistance in SMEs, and enhance the nation's Financing the green transition visit to Taiwan. Participants included promote sustainable and inclusive of the project included: (1) assisting the first year. This model has quickly economic strength. and contributing to a cleaner Moldova’s most celebrated wineries growth by integrating farmers and the Paraguay Ministry of Industry and incorporated the assistance resources and more sustainable and canneries, all of whom treasured SMEs into modern value chains. Commerce in conducting surveys of government departments and development the opportunity to gain real insight of key industries; (2) completing the teaching institutions to effectively Eugen Verdes is based in EBRD's into Taiwan and East Asia’s market. policy planning of consultation for improve businesses' management Moldova office. He indicated that Moldovan companies had limited MSMEs; (3) cooperating with key and apparel design capabilities EBRD has not only provided business knowledge of the region and found the 56 Special Reports 57

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Focus Accelerating the progress of women's empowerment by promoting women's participation in socio- “This course establishes a mentoring framework 3 for youth entrepreneurship and enables us to economic activities see Taiwan government's encouragement and respect for youth entrepreneurship.”

Gender equality is not only a basic share resources, and enhance their to help advance their —— Vorakorn Ruetaivanichkul human right, but also has tremendous rights. Therefore, in the TaiwanICDF's socioeconomic status CEO, Hello Filmmaker socio-economic impact. The United program planning, in addition to Women in many Asian countries Nations Sustainable Development ensuring the participation ratio are limited by social status or cultural Goals call for "making gender equality of women, a set of well-rounded factors, and hence encounter more and empowerment a reality for all supporting measures were also difficulties in obtaining access to women." However, gender inequality designed to encourage women to finance. According to an October still prevails globally. The 2018 Global take part in industrial innovation. 2018 report by the Asian Development Gender Gap Report, published by Another example is the Guatemala Bank (ADB) and the Asia Foundation, the World Economic Forum (WEF), Bamboo Industries Project, which is a a non-profit organization, female The TaiwanICDF's international Vietnam, the Philippines, Cambodia, young entrepreneurs, the course also states that it will take an average of collaboration between the TaiwanICDF entrepreneurs in East Asia and the human resources training workshop Malaysia, and other countries. By allowed him to advise the government 108 years for all countries to reach and the Social Work Secretariat of the Pacific region faced a financing gap plan is based on the principle sharing experiences, Taiwan's on behalf of the film industry. He could full gender equality. Therefore, it has President’s Wife (Secretaría de Obras of 58 percent in formal finance, while of assisting allied and partner public sector gave advice on youth also see the Taiwan government's become an urgent issue to accelerate Sociales de la Esposa del Presidente male entrepreneurs only faced a 42 developing countries cultivate entrepreneurship strategies and encouragement and respect for young the progress of gender equality and de la República, or SOSEP). It percent gap. Only 5 to 6 percent of professionals in policy planning and plans, start-up loan subsidies, mass entrepreneurs. women's empowerment. provides technical training and women micro-entrepreneurs in the ASEAN economies had sufficient related fields required for economic fundraising, entrepreneurship, and Hello Filmmaker is a start-up and counseling for women in rural areas to and social development. The plan management tools. The attendees also successful film and TV platform that access to finance, and for small 1 organize bamboo processing related Aspect businesses the share was only 12 to strives to meet the following criteria: visited outstanding public and private has produced many commercials, skills. Local women use their acquired 15 percent. theme selection and promotion sectors and counselling agencies music videos, and short films. During skills to make common household Introducing technical To catalyze private capital methods should be in line with the and exchanged practical experiences the workshop, Ruetaivanichkul objects, agricultural appliances, skill training to enhance investment in the Women’s Livelihood allied countries' needs and trends with youth entrepreneurs who met Tim Cheng, CEO of FlyingV, furniture, and handicrafts. In addition in international issues, introduce assisted students in establishing an Taiwan's largest mass fundraising women's abilities to improve Bond (WLB) Series, which is to serving individual needs, the items and share Taiwan's advantages and entrepreneurial structure and strategy. platform. He took the opportunity to their families’ livelihood designed to empower underserved can also be sold in markets to create experiences, match with relevant Vorakorn Ruetaivanichkul, the current understand how individuals or small One of the essences of women's women to transition from subsistence new sources of income and help international plans inside and outside CEO of Hello Filmmaker in Bangkok, businesses can display publicity empowerment is to assist women to sustainable livelihoods and maintain or improve livelihoods. the project, cultivate policy planning Thailand, was one of the participants. content, original designs, and creative in gaining the power to control their enhance women’s financial resilience, Additionally, in order to assist and technical expertise based on He pointed out that the Thai film works to the public via the Internet, own affairs through the processes the TaiwanICDF is looking to work SOSEP in improving organizational the needs of assisted countries, and production industry is facing severe so as to effectively raise funds for of learning, participation, and with Singapore's Impact Investment capacity and in building relevant skills establish partnerships based on a challenges. Due to the rise of social mass production or for project cooperation, thereby improving Exchange (IIX) on participation in the of technical personnel, the program sustainable business philosophy. media, companies have turned to direct implementation. Ruetaivanichkul also the quality of life of individuals, WLB Series to support the rollout of also organized trainings on bamboo Over the years, it has become the contact channels with fans and have to met an Indonesian participant who is organizations, and communities. projects for women empowerment. industry related technology and cradle of professional talents. constantly look for low cost means to in the film production field as well. The In recent years, the programs Since the first issuance of the shoot movies and seek publicity, which two bonded immediately and made implemented by the TaiwanICDF and product manufacturing for SOSEP WLB Series in July 2017, to date Sharing practical experiences has greatly reduced profits for film a pact to work together, anticipating partner countries have repeatedly regional coordinators in the whole it has improved the livelihoods of through mechanisms that entrepreneurs. If entrepreneurs wish to many creative sparks on their road of incorporated designs that promote country, to facilitate their counseling 240,000 underserved women in Asia. assist students in establishing take on the challenge of making films, entrepreneurship. women's rights, education, and of local women’s organizations to The TaiwanICDF is engaging in a strategies and entrepreneurial they must compete with Thai filmmakers training to advance their career sustainably promote the program partnership with U.S. International structures or overseas platforms, as well as development. upon their return to their resident Development Finance Corporation From August 14-27 in Taipei this pirated broadcast websites. However, Nicaragua, our Central American regions. (DFC), the Australian Department of year, the TaiwanICDF conducted the the Thai government has no policy for partner country, places particular Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), and Workshop on Youth Entrepreneurship directly counseling local manufacturers. emphasis on gender equality. In the Rockefeller Foundation in the WLB Aspect 2 for ASEAN and South Asian countries, Therefore, Ruetaivanichkul was touched addition to recruiting women to join Series to amplify capital provided by which attracted 20 participants from and felt rewarded by the two-week the administration, the vice president the private sector in impact investments Russia, Oman, Jordan, Bahrain, course schedule. In addition to helping also hopes to help women take up a Providing women with so that more Asian countries can Thailand, Myanmar, Indonesia, him establish a framework for mentoring portion of their families’ livelihoods, access to financing benefit from inclusive growth. 58 Special Reports 59

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Aspect 3 community has established a Local projects in the livelihood service Emergency Committee (CODEL). industry were conducted this Encourage women to The establishment of 15 CODELs year, and 85 women from partner participate in decision- ensured women's participation, with countries participated in the training. “Taiwan and Nicaragua are brotherly making processes in women making up 32 percent of A female Nicaraguan trainee who nations. I am deeply touched by the community organizations in the members. Through participation, participated in the food processing resources devoted to farmers.” order to gradually empower local women can speak out and also technology course said that most women attain a sense of accomplishment by of them were civil servants of the gaining new knowledge and taking Nicaraguan Ministry of Family In the labor structure of developing responsibility. Economy or industry representatives countries, women are usually the of the Industrial and Commercial main providers of domestic labor and Development Association. During —— Claudia Cárdenas are responsible for maintaining the 4 Aspect their stay in Taiwan, through a variety basic food and clothing needs of their Co-Director, Institute of Agricultural Technology, of courses and factory visits, they had families (such as engaging in small- Nicaragua Overturning women's direct exposure to Taiwan's economic scale farming). Ensuring women have existing career perception development and innovation fair opportunities and participate in by conducting vocational capabilities. Upon their return, they the decision-making process on all training projects in the planned to share what they learned levels of economic development not livelihood service industry in processing and manufacturing only has a positive impact on society In order to provide women with others by holding seminars or and the economy, but is also one of with fair economic resources and workshops. At the same time, they the key elements for a country and realize substantive gender equality, wanted to popularize methods to The World Economic Forum’s crops, rice and common beans. seeds; and assisting in breeding new society’s sustainable development. in the TaiwanICDF’s vocational utilize ingredients and avoid waste, (WEF) 2018 Global Gender Gap The program implemented the ratio varieties that are drought-resistant Therefore, the TaiwanICDF training projects, commissioned by and to apply some new marketing Report shows that in the categories principle of gender equality during and have short production cycles, encourages women to participate in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for concepts to the promotion of their of literacy, life expectancy, visits to the countryside for farmer and high nutrition to combat climate the decision-making processes of the first time this year, vocational country’s products to help them parliamentary representation, and counseling by ensuring that a certain change. What impressed her greatly their communities’ public affairs, so training courses related to the expand to international markets. labor participation, our Central percentage of the beneficiary farmers was the mobile app designed by that women’s empowerment can be livelihood service industry were Attending vocational training American partner Nicaragua has were women and letting them lead the Technical Mission, which allows gradually promoted. covered, such as food processing courses in Taiwan has helped these narrowed the gender gap ratio by the field work. The same concept was farmers to obtain real-time climate Take the TaiwanICDF's Improving technology, Chinese cooking, tourism female trainees successfully overturn 80.9 percent, ranking 5th in the world also extended to programs associated data, to determine the proper time for Community Resilience in the Dry and hospitality, and hospitality their original career perceptions, for gender equality. This can be seen with the handicraft and innovation sowing and applying fertilizers. Corridor of Honduras Project in management. These provided effectively helping promote the spirit from the gender ratio of the heads industries, which encouraged women's Cárdenas described the friendship collaboration with CARE Honduras as opportunities for women workers of gender equality. of Nicaragua's cabinet. The Vice participation with comprehensive between Taiwan and Nicaragua as an example. In order to establish the in partner countries to visit Taiwan President as well as many important supporting measures. being "brotherly nations." She counted ability to implement an early warning for short-term intensive vocational ministerial heads are women. the accomplishments resulting mechanism for drought among training to enhance their skills. Claudia Cárdenas, co-director of the Developing new varieties that from the cooperation between the 15 beneficiary communities, each A total of six vocational training Institute of Agricultural Technology are drought-resistant and have Taiwan Technical Mission and INTA. (INTA), which is responsible for the short production cycles to The resources invested in farmers' agricultural affairs of Nicaragua, is combat climate change education and training alone were one of these outstanding women. Cárdenas emphasized that a point of great appreciation for her. Women's empowerment is to assist Nicaragua relies on agricultural and Through different training mechanisms women in learning, participating, animal husbandry production, and for farmers, such as training and cooperating through individuals, how the Taiwan Technical Mission classes, farmers' assemblies, video organizations, and communities, has cooperated with the Nicaraguan conferences, variety presentations, so that they can gain the power to government in supporting the and field observation events, 100,000 control their own affairs and improve country’s policies for many years people have already benefited. their personal lives, organizational and invested in the establishment Furthermore, the implementation functions, and the quality of community of relevant mechanisms, a variety of of various ongoing programs has life. In recent years, the TaiwanICDF research, and knowledge promotion. improved agricultural food production. has cooperated with Nicaragua to Examples include establishing In addition to significantly improving The Guatemala Bamboo Industry Project implement many programs, which community seed banks; assisting the livelihoods of small farmers, the provides rural women's groups with technical training and counseling on bamboo all contain designs for promoting farmers in organizing cooperatives, programs have realigned Nicaragua processing. It has assisted women through women's rights, education, and training production, marketing classes, from a state that is highly dependent learning, participation and cooperation to gain to advance their career development. etc.; counseling on production on food imports to being able to control of their own affairs and enhance their personal lives, organizational functions, and As an example, Cárdenas pointed and seeding to reduce production export some agricultural products, quality of community life. to how the program improved the costs; properly using pesticides, thereby ensuring its food security and quality and yield of two major food tools, management materials, and expanding its market potential. 60 Special Reports 61

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“Women now have a concept of technology, “We hope to exert greater influence in Asia products, and markets, and hence have with Taiwan’s support, to benefit more developed confidence in themselves.” underserved women.”

—— Ingrid Lorena Divas Dubon —— Durreen Shahnaz Secretary, Social Work Founder and CEO, Impact Investment Exchange (IIX) Secretariat of the President’s Wife (Secretaría de Obras Sociales de la Esposa del Presidente, or SOSEP), Guatemala

The Social Work Secretariat of the as a shortcut to rapid income growth entrepreneurs, as well as assistance "Impact Investing" refers to families, communities and countries. the U.S. International Development President’s Wife (Secretaría de Obras in the country. In the past, when in marketing, business operations, the capital investments, whether This will bridge the gender gap and Finance Corporation, the Australian Sociales de la Esposa del Presidente, SOSEP carried out counseling and management. For example, through stocks, bonds, or funds, effectively address poverty and Department of Foreign Affairs or SOSEP) was established in 1994 activities to improve handicraft in October of this year, it held the aiming to generate positive social inequality. and Trade, and the Rockefeller under the President’s Office of technology, production, and marketing Paseo artisanal product exhibition for or environmental impacts as well Shahnaz has pioneered the Foundation to support the issuance Guatemala. Led by the president's with women's organizations, the handicrafts in Cayalá, the capital of as financial returns, while ensuring concept of social stock exchanges. of the WLB series and catalyze wife, it is a department that promotes biggest bottleneck was that women Guatemala. SOSEP assisted in the transparency and accountability. In 2013, IIX partnered with the more private capital towards social and supports the health, education, from rural areas were oblivious to production of product catalogs and Impact Investment Exchange (IIX), Mauritius Stock Exchange and impact across Asia. Looking ahead, nutrition, and entrepreneurship of new technologies such as the use publicity matters, and invited more founded by Bengali-American created the Impact Exchange. In Shahnaz expressed her excitement Guatemala's most vulnerable groups of bamboo. In collaboration with the than 80 women's organizations to entrepreneur Durreen Shahnaz, is July 2017, through the issuance of over this effort, "With the support through various social programs. TaiwanICDF, the programs have given participate in the exhibition, which a specialized enterprise committed Women's Livelihood Bond (WLB), of Taiwan, the WLB series will have Secretary Ingrid Lorena Divas women a concept of technology, displayed trendy bamboo products, to creating an ecosystem for impact IIX raised funds globally to make greater impact in Asia, benefit more Dubon pointed out that women are products, and markets, through embroidery, wood carving, porcelain, investments. It has been supported loans to microfinance institutions underserved women, and enable not only the important recipients which they developed confidence in jams, dried fruits, honey, and other by several UN agencies, the Asian (MFIs) and impact enterprises investors to continually participate in of assistance in the programs, but themselves. handicrafts and processed foods. Development Bank, and countries (IEs) in Southeast and South Asia, the sustainable development of local also play a key role in improving the Dubon used the TaiwanICDF's Due to the huge size of Guatemala, including the United States, Australia, providing local women with access communities." economy. Therefore, the secretariat’s Bamboo Industries Project the development level and access Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Korea, to productive capital and enhancing key target is women's organizations (Guatemala) as an example. The to resources differ significantly for Sweden, and more. their financial resilience, thereby in 340 cities across 22 departments. technical staff of the secretariat and different towns. Dubon hopes the Recalling her vision of creating helping them transit from subsistence In recent years, the secretariat has women's organizations in rural areas TaiwanICDF can focus on micro- IIX 10 years ago, Shahnaz said, "I livelihoods to sustainable ones. To cooperated with the Taiwan Technical received training from the project, enterprises to provide market founded IIX as part of my vision to date, thanks to the WLB, 240,000 Mission on a number of programs to and learned about bamboo value- trends research on handicrafts for change financial systems so that women have benefited, and nearly strengthen rural women's production add processing, bamboo product women's organizations, and assist we could create a more inclusive 200,000 households have seen their capacity and technology, create more design, raw material processing and SOSEP's technical staff in conducting world – especially for women." In livelihoods improve. economic return, and thus revitalize utilization, as well as technology such professional training on marketing and Asia, for example, women are often the local economy, which have as bamboo handicrafts and furniture e-commerce so that the two can jointly systematically excluded from financial Supporting the issuance of produced many fruitful results. production. In addition to becoming contribute to the future development markets and therefore from a dignified bonds and catalyzing private the seeds of technology promotion, of women's empowerment in life. Impact investing unlocks greater capital Focusing on micro-enterprises the trainees improved their abilities to Guatemala. amounts of private capital and To advance the United Nations to help women improve develop new products to strengthen connects global markets, allowing Sustainable Development Goals, technology, products, and market competitiveness. In addition, businesses and organizations to such as Goal 1 (No Poverty), Goal markets the TaiwanICDF carried out the Project realize their potentials of impacting 2 (Zero Hunger), Goal 5 (Gender According to the 2018-2019 for the Revitalization of Crafts and communities by assisting women in Equality), Goal 8 (Decent Work), Guatemala Global Entrepreneurship Youth Entrepreneurship in the Towns accessing financing, other financial Goal 13 (Climate Action), and Goal Monitoring Report, micro- of Antigua and Sacatepéquez. It services, and productive assets, and 17 (Partnerships), the TaiwanICDF entrepreneurship has been regarded provided technical advice for female allowing opportunities to reshape their is taking steps to join forces with 62 Special Reports 63

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“This project encourages women to contribute in “It is a viable way for women to improve community work, participate in decision-making, their living standards via micro, small, or and play a key role in protecting their homes.” medium-sized enterprises.”

—— Yan-Ping Lin —— Heidi Seitz Project Volunteer, Improving Community Resilience in Staff at a family-operated restaurant and hotel in Paraguay the Dry Corridor of Honduras Project

The Dry Corridor in southern her perspective, we can see the emergency responses. In particular, Among all types of cooperation, are mainly based on practical pleasantly surprised by the practical Honduras has been suffering from TaiwanICDF's efforts in improving the in the process of community vocational training programs have exercises. By holding tours of star- course on beverages. She found that droughts on a regular basis. In disaster resilience management of participation and project execution, always been highly anticipated by rated hotels and arranging internship many interesting kinds of drinks can recent years, climate anomalies have local women. they gained opportunities to interact partner countries and can bring courses, the class allows students be created with tea as the base. severely threatened the livelihood, Lin pointed out that the Dry Corridor with the outside world, allowing them about the most benefit in terms of to learn from practice and helps In particular, the international hotel nutrition, health, and environment of is the poorest area in Honduras and to demonstrate their potential and improving human resources. The them understand the actual working management experiences shared in residents in the area. Therefore, the the residents are mainly farmers. even influence government decisions. TaiwanICDF implemented the Latin environment in a hotel, the nature of the classroom gave her new ideas TaiwanICDF cooperated with CARE Women in this area have few job Lin emphasized, "I observed that America and the Caribbean Countries the work, and the guidelines. and strategies for her family-owned Honduras to implement the Improving opportunities and most of them marry the women participating in the Vocational Training Projects- Tourism Heidi Seitz, who works in a hotel, as she began to consider Community Resilience in the Dry at a young age. Busy with housework project were very happy to be given and Hospitality Class starting in family-operated restaurant and changes in approaches at work to Corridor of Honduras Project in 15 and farming in the field, they have these opportunities for learning September 2019. The projects offered hotel in Paraguay, cherished this introduce some work models that selected communities in Choluteca limited living and social circles and and development. They actively classes held in Spanish and attracted learning opportunity. She said that would improve quality and efficiency. and Valle that have received less scant education resources, let alone participated and performed well. 24 students from five countries in Latin America, women are often Seitz stated, "I believe that international assistance resources. access to concepts and skills in They seemed excited and proud including Guatemala, Honduras, in a disadvantaged position in the through this learning experience, The project assisted the target responding to climate change. that their efforts can contribute to the Nicaragua, Paraguay, Saint Vincent labor market. Not only do they have each participant can have a deeper communities in disaster preparedness This project emphasized community." and the Grenadines, to undergo unstable jobs, low wages, and limited understanding of the tourism and and the ability to respond and recover participation from all community levels. Lin stated that the project results intensive training for 11 weeks in choices, they also have to take care hospitality profession, which will from disasters through enhancing Therefore, in planning the emergency seek not only to improve the disaster Taiwan. of their family. Their working hours are definitely be useful at work in the CODEL’s drought monitoring and response committee, there were resilience of communities in the Dry often two to three times that of men. future." She believes that although forecasting capabilities, increasing guaranteed spots for women so that Corridor, but more importantly, to Teaching sound professional Constrained by their education level the career path for women in Latin knowledge and skills of risk they could also serve as community encourage women to step out of skills with a combination of and workplace culture, most women America is more challenging, there management, and additionally, representatives and receive various their homes, engage in community theory and practice. find it difficult to cover basic living are still opportunities for women in installing small-scale infrastructures types of training, including training work, and participate in decision- The course consists of academic costs such as medical care, food, entrepreneurship with the help of such as water storage. related to early warning systems, making so that they can participate in and skills classes. The academic and children's education with a single professional inspiration along with formulating disaster emergency the Honduras government’s national classes aim to teach students basic salary. Therefore, it is a viable way to detail-oriented qualities that women The organization has response plans and community risk vision and plans for climate change skills in tourism and hospitality, improve their living standards through can leverage. guaranteed spots for women response procedures, and using mitigation and adaptation, and play a such as guest reception, front micro, small and medium-sized so that they can also receive the mobile application CommCare, key role in protecting their homes. desk operations, housekeeping enterprises. various trainings among other topics. Women collected operations, cleaning of public areas, Speaking of what she gained from Yan-Ping Lin, a former TaiwanICDF and monitored agricultural-related hotel management, etc., and to her trip to Taiwan, Seitz found the volunteer in Saint Lucia and climate variability factors in order understand bar operation practices, culinary class particularly memorable. Nicaragua, set out on the volunteer to understand the relationship basic restaurant service skills, and The experience in assisting with the journey again one year after the between climate change and their preparation of snacks and desserts. plate layout in the hotel kitchen for implementation of the project, and communities. They observed various The main goal is to train participants the banquet room sparked creative spent three months participating in data in the communities for record in basic tourism and hospitality ideas that she wanted to apply the project’s end line survey. Through keeping as a basis for reporting and professional skills. The skills classes to Paraguayan . She was 64 Special Reports 65

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The TaiwanICDF has assisted partner and allied Environmental sustainability has its tourism policy, making ecological Developed countries such as Europe, countries in promoting sustainable tourism through become the focus of global attention. tourism with an emphasis on the United States, New Zealand, and workshops, taking into account both sightseeing and Several of the United Nations environmental sustainability its main Australia have invested in green and environmental protection. Sustainable Development Goals are axis of development. sustainability related assets. "Green" related to environmental issues. This The TaiwanICDF's horticultural has become a new trend in the demonstrates the importance and promotion program in Palau has development of international capital urgency of promoting environmental helped local farmers produce twenty markets. sustainable, the TaiwanICDF has metric tons of vegetables and The TaiwanICDF has long Aspect 3 country's Bank Audi in response to To help allied and partner countries long used the Taiwan Technical fruits and 80,000 high-quality taro collaborated with European Bank for Lebanon's sustainable development establish sustainable tourism patterns, Missions to help partner countries seedlings, which will increase the Reconstruction and Development Promoting green economy policy. respect the natural environment, and implement environmentally friendly output of local vegetables and fruits (EBRD) on various development financing mechanism, Given the successful deployment safeguard local residents' culture and farming models, promote eco-friendly by 10 percent. This program has also issues. As early as 10 years ago, improving energy efficiency, of GEFF in Lebanon, the TaiwanICDF's existing rights, the TaiwanICDF has food varieties, create processed developed processed agricultural both parties had already considered and developing alternative Deputy Secretary-General Shyy cooperated with Japan's Sasakawa agricultural products, shape products that are rich in local green and environmental protection energy sources was invited by the EBRD to attend Peace Foundation (SPF) to conduct community industrial chains, and characteristics, have strong tourism issues as important areas of the Workshop on GEFF and the eco-tourism promotion workshops. The Middle East and North Africa develop ecological tourism. potential, and are compatible with cooperation, which demonstrates International Beirut Energy Forum The course content combines (MENA) region has about 60 percent In addition, the TaiwanICDF has the native people's tastes. This has Taiwan's contribution to climate (IBEF) in Lebanon in September. domestic tourism e-commerce and of the world's oil reserves and 40 also actively invested in the field provided added value to agriculture and environment-related indicators During the IBEF session, the helps participants divide in groups percent of natural gas resources. Yet, of "green finance" and worked with and propelled the economic in the Sustainable Development TaiwanICDF and EBRD promoted and produce eco-tourism itineraries great gaps exist between countries international organizations to help development of the community. Goals. The cooperative experience GEFF’s achievements in tackling the from an industrial perspective. The rich in natural resources and those partner countries improve energy To support Palau's policy to between the TaiwanICDF and EBRD issue of green financing and showed course not only trains participants' dependent on such resources. Some efficiency and develop alternative transform its tourism industry into on green finance is also worth sharing the results from this partnership to the planning abilities and promotes countries that are net importers energy sources. eco-tourism, the TaiwanICDF has with domestic and foreign financial region's financial and energy players. traditional local culture and arts to of petrochemical fuels face the also cooperated with Japan's industries. create revenue, but also enables challenge of financially coping with Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF) In September of this year, at the participants to understand the Aspect 1 the rapidly growing demand for 4 to incorporate demonstration farms EBRD Syndication Forum hosted Aspect connection between tourism and local energy, particularly electricity. in the eco-tourism locations planned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs community development. The MENA region is highly Helping to increase by the Foundation where visiting in Taipei, Christian Kleboth, EBRD Organizing eco-tourism For example, Paraguayan trainees susceptible to the risk of climate agricultural production by eco-tourism groups are received; head of Loan Syndication, presented workshops to promote have been interviewed by their local change impact due to water scarcity transforming the tourism the farms present the beauty of the syndication opportunities in environmentally sustainable TV networks after returning to their and concentration of economic industry into ecological their natural ecology and provide a EBRD’s countries of operation to tourism home country. They shared the activity in coastal areas. Furthermore, tourism sustainable agricultural experience Taiwanese financial institutions. The According to UN World Tourism wetland eco-tourism itinerary for the MENA region has the world’s third In recent years, the Pacific island through use of diverse crops and TaiwanICDF's Deputy Secretary Organization (UNWTO) statistics, Paraguay that they created during largest growth of carbon emissions, country Palau has been affected friendly environment as environmental General Alex L. J. Shyy also the tourism industry accounts for 10 their study period, and expressed the compounding the risk of climate by global climate change. Irregular education materials. introduced how the TaiwanICDF’s percent of the global GDP and of the concept of developing tourism while change. rainfall distribution and extreme participation through special funds, world's employment opportunities. ensuring environmental protection. For example, Lebanon has long weather has led to instability in food especially in green projects, has had Nevertheless, the development of the They also used the opportunity to tell Aspect 2 faced obsolete energy regulations production. Rising sea levels have positive environmental impact. One tourism industry is often accompanied Paraguayan viewers about Taiwan, and climate change related threats also reduced the country's arable example is the provision of a loan to by negative impacts, including which has enhanced our image of to its water security. It has an urgent areas. While tourism is Palau's Long-term investment the ArcelorMittal steel plant in Bosnia damage to natural resources, or even providing foreign aid. demand for energy efficiency and main economic source, an increase in green finance and and Herzegovina to renew the plant's the distortion of the appearance of alternative energy investments. Thus, in tourist numbers have also had advocating for its adoption old combined heat and power (CHP) the original culture; local residents since 2018, the TaiwanICDF and an environmental impact and by the domestic financial station. The loan aims to improve of tourist attractions may have to EBRD have promoted the Green overburdened the ecologically fragile industry energy efficiency of the facilities and withstand damages caused by Economy Financing Facility (GEFF) islands. In recent years, the Palau The topics "green finance" and build a cleaner and more sustainable tourists without seeing any substantial Lebanon, providing financing to the government has actively adjusted "green investment" are on the agenda. environment for the city. benefits. 66 Special Reports 67

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“Thank you for the contribution of the Taiwan “I look forward to the TaiwanICDF becoming Technical Mission in Palau. We look forward a dialogue platform between Pacific island to the opportunity to come to Taiwan and countries and the US, Australia, New Zealand, study the local tourism model.” Japan, and other state aid organizations.”

—— John Techitong —— Hideyuki Shiozawa Member, Ngatpang State Legislature, Palau Senior Program Officer, Pacific Islands Program, Japan Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF)

John Techitong, currently a member attraction can lead Palau agriculture The ecotourism itinerary, which Hideyuki Shiozawa has had a deep with education to change the concept the long-established demonstration of Palau's Ngatpang State Legislature, towards sustainable development. opened for Japanese tourists relationship with the TaiwanICDF. He is of nutrition intake in the community. farm as a tourist base for tourists to has long promoted ecotourism. As a For this reason, the Taiwan earlier this year, has given him great currently responsible for Micronesia's He expressed his admiration for the visit and experience, and has also state government employee, he has Technical Mission has cooperated confidence about the planning of this marine security program, an eco- Technical Mission's persistent long- combined the knowledge and skills visited Japan to receive ecotourism with Japan's SPF from this year concept. On top of being grateful tourism program in Palau implemented term effort in continuing to supply of horticultural projects to expand training and has also served as the onwards to assist Palau in promoting to the Taiwan Technical Mission for by Japan's non-profit organization fresh, inexpensive vegetables and cooperation with the community's state's ecotourism coordinator and tourism. To attract Japanese tourists, their contributions, he also looks Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF), sharing the concept of healthy residents. The guided tour includes commissioner of Palau Conservation the demonstration farm is listed as forward to having the opportunity to and for the dialogue on cyber eating, which has produced positive an introduction to the history of the Society’s conservation area program. one of the important attractions; a study Taiwan’s local tourism model security policy between Pacific island changes. Taiwan Technical Mission in Palau, Even after being elected to the guided itinerary has also been set and observe the needs of Taiwanese countries and Japan. Since 2003, in the mission's program contents, Ngatpang State Legislature at the end up, which includes an overview visitors on site. He looks forward to the course of 16 years he has worked Expanding cooperation with fruit tasting, and a taro ball making of 2018, he has continued to serve as of Taiwan's Technical Mission in distilling his experience of serving as a Japan International Cooperation community residents by experience. the state's ecotourism coordinator. Palau, the itinerary, fruit tasting, Japanese tourists and customizing Agency (JICA) volunteer teacher combining existing project- Although the cooperation is still in and a taro production experience. a suitable itinerary for Taiwanese in Marshall Islands, an economic related knowledge and skills its infancy, Shiozawa has already seen Expanding the agricultural It has expanded the value chain of tourists, and increasing the visibility of adviser at the Embassy of Japan in Shiozawa pointed out that the many opportunities and directions. He industry value chain through Palau's agricultural industry through Ngatpang's ecotourism. Marshall Islands, a first secretary at TaiwanICDF and SPF are practical hopes the TaiwanICDF can encourage innovative tourism methods innovative tourism methods. the Embassy of Japan in Fiji, and and accumulate knowledge and Taiwanese tourists to participate more Regarding ecotourism promotion, Techitong has pointed out that as a senior planning specialist at the experience based on facts and in this sightseeing activity. He also Techitong recounted what he learned a member of State Legislature and Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF) challenges. They both aim to promote looks forward to promoting this activity after being invited by the Japanese ecotourism coordinator, he is currently in Tokyo, Japan. He has also worked the sustainable development of to various states and other Pacific non-profit organization Sasakawa busy building a Palau ecotourism and maintained friendly relations Pacific island countries. Therefore, island countries in the future. On Peace Foundation (SPF) to study online booking website and continues with Taiwan Technical Missions and the two parties have specially one hand, it can help them develop in Japan. He said that Japanese to develop local features to improve our projects, and can testify to the selected Ngatpang as a base in a sustainable and resilient society; businesses' combination of eco- the visibility of Palau's ecotourism. TaiwanICDF's contributions to Pacific Palau to collaborate in ecotourism on the other hand, Taiwan's national environment and tourism development With technical assistance from SPF, it island countries over the years. in order to help the local community network that has been cultivated is worthy of learning from and the is expected to be completed and to Shiozawa has used his service in achieve a balance in economic in the South Pacific for many years method of Japanese service culture commence operations in early 2020. Marshall Islands as an example: in interests and natural and cultural can enable the Technical Mission should also be taught to the Palau In the future, it will be offered as a order to improve the problem of non- protection. The plan is based on the to become a dialogue platform for community, which would help attract quota tour (limited to eight people per communicable diseases, the Taiwan concept of communal ecotourism. Pacific Islanders, their government, Japanese tourists. At the same time, day). It will try to achieve a balance Technical Mission has encouraged Each touring group is limited to eight and like-minded aid organizations he has harbored high hopes about between ecological protection residents to consume more fruits people and charges a reasonable in the US, Australia, New Zealand, the demonstration farms set up by the and tourism income, attract more and vegetables. In agriculture, the fee. It is led by community members and Japan to jointly seek effective TaiwanICDF's horticultural production community input, and jointly develop Mission is not only adept at obtaining who cook local cuisine and provide collective action to enhance the and nutrition enhancement program unique ecological tourist attractions materials locally and overcoming the visitors with a personal experience. prosperity and well-being of Pacific in Palau. He hopes that integrating and plan itineraries and support for restrictions on fruit and vegetable Among them, the Taiwan Technical Islanders. ecotourism as an important tourist various connections. production, it has also complemented Mission has made sound use of 68 Special Reports 69

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“The TaiwanICDF’s concessional funding is “The TaiwanICDF's foreign aid and diversified key to the success of GEFF in Lebanon.” orientation have added different possibilities and spark to the diplomatic arena.”

—— Chadi Abou Nohra —— Michael Wu Head of Unit / Environmental Lending Coordinator, Executive Director, MyTaiwanTour Bank Audi, Lebanon

At the end of 2018, the TaiwanICDF North Africa. He mentioned that Bank perspective, the overall environment Sightseeing and tourism are tourism revenue from a company's Wu was invited to participate in the and EBRD began to cooperate on Audi currently manages three green of Lebanon provides sufficient important forces for promoting global perspective. At the age of 37, he ecotourism promotion workshop to a pilot Green Economy Financing finance-related programs, of which incentives for local banks and their economic development, especially studied aerospace management at a share his expertise. This indicates Facility (GEFF) program in Lebanon, GEFF has the most comprehensive corporate customers to participate in for developing countries where university. When he was in the military, that different possibilities and providing financing to Bank Audi for financial and technical support, the GEFF program. manufacturing is not available. he chose to serve in Nicaragua sparks have occurred on Taiwan's them to offer green financial products being the program with the highest Bank Audi's successful experience In recent years, the TaiwanICDF as a diplomatic alternative service diplomatic stage. In the course for the bank’s residential, micro or level of customer inquiry and the has created a demonstrative effect has cooperated with various allied officer. After entering society, he of interacting with students, he small and medium-sized enterprises best execution efficiency. The for GEFF and inspired other Lebanon countries to increase their tourism was temporarily responsible for the found that participants who are in in order to facilitate energy efficiency, TaiwanICDF's concessional funding banks to take part. In this regard, industry's revenue. It has taken into seminar business in the TaiwanICDF charge of tourism policies in partner renewable energy, and resource especially is the key factor to the Nohra has stated that he is not account sustainable development before entering the airline industry. A countries and who have experienced efficiency. successful deployment of GEFF. worried about market competition as an important governance goal series of experiences led him to the the excitement of Taiwan will help The GEFF program was such a Locals in Lebanon have identified and believes that the participation and successively invested related path of tourism entrepreneurship in formulate their countries' tourism big success that it has become well- GEFF as a brand of green financial of other competitors would merely resources. In March this year, a two- 2014. Offering in-depth experiential strategy and guidelines. Wu has also known in Lebanon's local market products from Taiwan (TaiwanICDF) expand the scale and jointly assist week eco-tourism promotion seminar travel itineraries, he served European, learned a lot through his teaching since 2019. EBRD decided to further and Europe (EBRD). the robust development of Lebanon's was held; 18 participants from 11 American, and Japanese tourists and given that everyone in the audience promote GEFF, arranging and green finance. He emphasized that countries in the Pacific, Caribbean, supplemented by online evaluations, is a potential customer; between hosting a session on "The Future of With the imminent passage of a on the basis of the existing GEFF and Central American regions he overcame regional barriers. communication and brainstorming, Green Financing" in the International new bill, Lebanon's new energy cooperation, Bank Audi looks forward were invited to Taiwan. By sharing Not only has his business been he has received many unique Beirut Energy Forum and inviting market looks optimistic to cooperating with the TaiwanICDF Taiwan's experience in managing consecutively awarded five stars by viewpoints, ideas, and feedback the TaiwanICDF to speak on the Nohra has added that the in the near future to continue the natural resources and rebuilding old TripAdvisor travelers worldwide, it has worthy of further implementation panel. During the session, GEFF was Lebanese government is about to second-phase program. He also humanities, it has assisted partner also been selected as an inbound and commercialization. Upon promoted as the model for helping the pass a new energy law to encourage hopes that Bank Audi can become countries in developing sustainable travel agency by Taipei World returning home after their studies, the development of sustainable energy private green energy free trading a loyal partner of the TaiwanICDF as tourism and respecting the natural University to receive foreign guests. workshop participants will be able to in Middle East and North Africa mechanisms. At the same time, the it expands its business in the Middle environment, local culture and replicate relevant models and help countries. government also imposes taxes or East. residents' right to live, while ensuring Helping trainees formulate their countries' government promote Chadi Abou Nohra is responsible penalties in order to compel high that relevant benefits can be returned homeland tourism strategies sustainable tourism. for the GEFF program at Bank Audi. pollution or energy consuming to local residents and the landscape through the excitement of In an exclusive interview with the enterprises to propose improvement and environmental integrity can be experiencing Taiwan TaiwanICDF during the Forum, he said measures. Therefore, Bank Audi maintained. Wu has said that he was that Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, is is very optimistic about Lebanon's As a domestic travel operator, particularly touched to return to a financial hub in the Middle East and new energy market, especially the Michael Wu, CEO of MyTaiwanTour, the TaiwanICDF’s workshops as a that the financial sector is relatively development of renewable energy. was a lecturer in this workshop. He tourism operator. In the past, the sound. Bank Audi is the largest Nohra has also revealed that the bank explained the effective management workshop theme was mostly focused Lebanese bank and actively operates already has many customers who of sustainable tourism and shared on the agricultural field, but with not only in Lebanon but also in other have proposed potential loan requests how to consider environmental the TaiwanICDF's foreign aid and countries in the Middle East and for green investments. 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Focus Using capabilities to build a solid foundation and 5 help partner countries continuously develop

The TaiwanICDF uses Taiwan’s also been taken into account to Since 2013, the TaiwanICDF has comparative advantages and assist small farmers with marketing, expanded its medical cooperation development experience to focus and to counsel staff in cooperating from previous medical services on five major areas: agriculture, units to facilitate future transfers. to assisting partner countries in public health, education, information Implementing numerous strong links strengthening healthcare and health and communications technology, in the agricultural industry chain systems. In terms of implementation, and the environment. Projects ensures the longevity of the plan resources from Taiwan’s public focus on integrating technology, outcomes. and private health systems have capital, human resources, and other For example, the Agricultural been introduced through technical resources in accordance with the Production Project assisted Honduran cooperation. The TaiwanICDF, working The TaiwanICDF attended the TVET event held by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration in mid-October this year, and jointly witnessed the outstanding achievements of the program over the past 10 years. development strategies and goals farmers in cultivating 300 hectares of with cooperating units and recipient of allied and partner countries. newly-developed fruit trees, including countries’ health departments, has Detailed plans and definitions, 100 hectares of guavas, 88 hectares come up with effective solutions, preparations, and negotiations are of papayas, and 67 hectares of especially in building the professional used to analyze the challenges Indian dates. The project trained capabilities of relevant staff and produced by this project was the first International Centre for Technical and in this program, to increase their and obstacles in the development technicians on demonstration farms, developing solutions based on a survey of its kind in Belize. Not only Vocational Education and Training willingness to give credit to students process. Based on this, capacity assisted promoters, and established comprehensive approach to ensure was it used by Belize as a reference is to “ensure that all young people by familiarizing the FIs with student building and technology transfer production and marketing teams as sustainability. for policy formulation, but it has also have equitable access to courses that loan operations. have become the core cooperation well as cooperative societies to jointly For example, the Capacity attracted the attention of international are suitable for learning or lifelong The TVET program has program themes to help partner develop the market. In addition, the Building Project for the Prevention organizations and scholars who are skills building in order to meet their 24 participating schools and countries build up their required project successfully established the and Control of Chronic Renal interested in cooperating with the individual needs.” organizations, has benefited capabilities. Specific methods such capabilities of cooperating units, Failure in Belize, which was jointly TaiwanICDF to implement kidney Central American allied countries 470 students directly, and has as expert consultations, technical including the ability to grow and implemented by the TaiwanICDF and disease prevention and research in value the importance of technological implemented 10 TA sub-projects. training, functional improvements, promote newly-developing fruit trees. the Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, other regions in the future. The Belize and vocational education for the With the promotional activities, and business assistance have The plan provided many rural trained five Belizean seed instructors Ministry of Health has also agreed to promotion of human resources and local schools, organizations, banks helped partner countries overcome families with work opportunities and on hemodialysis in Taiwan, and collaborate with the TaiwanICDF and competitiveness. However, they are and governments have gradually technological gaps, increase added effectively improved the livelihoods worked with them to conduct local the Far Eastern Memorial Hospital to limited by the inability of young people realized the benefits of student value, and improve people’s living of farmers. From this perspective, it hemodialysis trainings for 20 Belizean publish academic papers in order to to afford tuition, and insufficient loans and successfully introduced standards. Such programs have achieved the goal of creating balanced nurses. To increase the sustainability enhance the international visibility of teaching resources. Therefore, the student loan services into Central produced excellent results for many development in Honduran agriculture. of this training, the project cooperated Taiwan’s foreign aid work. TaiwanICDF cooperated with the America. Currently, this program years. The plan ended in 2013, but over the with the Nurses and Midwives Council Central American Bank for Economic has been the catalyst to encourage years, many farmers who started as of Belize to establish a training system Integration (CABEI) to promote the many governments and banks in Aspect 3 hired workers became employers for dialysis nurses in Belize, and CABEI Technological and Vocational the region to provide student loan Aspect 1 through hard work, effectively driving certified the aforementioned seed Education and Training (TVET) Student services with their own resources. the economic development of the instructors and trainees as registered Introducing student loan Loan Fund and the TaiwanICDF TVET This has expanded the opportunities Integrating industry chain region and country. dialysis nurses. The project also services to help allied Technical Assistance Fund (together for local youths to receive TVET, and thinking and promoting proactively promotes the concept of countries improve the referred to as the TVET Program). The further assisted Central American sustainable agriculture kidney disease prevention through effectiveness of their TVET program provides students with allies in raising the level of vocational 2 In the foreign aid program plan Aspect community health workers. In the technical and vocational access to student loans. Technical education. The program echoes for agriculture, the TaiwanICDF has future, when community health workers education assistance (TA) has been added to the CABEI “Human Development selected key markets, produced and Assisting allied countries perform primary care services, they Technical and vocational education promote curriculum planning, student and Social Construction” goals and bred excellent agricultural varieties, in strengthening health will continue to convey the concept of has great impact on the economic employment counseling programs, supports those countries in improving and strengthened farmer and systems for disease chronic kidney disease prevention and growth and human resource and capacity building for participating human resource development and cooperative cultivation techniques. prevention and control to treatment to the public. development of various countries. schools and organizations. In quality of life by the means of capacity In addition, the construction of increase the health and In addition, an epidemiological One of the vocational education addition, the TA also targeted financial building stressed by the TaiwanICDF. subsequent sales channels has well-being of their people statistical analysis on kidney disease goals of the UNESCO-UNEVOC institutions (FIs) that participated 72 Special Reports 73

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“This program has laid a solid foundation “Using food processing technology to for farmers, established a commercial increase the yield of agricultural products production model, and driven regional and and achieving the goal of sustainable national economic development.” management.”

—— Marlon Rigoberto Vásquez Fuentes —— Andrea Passee-Morton President, Comayagua Guava Production Association, Manager, Agricultural Processing Centre, Honduras Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis

From 2011 to 2013, the Fuentes is grateful to the Taiwan hopes that there will be pipelines to On account of the limited land production of beverages, jams, and Morton believes that under TaiwanICDF promoted the Agricultural Technical Mission for laying a solid renew guava seedlings to update and and population of the Federation of dried fruits, and provided a full set the TaiwanICDF’s plan, the agro- Production Project in Comayagua in foundation for the farmers. From small improve the orchards and increase Saint Kitts and Nevis, farmers often of equipment including dehydrators, processing unit has become a sharing midwestern Honduras, Olancho in the farmers to members of the production yields. Finally, he looks forward to face problems such as having a rich pulpers, blenders, chillers, and platform for providing farmers with east, and Omonita in the north. This and marketing teams, everyone finding ways to export products, harvest of agricultural products but kitchenware, strengthening the agro- food processing technology and project has had a long-lasting effect. learned about guava production expand guava production areas, and a fallen market price, or a production processing unit center and leading information. They are able to use through the program. In particular, ensure the overall development of season that is unable to meet the farmers to develop seventeen equipment as needed to add value to Achieving the goal of balanced the project helped the association guava producing regions. market demand. In line with Saint products. Benefiting from this solid local agriculture. In recent years, Saint agricultural development establish a commercial production Kitts's focus of revitalizing agriculture, experience, she has since taken Kitt’s tourism industry has developed Marlon Rigoberto Vasquez model and spread products to the TaiwanICDF has launched a three- over the management and been rapidly, and the demand for local Fuentes, President of the Guava markets at all levels. In the process year Agro-processing Project since able to continue to develop nearly 30 products by tourists and residents has Production Association in Honduras, of transferring plans, farmers also 2010 to assist Saint Kitts in developing products, including healthy natural continued to increase. The importance recalls that the project has improved learned to manage organizations and food processing technology. The fruit ; herbal drinks; jams; dried of the agricultural processing centers the technology of farmers and continue capacity building in order program has established an agro- natural and candied fruits; guava has increased, making the upgrading cooperatives through production, to operate in their own ways. This processing unit, a professional ; exotic fudges such as of hardware and equipment more breeding, and the introduction of enabled them to achieve their current teaching factory, and a youth pumpkin, soursop and guava fudges; urgent. high-quality tropical fruit tree and level of success and development. vocational education training course, a variety of coconut ; Morton, who specializes in product vegetable varieties to improve However, Fuentes admits that and has coached local farmers' jams such as guava, sorrel, mango, development and is a Certified yields and quality. The project has although everything is on track, there cooperatives to produce their own pumpkin, wax apple, lime jelly; Food Scientist (CFS), looks forward promoted agricultural development are still problems with management branded products. It has combined gluten free flour including breadfruit, to the processing center not only in rural areas. For example, guava and professional improvement. For with the tourism industry to develop banana, and sweet potato contributing to fruit, vegetable and production and sales mentoring in example, the varieties introduced the Saint Kitts companionship tour, flours; whole yogurt; and a variety milk processing, but also extending Comayagua has not only helped by the Technical Mission have been and has used food processing of healthy chips such as plantain, to locally produced (such small farmers organize production bred for many years, but there is technology to increase the yield of banana, breadfruit and sweet potato as pork, lamb and beef) being associations and directly sell their currently a concern about the loss agricultural products and achieve chips. These products are available processed into ham, ground , harvests in sales channels, it has also of variety characteristics. In recent sustainable operations. to the public in Saint Kitts and Nevis. bacon, and other products. Therefore, enabled them to enter commercial years, they have discovered that the The plan’s phases were completed They can be purchased at leading while being grateful to the Taiwan production and stable supply. This in fruit shapes and flavors produced in December 2013 and the technology supermarkets, duty free shops at Port Technical Mission for the foundation turn has provided many rural families by some orchards are uneven, so has been transferred to Saint Kitts Zante and the airport, major hotels in it has laid, she also hopes that in the with work opportunities and has there is an urgent need to establish for independent operation. Andrea Saint Kitts and Nevis, and outlets at future, she will be able to promote effectively improved their livelihoods. a stable seedling source. Therefore, Morton, currently manager of the popular tourist sites in Saint Kitts. new plans and move toward a more Over the years, many peasants who he hopes the TaiwanICDF can send agro-processing unit, has witnessed diverse processing market, help train were originally hired workers have professional fruit tree technicians to the changes in the plan. She points The agro-processing unit has professional talents, and upgrade transformed into employers due to guide them again to help review and out that during the implementation become a sharing platform for quality control related equipment to their hard work, driving the economic update their knowledge of guava of the plan, the Taiwan Technical technology and information, inject more vitality into Saint Kitts's development of the region and nation. production management. He also Mission introduced technology for the adding value to local agriculture economic development. 74 Special Reports 75

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“Leading Saint Vincent to become the hub of “Community epidemiological surveys combined biotechnology development in the Southern with a case management tracking system have Caribbean.” become an important basis for local health policy formulation.”

—— Rohan McDonald —— Fang-Yue Lin Product Development Officer, Superintendent, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital Agricultural Extension Station, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Rohan McDonald is currently the on the market and broadly increased its influence continues to spread even Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, a nurse training plan and certification system develop sustainably, Far Product Development Officer of the the vegetable and fruit consumption now. It has increased participation subsidiary of the Far Eastern Group, procedures to comprehensively East Memorial Hospital will continue Saint Vincent and the Grenadines of Vincentians. Today, the plant tissue in farmers’ cooperatives and has been headed by Dr. Fang-Yue strengthen Belize’s kidney medical to assist Belize with the introduction Orange Hill Farm Agricultural culture laboratory is still operating. In resolved issues such as production Lin since 2015. He has long been an care capabilities. Alongside this, a of medical image acquisition and Extension Station. He has more than addition to its branches and leaves, technology problems, and the lack advocate of international humanitarian dialysis nursing education system was transmission systems, as well as 22 years of experience in the Saint it has become the “mother” of Saint of funds, equipment, agricultural assistance. In 2016, he collaborated established and national hemodialysis radiology information systems. This Vincent Ministry of Agriculture as Vincent’s other nurseries. It also materials, and training venues. In with the TaiwanICDF and the Belize standards and guidelines were includes new projects to strengthen well as a deep relationship with the exports bananas, sweet potatoes, particular, the establishment of a soil Ministry of Health to jointly invest in completed to standardize medical imaging equipment and resources; TaiwanICDF. McDonald studied in taro, and other vegetables and fruit analysis laboratory has provided the the 3.5-year-long Capacity Building procedures and improve service training radiology specialists in Taiwan 17 years ago through the seedlings to neighboring Caribbean government and extension units with Project for the Prevention and Control efficiency. Furthermore, resources image interpretation; and improving International Higher Labor Training countries. soil testing and analysis data, serving of Chronic Renal Failure. This was the from the Belizean government the efficiency, management, and Foreign Student Scholarship Program as a basis for decision-making first Taiwanese public health project and non-profit organizations were accessibility of medical imaging and earned a master’s degree in A three-pronged approach to planning to gradually move toward a in the Caribbean, and served as a combined to successfully train 10 services. He hopes the project will Tropical Agriculture and International improving agricultural product scientific and systematic approach. successful example shared by Belize Belizean seed instructors in dialysis set a new milestone for Belize’s Cooperation at National Pingtung quality, yield, and access The purpose of the horticultural fund at numerous meetings with health nursing (including physicians, dialysis healthcare system. University of Science and Technology. McDonald is particularly impressed is to turn income brought by the plan ministers from Central and South nurses, nutritionists, and information He has also cooperated with the by the Strengthening Farmers’ into a fluid funding source. As an American countries. engineers) in a multinational, cross- Taiwan Technical Mission (TTM) for Organizations and Improving example, McDonald has used the plan organizational, medical integrated 20 years and has witnessed how Fruit and Vegetable Production to build a compost plant at Orange Using international medical team model. A total of 35,283 Taiwan’s assistance has changed its Technology Project. In order to Hill. The funds from the compost sold integrated teams to successfully people in the communities have Caribbean allies. improve the quality, yield, and access have then been put back into the fund train seed instructors in dialysis since received kidney health and McDonald, a specialist in tissue of agricultural products, as well as for the sustainable development of nursing education, increasing the public’s culture, pointed out that the TTM strengthen invest ment in farmers’ farmers’ organizations. Dr. Lin pointed out that the project health knowledge. At the same time, assisted in introducing new breeds organizations, the plan adopted McDonald is grateful to the demonstrates the devoted internal the project has led Belize’s Bureau and varieties of viable agricultural a three-pronged approach. This TaiwanICDF for many years of work, resources and expertise of Far East of Statistics to sign a Memorandum items in the 1980s, such as upland included strengthening the Ministry including the introduction of various Memorial Hospital. Twenty-five of of Cooperation with the Ministry rice, asparagus, and fish, In the of Agriculture’s extension support training, equipment, and consumable the hospital’s medical, nutrition, and of Health to launch a community 1990s, the TTM successively system; establishing production management systems. These have information technology colleagues epidemiological survey and a case introduced orchids, laceleaf, and fruit modes and standards for target enabled the success of the tissue were sent to Belize to perform management tracking system. These trees such as jujube, wax apples, crops; and enhancing the function culture laboratory at Orange Hill epidemiological investigations. Plug- have become an important basis for dragon fruit, star fruit, and mangos of farmers’ organizations and Farm and its gradual move toward in solutions were also established local health policy formulation and based on lab tissue culture technology management. These measures becoming the hub of biotechnology in information systems as well as assisted the country’s government through the Horticulture Project, and improved the quality of fruit and development in the Southern clinical training and supervision and medical teams to gradually take also established a seedling farm at vegetable production and helped Caribbean. Unlimited hope and tasks. In addition, Taiwan’s dialysis over the project. Orange Hill. These initiatives improved maintain stable mass production. confidence has also been brought to nurse certification mechanism was Dr. Lin further emphasized that the diversity of agricultural products Although the plan has since ended, Saint Vincent’s agricultural sector! introduced to Belize to build a dialysis in order to help Belize’s medical 76 Special Reports 77

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Focus Implementing ex-post evaluations to present project 6 achievements “In addition to helping students obtain financing, the improvement of school affairs and teaching quality has also been promoted.”

The development assistance Governing the Planning, Appraisal, to assess the effect of the project’s —— Oscar Mantilla manual released by the Organisation Implementation, Supervision intervention, the TaiwanICDF used a for Economic Co-operation and and Performance Evaluation of quasi-experimental design method Deputy Business Manager, Banpro Bank, Nicaragua Development’s (OECD) Development International Cooperation and and dispatched volunteers to conduct Assistance Committee (DAC) is an Development Affairs, and relevant questionnaire surveys and collect important milestone in the field of provisions of the TaiwanICDF’s Ex- data in the field. international development assistance. Post Evaluation Implementation Key In terms of samples, in addition to The document not only outlines Points. project participants, the TaiwanICDF important principles for evaluation, The evaluations aim to confirm also selected non-participants with such as necessity, independence project results, evaluate the similar socioeconomic backgrounds The development of technological refinancing financial institutions, and program, the number of students and partner countries’ participation, effectiveness of projects, summarize for the control group. A counterfactual and vocational education has an other programs which help schools who used student loans to study at but also provides a foundation for the lessons learned and best practices, model and propensity score matching important impact on the economic and institutions improve. UTM accounted for about 50 percent evaluation criteria. and serve as a reference for method were used to verify the growth and human resource After 10 years of hard work, Sergio of the total student population. This An evaluation is a systematic and formulating strategies and planning effects of the project’s intervention on development of developing countries. Avilés López, head of the CABEI has significantly increased the objective assessment of a project or projects. household daily vegetable and fruit However, it is often limited by the program, said the TVET program number of students by 1.5 times, policy’s design, implementation and In conducting evaluations, the intakes. The results indicated that over inability of students to afford tuition, as encourages the government, schools, which has enormously helped UTM’s outcomes. The evaluation process TaiwanICDF refers to evaluation half of the beneficiary households well as insufficient teaching materials. institutions, and banks to pay attention development. is used to determine the relevance, standards of international agencies continued cultivation practices, and In order to assist Central American to student loans, and is a catalyst Furthermore, the TVET program efficiency, effectiveness, impact, and to confirm the relevance between the vegetable and fruit intakes of allies in solving these problems, the for the organizations to provide loan has also had a substantial impact sustainability of the project or policy a project’s initial plan and its final the beneficiary households were TaiwanICDF and the Central American services to students in need by using on women’s development and objectives. In addition, an evaluation level of achievement, the benefits significantly higher than those who did Bank for Economic Integration their own funds. This in turn promotes empowerment. Of the 470 beneficiary should provide credible and useful of achieving the expected results, not participate in the project, verifying (CABEI) worked together in Central improvements in education affairs and students, there is equal representation information so that lessons learned the effectiveness of resources used, that the intervention of the project American countries to implement the teaching quality. of women and men. Nadina Mazzoni, can be incorporated into future and the sustainability of the project contributed to behavior change. CABEI Technological and Vocational a PhD student at the Central American decision-making processes. for the local society. In addition, the This year, the TaiwanICDF also Education and Training (TVET) Student The student loan program is University of Science and Technology In recent years, the evaluation of TaiwanICDF also refers to practices conducted the Ex-post Evaluation of Loan Fund and the TaiwanICDF TVET helpful for students and has a (UNITEC) in Honduras, has seen the projects implemented by international of relevant agencies and introduces the Guatemalan Agribusiness Project Technical Assistance Fund (together substantial impact on women’s positive impact. She shared about agencies has focused on empirically scientific methodologies into ex-post and similarly implemented a thematic referred to as the TVET Program) from development and empowerment how in the past, women could not proving the effectiveness of foreign evaluations. evaluation using a quasi-experimental 2008 to 2018. The TVET Student Loan Oscar Mantilla, Deputy Business continue their education because aid projects, a method known as design method. Fund aims to encourage students Manager of BANPRO Bank of of family and economic constraints “evidence-based practice.” The Surveys were conducted on Aspect 1 to further their studies by drawing Nicaragua, has also taken part in the so they fell into the vulnerable group project is regarded as an intervention papaya producers as well as workers, on Taiwan’s years of experience in TVET program. He was invited by of the job market and were thus and the effect of the intervention is and an analysis of production student loans and providing funding CABEI to join this program because unable to achieve economic self- measured, especially when evaluating Conducting ex-post revenue, production, and worker to financial institutions (FIs) to help of the educational philosophy which reliance. However, the TVET program the project’s level of impact. It is evaluations with scientific earnings was used to assess the students who wish to attend a demonstrates the fundamental value has allowed women to overcome imperative to use a rigorous factual methods to assess the effectiveness of project intervention. technological and vocational school of financial institutions. Today, the barriers to education and obtain more analysis in the evaluation in order to effectiveness of project The results showed that this project or vocational training institution obtain bank also develops its student loan opportunities to improve themselves confirm the project’s background, interventions helped Petén establish, expand, and student loans. The TaiwanICDF TVET services which meet the needs of and increase their employment cause, and effect. Taking one of the TaiwanICDF’s consolidate the papaya production Technical Assistance Fund is aimed at local students, supporting them competitiveness. The TaiwanICDF is Taiwan’s ex-post evaluations as an example, supply chain, achieving the objective participating schools, organizations, in improving their expertise and professional development aid agency the Ex-post Evaluation of the Nauru, of helping Guatemalan agricultural and financial institutions which apply promoting the overall development of and conducts ex-post evaluations two Kiribati, and Marshall Horticulture enterprises increase their capability to for technical assistance grants to help the country. Irene Rojas de Franco, to five years after project completion, Project conducts a thematic evaluation export to the US. The total number of them promote curriculum planning, Principal of Universidad Thomas in accordance with Article 6 of method and selects nutrition, and producers and the size of cultivated student employment counseling More (UTM) in Nicaragua, noted the International Cooperation and vegetable and fruit intake, as the areas continued to grow after project programs, capacity building for that after the implementation of this Development Act- Regulations indicators of the evaluation. In order completion, showing that the project 78 Special Reports 79

1 Interview indeed helped the development of of more than 100 people participated TaiwanICDF hopes to further evaluate Petén’s papaya industry. in the session and had a fruitful global and regional partnerships. Furthermore, the papaya industry discussion. In terms of methods, historical in Petén consists of commercialized In addition, this year, the statements have been gradually “The TaiwanICDF’s use of counterfactual production of raw material in which TaiwanICDF’s article "The added to the reports of relevant analysis for objective evaluations is worth there is high employment stability and effectiveness of Taiwan’s Horticulture studies, and methodologies have promoting within the country. some employee wages are higher Aid Project and its impact on people’s been implemented to confirm the ” than the national monthly minimum fruit and vegetable intake in Kiribati" effect of project intervention and wage. was published in the Taiwan Public further presented on international Health Journal and empirically platforms. In the future, in response explained the specific effects of to international trends and Aspect 2 Taiwan’s foreign aid projects. This was organizational development goals, —— Yu-Hsuan Su the first article that the TaiwanICDF the TaiwanICDF will continue to focus Assistant Professor, Participating in international published in the Taiwan Social on researching key concepts such forums and academic fields Graduate Institute of Development Studies, Science Citation Index (TSSCI). as sustainable development goals, National Chengchi University with the publication of ex- strategy formulation, organizational post evaluation results performance, indicator framework 3 In order to share evaluation results Aspect design, and so on. The TaiwanICDF with the world, in recent years, the seeks to gradually internalize TaiwanICDF has published relevant Continuously improving these concepts into various project results in international forums and evaluation methods initiatives, and further assist partner academic fields. This year, the to establish model countries in promoting projects Assistant Professor Yu-Hsuan domestic governments and nonprofit would facilitate ex-post evaluations article "An ex-post evaluation of practices and accumulate that are consistent with sustainable Su previously worked as a short- organizations and is worth promoting in later years. This will improve the effectiveness of the horticulture organizational knowledge development goals. term consultant in the Development in the country. In doing so, more evaluation objectivity and rule out project in the Marshall Islands (2011- In recent years, the TaiwanICDF's Overall, in regards to project Impact Evaluation Initiatives (DIME) agencies that provide services or the possibility of choosing more 2014)" was submitted to the 2019 project evaluation standards have evaluation, the TaiwanICDF will at the World Bank Headquarters, and aid could move away from solely successful indicators to assess the Australasian AID Conference and was moved away from the single project continue to refine evaluation methods, is currently an assistant professor recording qualitative data such as results after a project is complete. accepted for the conference session evaluation approach. Instead, it has establish paradigm practices, and at National Chengchi University’s the number of times, number of In addition, the TaiwanICDF “Impact evaluations in PNG and adopted a broader approach in accumulate organizational knowledge Graduate Institute of Development people, hours, etc., or regarding a evaluates project performances with the Pacific.” It aimed to explore the evaluating groups of countries and to implement a more systematic studies. In recent years, in addition few particularly outstanding or failed scores between one and five points effectiveness of Taiwan’s development themes, and areas facing common method of evaluating the effectiveness to sharing information with the cases as the overall project results. based on four aspects: relevance, assistance through horticulture challenges and different themes, in of Taiwan’s foreign aid projects. TaiwanICDF, she has also assisted in Instead, agencies should examine the efficiency, effectiveness, and projects and also empirically order to gather practical cases to consulting on project evaluations. objective results to understand the sustainability. This scoring mechanism demonstrated the specific effects of promote cross-border and cross- According to Su’s analysis, foreign actual operation and effectiveness of is well-intentioned and easy to Taiwan's foreign aid projects. A total domain learning. In the future, the aid is challenging to implement; a big a project. understand. However, because the concern for aid workers is the best scoring is more subjective, it is difficult use of precious resources. If the data Introducing evaluation to make scientific cross- project analysis and statistics in the project mechanisms in advance to comparisons and is less practiced evaluation are utilized and accurately improve evaluation objectivity by international organizations. reflect project impact, it is possible Su noted that international Furthermore, due to lack of manpower to help the provider decide whether organizations are increasingly and funding, only 1 to 2 percent of to continue using the same method emphasizing data-based and projects can be evaluated each year. or make minor adjustments to avoid evidence-based evaluation methods. In the future, combining academic wasting more resources. The TaiwanICDF's efforts in recent and private sectors from Taiwan Therefore, she affirmed the years to move towards evidence- and recipient countries to conduct TaiwanICDF's project evaluation based evaluations have been more evaluations could enhance the methods over the years. Taking very encouraging. However, the visibility of the TaiwanICDF’s works the evaluation results of the Kiribati TaiwanICDF currently conducts and strengthen domestic expertise on Horticulture Project and the evaluations during the last part of the aid work. Guatemalan Papaya Project as project cycle. She recommended examples, she emphasized that the that, in the future, the evaluation In recent years, the TaiwanICDF project review has attempted to collect country and thematic TaiwanICDF visited the local areas mechanism could be introduced project evaluations, examine countries and to efficiently complete inspection during a project assessment’s fact- regions facing common challenges and reports with a positive and serious finding stage, or when a project different themes, and gather practical cases to promote cross-border and cross-domain attitude, and conducted objective has been approved but has not yet learning. assessments using counterfactual entered implementation, in order to analysis. This method is rare among have reliable baseline values that 4 Administration 81

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Excellent business management has been a solid foundation for the TaiwanICDF in Financial Management borrowing countries, the degree of development of the our execution of various international cooperation activities. This year, we continue partner country, official assistance, and encouraging to ensure that funding sources are secured and that budgets and programs are well In 2018, the pace of global economic activities sustainable development, and sets the conditions for executed with sound financial management, accounting management, and auditing. slowed rapidly, and in 2019, economic performance reimbursable programs. There are 6 investment projects We have also implemented compliance with laws and regulations as well as security has continued to weaken. Rising trade and geopolitical under execution in 2019 with a total investment amount of information and communication in accordance with relevant government regulations tensions have increased uncertainty about the of US$71.64 million and NT$195 million. There are 9 and the need for the technologicalization of business development. prospects of the global trading system and international loan projects under execution with a total loan amount In terms of human resources, and in keeping with the global trend, the TaiwanICDF is cooperation. Although the easing monetary policy of of US$26.99 million and EUR 34.01 million. In addition, developing toward a learning organization by supporting our internal staff in cultivating central banks from major economies has cushioned there are 23 loan projects in the repayment stage with and strengthening diverse professional skills. On PR and promotional materials, with the impact of these tensions in international financial outstanding balances of US$35.9 million and AUD$20.23 innovative thinking and breakthrough approaches, the professional image of the markets and economic activities, the overall economic million, which are carefully managed by the TaiwanICDF’s TaiwanICDF as a foreign aid brand has been reinforced this year and our visibility has environment in the future is still full of challenges. repayment procedure. The asset quality is good without been further enhanced. The TaiwanICDF was established to implement non-performing loans, and corresponding loss provisions international cooperation and development activities, are made to allow such assets to be properly expressed which are not for profit. Like other development agencies, in the financial statements. we face various uncertainties and risks around the world when executing our activities. Therefore, our asset Financial investment management allocation has always been based on the conservatism The purpose of our institution’s operation is non-profit. principle to ensure the institution’s financial soundness. In order to increase revenue, the TaiwanICDF allocates the majority of unused funds to fixed-income investments. Sources of funding Most of these are time deposits and bonds to ensure the The TaiwanICDF's funding sources include the security of the TaiwanICDF’s assets. The bonds include founding fund, accumulated earnings, operating government bonds, bank debentures, and corporate revenues, revenues from contracted projects of the bonds, which are generally held until maturity. Thus, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and donations. There is no TaiwanICDF has a steady source of income over the mid external borrowing. The aforementioned funds and and long-term. income are used for international cooperation and To echo the United Nations Sustainable Development development activities such as lending and investment, Goals (SDGs), in addition to business development technical cooperation, humanitarian assistance, and activities that emphasize the realizations of SDGs, this international education and training, as well as for the year we also implemented a concrete practice starting $ expenditures for overseas missions at each stage of the from within the institution, by subscripting the green program cycle, post hoc evaluation and administration bonds that the Central American Bank for Economic management. As for the unused funds, they are allocated Integration issued for the first time in Taiwan. The to income-generated financial products to increase TaiwanICDF also adjusted the allocation strategy of the sources of funding. With limited funding resources, exchange trade funds in response to changes in the while the business continues to expand, the TaiwanICDF overall environment this year. We expect to diversify the concerns itself with dealing with financial management investment portfolio and funding sources within a limited in a way that makes both ends meet and mobilizes range of risks. resources. Secure management of funds Management of Loan and Investment for Lastly, in response to the international community’s Development Projects emphasis on anti-money laundering and countering The TaiwanICDF's reimbursable business activities the financing of terrorism, this year the TaiwanICDF are lending and investment operations. The goal of communicated with our partner banks to adjust the these projects is to respond to the development needs remittance procedures to align more with practical needs of partner countries, which is different from profit- and to ensure security. In the future, we will continue oriented commercial banks. Therefore, the TaiwanICDF to comply with all regulations, such as quota and complies with the international community's general concentration limits, to ensure the appropriateness of the rules on maintaining the financial sustainability of overall assets allocation. 82 Administration 83

program’s actual implementation progress, to provide a rate amounted to 100.52 percent. Budgeted and actual the exchange rate of the US dollar and the RMB resulted in Accounting Management timely view on budget executions and implementation expenditures in 2019 are shown in Figure 3. exchange losses of NT$28.82 million. progress of each delegation’s program. This is helpful in For 2019 the TaiwanICDF Fund income and expenditure The TaiwanICDF’s total revenues are derived finding, reviewing, and improving any issue in program structure and figures, please refer to Figures 1 and 2: predominantly from three main sources: interest and implementation during budget execution progress revenues from development lending and investment Human Resources Fund Utilization and Net Worth assessments, in order to achieve efficiency in budget projects, income from financial investment, and funding for execution. By the end of December 31, 2019, the net balance of MOFA-commissioned projects. Interest and revenues from 2. Improving the operation efficiency of the Account Strengthening and improving diverse professional the Fund was NT$15.56 billion, including NT$12.47 billion development lending and investment projects, and interest Management System for Delegations: skills from the founding fund and donated fund, accumulated accrued on the Fund mainly support routine operations, A new function for importing accounting data from Excel In order to adapt to global trends and utilize new earnings of NT$3.09 billion, and other items with a net worth including technical cooperation projects, humanitarian into the Account Management System for Delegations technologies and tools in foreign aid activities, it is no of NT$6.8 million. This represents a decline of NT$56.16 assistance, and scholarship programs, as well as the was added to improve the efficiency of accounting longer sufficient to meet current program management million or 0.36 percent from 2018. TaiwanICDF’s administrative and management expenses. operations. This addresses a few issues such as and implementation needs with a single professional skill. As of December 31, 2019, total assets stood at NT$16.17 Income from MOFA-commissioned projects mainly supports accounting personnel who are responsible for multiple Assisting employees in cultivating and strengthening billion, of which current assets comprised 40.89 percent; the operation of various overseas MOFA-commissioned programs, and network issues in residential areas of diverse professional skills is crucial for a learning long-term investments and loans 58.96 percent; real estate, technical cooperation projects. certain delegations that lead to frequent disconnections organization. factory plant, and equipment 0.11 percent; and other In 2019, operating revenues and non-operating income and unstable networks. Following the 2018 Basic Agricultural and Farming and gains amounted to NT$1.86 billion, of which NT$1.58 assets 0.04 percent. The organization’s total liabilities were Course and in addition to continuing with the 2019 Advanced billion was allocated for commissioned projects. Revenue NT$605.53 million and the total balance of all funds (the Budget Execution Agricultural and Farming Course, the TaiwanICDF chose Fund plus accumulated earnings) was NT$15.56 billion. generated through the Fund was NT$278.65 million, of In 2019, MOFA contracted the TaiwanICDF to carry out to focus on the topic of information and communication which interest and revenues from lending and investment technologies, which has broad cross-domain applications, Account management for delegations overseas operations worth NT$1.57 billion. Overall, the total projects comprised 38 percent, interest on fund investments budget for MOFA-commissioned projects was NT$1.58 and launched the Basic Information and Communication In order to effectively utilize the information of the 59 percent, and other revenues 3 percent. billion and the implementation rate was 100.68 percent. Technology Course, combining theory and practice. Account Management System for Delegations and Total expenditures for 2019 were NT$1.93 billion, of which Operating expenses (excluding expenses for contracted Furthermore, domestic employees were encouraged to optimize the system’s operating efficiency, the TaiwanICDF NT$1.58 billion was for MOFA-commissioned projects, and projects) amounted to NT$312.5 million. Compared with participate in overseas employees’ pre-service and on-the- strengthened the account management of delegations expenditures made through the Fund were NT$341.61 the budgeted plan of NT$310.88 million, the utilization job training courses that cultivate management talents and million. Deducting expenditure from the revenue, the deficit through the following: in 2019 was NT$62.96 million. The causes of the shortfall 1. Utilizing the execution amount in the Account are as follows: The income from self-owned capital in 2019 Management System for Delegations: was NT$278.65 million. However, in order to maintain Added an overview of the commissioned budget (including expenses incurred by the delegations), various foreign aid and technical cooperation programs, Figure 3. Budgeted and Actual Expenditure (2019) business expenditure was NT$312.5 million, exceeding and directly calculated monthly expenditures in the revenue by NT$33.85 million. Furthermore, fluctuations in Account Management System for Delegations as each Budgeted 3,767 Technical Cooperation Actual 3,323

Figure 1. Fund Revenue (2019) Figure 2. Fund Expenditure (2019) Lending and 759 Investment 2,389

International Education 9,068 Management 40% and Training 9,111

International Education and Training 27% Humanitarian 2,039 Assistance 2,743 Technical Cooperation 10%

Interest on Fund Humanitarian Assistance 15,455 Investments 59% 8% Management 13,684 Lending and Investment Lending and Investment 7% 38%

Others 3% Others 8% 0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000 16,000

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build diverse knowledge and skills required for overseas cybersecurity professional license, in accordance with different departments, raising colleagues’ awareness on February 1, 2019. In accordance with the above act work. government regulations on "Matters to be Conducted by of risks, guaranteeing the safety of the organization’s and regulation, the TaiwanICDF’s amendments to relevant In addition, this year the TaiwanICDF has consolidated the Specific Non-Governmental Agencies." assets, and ensuring the reliability and accuracy of internal regulations, such as “The TaiwanICDF Funds on-the-job training resources for overseas employees to financial information, in an effort to boost our operational Management Regulations” and “The TaiwanICDF Funds enable those with related areas of expertise and training performance. Management Decision-making Standards,” were gradually programs to jointly participate in professional training Auditing completed. Furthermore, the TaiwanICDF’s 91st Board courses. Through experience sharing and learning from Boosting operational performance of Directors meeting enacted the “Ethical Management different stations, overseas employees can improve training The 45 recommendations for improvement made by the Guidelines" with a total of 13 articles. Its main contents productivity and cost effectiveness. Key Auditing Operations TaiwanICDF this year can be divided into four categories include establishing the guidelines’ authorization basis, Key auditing operations at the TaiwanICDF include: according to audit findings: operations management, principles, and policies; the definition and scope of the 1. Examining the accuracy of financial and operational regulatory compliance, risk avoidance and project term "interest"; the implementation of legal compliance; the Cybersecurity information, and the security of the management of promotion. Among them, 11 recommendations were types of dishonest behaviors; the operation procedures capital, data, and various securities. proposed to improve attendance management, regional and rules of conduct for preventing dishonesty; the scope In response to the needs to digitize our business and 2. Examining internal operations and determining whether technical cooperation programs, medicine and public health and practices regarding avoidance of conflict of interest; to address the practical necessity for cybersecurity, procedures are in compliance with relevant policies, courses for the International Higher Education Scholarship educational training to prevent dishonesty; practices for the TaiwanICDF has been gradually constructing its regulations, and procedural guidelines. Program, collective repatriation training for overseas supervising the implementation of the Ethical Management current cybersecurity protection network since 1999. 3. Examining whether assets at the TaiwanICDF and technical mission members, the Healthcare Personnel Guidelines; authorization to establish reporting; punishment At the same time, with combined measures such as overseas missions are being effectively utilized and Training Program, compliance with the Foundations Act, and appeal policies for violation of the Ethical Management detecting system security vulnerabilities and testing correctly itemized. and overseas technical missions (Thailand, Bahrain, and Guidelines; and the scope of disclosure for cases that system penetration, multiple network layers monitor the 4. Examining whether projects met their intended objectives Paraguay), in an effort to boost the TaiwanICDF’s operational are verified. The Ethical Management Guidelines will organization from the inside out. Automated management and achieved the anticipated results. performance. ensure management integrity and good governance of the tools such as data isolation and network filtering are 5. Conducting onsite audits for overseas technical TaiwanICDF in its business execution and organizational used to strengthen the protection depth and security missions to examine the status of internal controls and operations. inspection from the outside, forming comprehensive implementation outcomes. Legal Affairs In addition, in order to comply with the progress of the TaiwanICDF cybersecurity protection capabilities. 6. Appraising essential operations over recent years and the "Risk-Based Non-Profit Organizations AML/CFT Additionally, to address the cybersecurity protection progress of the organization’s annual work plan, to The TaiwanICDF’s legal compliance matters in 2019 (Anti-Money Laundering/ Counter Financing Terrorism) system’s vulnerabilities, every year we hold cybersecurity ensure the objectives and results are achieved efficiently mainly focused on complying with the Foundations Act Monitoring Mechanism," which was established across education and training, supplemented by email social and effectively. and the “Regulations Regarding Authorization Provisions ministries and committees with assistance from the Anti- engineering exercises to actively strengthen colleagues’ of the Foundations Act” by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Money Laundering Office, , the TaiwanICDF awareness of cybersecurity. Audits in 2019 of the Republic of China (Taiwan) that came into effect invited staff from the Anti-Money Laundering Office to This year, on the aforementioned basis and in A total of 27 audits were conducted in 2019. The content compliance with the Cyber Security Management Act and of these audits represented issues of concern to senior its sub-laws that went into effect on January 1, regarding management and auditing units, and focused on risks and cybersecurity goals, we added a performance indicator, internal controls. “Availability of Information and Communication System Audits for 2019 were as follows: 10 audits in operations, Figura 4. Audits (2019) Figura 5. Audit Recommendations (2019) with Mid-Level and Above Defense Requirements,” 5 audits in services management, 4 audits in planning and which is an internal objective for stable operation of management, 3 audits in accounting, 2 audits in investment important information and communication systems. In and lending, 1 audit in salaries, 1 audit in assets and 1 audit Operations 37% Operations 31% terms of laws and regulations, we reviewed and revised in procurement. Distribution by audit is shown in Figure 4. Services Management 18% Services Management 24% the TaiwanICDF's relevant regulations and internal control Planning and Management Cashier Operations 16% policies to integrate our procedures on cybersecurity Results of audits 15% incident notifications and responses into the national- In 2019, audits yielded a total of 45 recommendations Accounting 11% Assets 9% for improvement regarding various matters, including 14 Investment and Lending level notification and response mechanism. In terms of Personnel 9% 7% knowledge and training, we incorporated the legislative for operations, 11 for services management, 7 for cashier spirit and impact of the Cyber Security Management operations, 4 for personnel, 4 for assets, 3 for accounting, 1 Salaries 4% Accounting 7% Act in the general cybersecurity education and training for procurement, and 1 for internal controls. The distribution Assets 4% Procurement 2% courses for all staff, so that they are well versed in by audit recommendations is shown in Figure 5. Procurement 4% Internal Controls 2% cybersecurity regulations. Cybersecurity personnel Audit results and subsequent recommendations are are certified for CompTIA Security+, the international aimed at strengthening communication within and between 86

conduct two educational training courses and advocacy 2. Friendly and proactive public relations: for our board of directors, supervisors, managers, and We have utilized a short film on this year’s new programs staff. The training course contents include international to reinforce visitors’ perception about the TaiwanICDF's normative requirements for AML/CFT, Taiwan’s national risk professional efficiency. We have also strengthened assessment results and relevant legal requirements, threats public communication through proactive response and and weaknesses faced by non-profit organizations, and engaging with the media and other communities. best practices and guidelines for non-profit organizations. 3. Utilizing online marketing to enhance communication It helped the TaiwanICDF discern the key points in the capabilities: aforementioned monitoring mechanism and the supporting In addition to optimizing the official website design and measures in a timely manner in our business execution and adding revolving content on the homepage, we have organizational management. The TaiwanICDF will continue also added web pages with videos about programs to to review the regulations to ensure compliance with the increase returning traffic. The homepage of the official laws as well as the TaiwanICDF’s current status of practice, website has added dynamic embedded frames for to achieve thoroughness in our internal regulations and to YouTube and Facebook to strengthen links to different implement management integrity and good governance. platforms and diversified operations on various social network sites. In addition, we have increased user engagement on the official website and social network PR and Promotional Materials platforms, and created a TaiwanICDF Instagram account to bolster communication with new audiences. Following media and digital mainstream communication 4. Spreading roots by strengthening awareness about the trends, the TaiwanICDF's public relations strategy this year TaiwanICDF among students: focused on strengthening the role of user-generated content With the use of videos, we have connected the and creating a multi-media communication platform. In TaiwanICDF’s activities with young audiences, including practice, we emphasize "creativity and breakthrough." In producing our first periodic online campus program addition to continuing the quality of online marketing and about the TaiwanICDF on YouTube to bolster the video production in recent years, we have organized social TaiwanICDF’s interaction with high school campuses; media video programs for the first time, deepened campus implementing the campus tour “Getting to Know the outreach, improved publication quality, strengthened TaiwanICDF” and being invited by universities, high media interactions and external contacts, and increased schools, junior high schools, and elementary schools in cooperation with influential public and private sectors the country to speak in lectures and share experiences to increase visibility and further solidify the professional about our organization; and collaborating with textbook image of the TaiwanICDF as the foreign aid brand. The key publishers in Taiwan to expand copyright authorization activities are as follows: of the TaiwanICDF’s materials with assistance from the 1. Strengthening the diversity and categories of published Ministry of Education. These actions aim to deepen the contents: effects of promoting foreign aid activities by spreading By fully integrating with business promotion, in addition the roots of awareness through education. to publishing annual reports, e-newsletters, and news- related digital publications, and creating self-made multilingual short films covering a variety of topics, we also periodically produce online video programs. Furthermore, we have collaborated with the National Library to digitize annual reports and specialty books with zero budget, to create a platform for increasing visibility of our publications, and to enhance readability and dissemination rate for target audiences. 88 Appendix 89

Organization Chart* Board of Directors,

Board of Directors Supervisors and Consultative Committee* Directors, Jaushieh Joseph Wu Chairman Auditing Office Supervisors Auditor General: Stephen J.H. Lee Directors and The statutes of the TaiwanICDF provide for a Board of Directors of 11-15 persons and a Board of Supervisors of 3-5 persons. The Executive Yuan appoints these board members. • Conducts special enquiries on, and follows progress Supervisors Secretary General Timothy T.Y. Hsiang of, key activities as well as project implementation The Board comprises senior government ministers, heads of other government agencies, distinguished procedures scholars and leading industrialists. One third of the Board must come from the latter two categories. The • Plans and conducts annual auditing operations duties of the Board include shaping policy, approving specific projects and lending operations, overseeing • Follows up on key resolutions of the Board of Directors annual budget allocations, appointing and dismissing senior management and attending to other important Pai-Po Lee affairs relevant to the operation of the organization. Consultative Deputy Secretary Ai-Chen Chen Committee General Alex L.J. Shyy

Membership of the Chairman Jaushieh Joseph Wu Minister of Foreign Affairs eighth Board of Directors appointed to the end of • Technical Cooperation Plans and manages the operations of overseas technical missions June 2020 Directors Jong-Chin Shen Minister of Economic Affairs Department • Plans and manages technical assistance projects Chin-Long Yang Governor, Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Director: Ming-Hong Yen • Plans and manages the overseas technical cooperation reserve manpower dispatch projects Chi-Chung Chen Minister, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan Ping-Cheng Lo Minister without Portfolio, Executive Yuan • Plans and manages international cooperation in the health care sector Humanitarian Assistance Shih-Chung Chen Minister of Health and Welfare • Plans, manages and operates overseas medical missions Department • Tzi-Chin Chang Minister, Environmental Protection Administration Director: Hung-Tzu Wang Plans and manages humanitarian assistance activities • Plans and manages the TaiwanICDF Overseas Volunteers service Miguel Li-Jey Tsao Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Yung-Tung Wu Chairman, Hsin Kuo Min Hospital Mia Twu Professor, Dept. of Finance, National Chengchi University • Identifies, prepares, appraises, negotiates, implements, and manages release of funds and repayment Lending and Investment of investment projects Mei-Lie Chu Vice President, National Chengchi University and Director, Central Bank Department • Identifies, prepares, appraises, negotiates, implements, and manages release of funds and repayment of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Director: Hui-Wen Hsu of lending projects Chung-Shu Wu Chairman, Taiwan Academy of Banking and Finance • Fund financial income estimate, financial planning, operations and fund allocation Li-Fen Lei Professor, Dept. of Agricultural Economics, National Taiwan University Wei-Wen Chang Head of Graduate Institute of International Human Resource • Appraises, implements, and evaluates international higher education programs Development, National Taiwan Normal University International Education and • Appraises, implements, and evaluates international education programs Yvonne Chiu Chairman, Information Service Industry Association of R.O.C Training Department • Director: Shiang-Wu Tsai Appraises, implements, and evaluates international workshops • Standing Promotes, manages, and evaluates the TaiwanICDF Alumni Society Hung-Wen Huang Deputy Director, Department of Special Fund Budget, DGBAS, Supervisor Executive Yuan • International Cooperation and Development Strategies and Operational Planning, Coordination and Integration Research, Development and Supervisors Bih-Jane Liu Professor, Dept. of Economics, National Taiwan University • Organizational Level and Project-level Performance Evaluation Operations Evaluation Office Yeh-Yun Lin Professor, Dept. of Business Administration, and Director, Center for • International cooperation strategic partnerships development and fund raising Director: Yun-Ching Tseng Creativity and Innovation Studies, National Chengchi University • Plans and administers the organization’s knowledge management system • International Cooperation and Development Strategies pilot study

• Oversees procurement Article Twelve of the Statute of the Establishment of the TaiwanICDF provides for the formation of the • Oversees the organization’s document management system, file system, library and official stamps Consultative Committee Consultative Committee. The Committee provides consultation and information services related to the General Affairs Department • Performs cashier duties, real estate and office management, and other general administrative duties operations of the Fund. Committee members include government officials, experts, scholars and persons Director: Mei-Yun Kuo • Plans and manages hardware and software architecture with specialist knowledge from various sectors. The Board approves and appoints new members of the • Plans and maintains information systems Consultative Committee. • Plans and implements information security policies

Public Relations Office • Manages public relations and external communications Director: Yvonne T.S. Wu • Ching-Shui Lee Former Leader, Taiwan Technical Mission to the Republic of Paraguay Oversees production of publications and public relations events Members of the Consultative Committee Hung-Yi Chiou Professor, School of Public Health, Taipei Medical University • Compiles and is responsible for annual budgets and final financial statements Wen-Shan Yang Adjunct Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica Accounting Office • Prepares interim and annual financial statements Sheng-Hsiung Huang CEO, Taiwan Network Information Center Director: Chou-Sheng Lan • Allocates expenditures and disburses funds, handles bookkeeping, and maintains statistical data Shian-Shyong Tseng Vice President, Asia University Chien-Ming Lee Professor, Institute of Natural Resources Management, National Taipei University • Plans and manages human resources Eddie M. Chen Senior Specialist, Office of Risk Management, Asian Development Bank Human Resources Office • Oversees personnel regulations and manuals Chin-Jen Lee Assistant Professor, Ming Chuan University School of Law & Department of Director: Sarrinna H.Y. Chen • Plans and manages comprehensive services relating to the professional work of staff at the organization Economic and Finance Chung-Dar Lei Chairman, Taiwan Cooperative Bank Co. • Provides research and consulting services for legal affairs Wen-Zhong Huang Mediator and Conciliation Member, Taipei City Government Labor Dispute Legal Affairs Office • Drafts, examines, and reviews contracts Mediation Committee Director: Catherine C.C. Chou • Compiles, prints, and organizes internal regulations and contracts

*Accurate as of December 31, 2019 *Accurate as of December 31, 2019 90 Appendix 91

Report of Independent Accountants

PWCR19000200 and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the To the International Cooperation and Development Fund (TaiwanICDF) economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Opinion As part of an audit in accordance with ROC GAAS, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of the International Cooperation and Development Fund skepticism throughout the audit. We also: (TaiwanICDF) as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, and the related statements of comprehensive revenues and 1. Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, expenses, of changes in fund balances and of cash flows for the years then ended, and notes to the financial design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from In our opinion, the accompanying financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, of the TaiwanICDF as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, and its results of operations and its cash flows for the years misrepresentations, or the override of internal control. then ended in accordance with the requirements of “Regulations Governing Accounting Handling and Preparation of 2. Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are Financial Reports of Foundations established and approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,” accounting policies of appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the TaiwanICDF (including proposed revision), the relevant laws and regulations formulated by the central government, TaiwanICDF’s internal control. Enterprise Accounting Standards (“EAS”), and related interpretations. 3. Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by management. Basis for opinion 4. Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based We conducted our audits in accordance with the “Regulations Governing Auditing and Attestation of Financial on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may Statements by Certified Public Accountants” and generally accepted auditing standards in the Republic of China cast significant doubt on the TaiwanICDF’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material (ROC GAAS). Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor’s report to the related disclosures in the financial Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the TaiwanICDF in accordance with the statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit Code of Professional Ethics for Certified Public Accountants in the Republic of China (the Code), and we have fulfilled evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor’s report. However, future events or conditions may cause the our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with the Code. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is TaiwanICDF to cease to continue as a going concern. sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. 5. Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair Emphasis of matter-custodianship of certain assets presentation. As described in Note 11 to the financial statements, certain assets were placed under the custodianship of the TaiwanICDF at the request of the owners and these assets are not reflected in the financial statements. The details of We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and these assets are disclosed for reference purposes only. timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit. Responsibilities of management for the financial statements Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of “Regulations Governing Accounting Handling and Preparation of Financial Reports of Foundations established and approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,” accounting policies of the TaiwanICDF (including proposed revision), the relevant laws and regulations formulated by the central government, “EAS” and related interpretations, and for such internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the TaiwanICDF’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the TaiwanICDF or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free Chou, Hsiao-Tzu from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. For and on behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Taiwan Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance March 27, 2020 with ROC GAAS will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error 92 Appendix 93

International Cooperation and Development Fund International Cooperation and Development Fund Balance Sheets Statements of Comprehensive Revenues and Expenses

December 31, 2019 and 2018 For the Years Ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 (Expressed in New Taiwan dollars) (Expressed in New Taiwan dollars)

December 31, 2019 December 31, 2018 December 31, 2019 December 31, 2018 Assets Notes Items Notes Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Current assets Operating revenues Cash and cash equivalents 6(1) $ 5,143,536,478 32 $ 5,837,101,581 37 Revenues from banking and finance operations $ 104,856,471 6 $ 68,900,868 5 Revenues from contracted projects 1,584,913,379 94 1,256,977,175 95 Other receivables 6(4) 456,626,390 3 137,882,738 1 Total operating revenues 1,689,769,850 100 1,325,878,043 100 Prepayments 45,715,879 - 53,699,730 - Operating expenses Held-to-maturity financial assets - current 6(3) 673,557,003 4 387,517,911 3 Humanitarian assistance expenses ( 27,426,967 ) ( 2 ) ( 25,933,639 ) ( 2 ) Other current assets 56,989,721 - 50,370,945 - Banking and finance operations ( 23,893,193 ) ( 1 ) ( 36,869,369 ) ( 3 ) Current portion of long-term loans receivable 6(5) and 9 234,351,596 2 225,907,652 2 International human resources ( 91,111,620 ) ( 5 ) ( 90,327,470 ) ( 7 ) Total current assets 6,610,777,067 41 6,692,480,557 43 Technical cooperation expenses ( 33,229,251 ) ( 2 ) ( 38,307,495 ) ( 3 ) Long-term loans and investment General and administrative expenses ( 136,843,960 ) ( 8 ) ( 140,041,694 ) ( 10 ) Available-for-sale financial assets - noncurrent 6(2) 42,561,050 - - - Contracted project expenses 6(12) ( 1,584,913,379 ) ( 94 ) ( 1,256,977,175 ) ( 95 ) Held-to-maturity financial assets - noncurrent 6(3) 3,728,205,446 23 4,029,621,436 25 Total operating expenses ( 1,897,418,370 ) ( 112 ) ( 1,588,456,842 ) ( 120 ) Net operating losses Financial assets carried at cost - noncurrent 6(6) and 9 2,289,343,521 14 2,061,417,118 13 ( 207,648,520 ) ( 12 ) ( 262,578,799 ) ( 20 ) Non-operating income and gains Long-term loans receivable 6(5) and 9 3,472,609,263 22 2,949,746,881 19 Financial income 6(14) 164,028,506 10 178,534,282 14 Total long-term loans and investment 9,532,719,280 59 9,040,785,435 57 Other non-operating income 6(15) 9,762,869 - 12,450,458 1 Property, plant and equipment 6(7) Total non-operating income and gains 173,791,375 10 190,984,740 15 Machinery and equipment 13,845,783 - 15,588,843 - Non-operating expenses and losses Transportation equipment 1,183,337 - 1,374,255 - Financial expenses ( 28,815,453 ) ( 2 ) ( 31,651,654 ) ( 3 ) Miscellaneous equipment 1,792,710 - 2,195,578 - Other non-operating expenses ( 285,959 ) - ( 639,266 ) - Leasehold improvements 737,448 - 886,495 - Total non-operating expenses and losses ( 29,101,412 ) ( 2 ) ( 32,290,920 ) ( 3 ) Net property, plant and equipment 17,559,278 - 20,045,171 - Deficiency of revenues over expenses ( $ 62,958,557 ) ( 4 ) ( $ 103,884,979 ) ( 8 ) Other assets Other comprehensive income Unrealized valuation gains from available-for- Deposits-out 319,344 - 327,657 - 6(2) $ 6,797,932 1 $ - - sale financial assets Deferred expenses 6,670,949 - 9,157,957 - Total comprehensive losses ( $ 56,160,625 ) ( 3 ) ( $ 103,884,979 ) ( 8 ) Total other assets 6,990,293 - 9,485,614 - The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. TOTAL ASSETS $ 16,168,045,918 100 $ 15,762,796,777 100 LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCES Current liabilities Payables 6(8) $ 576,319,441 4 $ 129,720,862 1 International Cooperation and Development Fund Collections payable 15,261,343 - 2,431,950 - Other current liabilities 1,097,424 - 68,651 - Statements of Changes In Fund Balance Total current liabilities 592,678,208 4 132,221,463 1 Other liabilities For the Years Ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 Other liabilities 12,846,894 - 11,893,873 - (Expressed in New Taiwan dollars) Total other liabilities 12,846,894 - 11,893,873 - Accumulated other Fund TOTAL LIABILITIES 605,525,102 4 144,115,336 1 comprehensive income Accumulated Fund balances Notes Unrealized valuation Total Endowment earnings Funds 6(10) Founding fund gains from available- fund Funds 12,468,838,072 77 12,468,838,072 79 for-sale financial assets Accumulated earnings 6(11) 2018 Accumulated earnings 3,086,884,812 19 3,149,843,369 20 Balance at January 1, 2018 $ 11,614,338,576 $ 854,499,496 $ 3,253,728,348 $ - $ 15,722,566,420 Adjustment for other fund balances Deficiency of revenues over expenses for 2018 - - ( 103,884,979 ) - ( 103,884,979 ) Balance at December 31, 2018 $ 11,614,338,576 $ 854,499,496 $ 3,149,843,369 $ - $ 15,618,681,441 Other accumulated earnings 6(2) 6,797,932 - - - 2019 TOTAL FUND BALANCES 15,562,520,816 96 15,618,681,441 99 Balance at January 1, 2019 $ 11,614,338,576 $ 854,499,496 $ 3,149,843,369 $ - $ 15,618,681,441 SIGNIFICANT CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND 9 Deficiency of revenues over expenses for 2019 - - ( 62,958,557 ) - ( 62,958,557 ) UNRECOGNISED CONTRACT COMMITMENTS Other comprehensive income for 2019 6(2) - - - 6,797,932 6,797,932 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCES $ 16,168,045,918 100 $ 15,762,796,777 100 Balance at December 31, 2019 $ 11,614,338,576 $ 854,499,496 $ 3,086,884,812 $ 6,797,932 $ 15,562,520,816 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 94 Appendix 95

International Cooperation and Development Fund International Cooperation and Development Fund Statements of Cash Flows Notes To the Financial Statements

For the Years Ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 December 31, 2019 and 2018 (Expressed in New Taiwan dollars) (Expressed in New Taiwan dollars, except as otherwise indicated)

Notes 2019 2019 CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES 1. HISTORY AND ORGANIZATION Loss before tax ( $ 62,958,557 ) ( $ 103,884,979 ) In accordance with the Statute for the Establishment of the International Cooperation and Development Fund, Adjustments promulgated by the President of the Republic of China, the International Cooperation and Development Fund Adjustments to reconcile profit (loss) (TaiwanICDF) was formed and approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on June 29, 1996. The TaiwanICDF was formed to succeed the International Economic Cooperation Development Fund (IECDF) Depreciation 6(7)(13) 4,425,606 4,608,086 management committee on June 30, 1996. Amortization 6(13) 3,408,408 6,687,747 The mission of the TaiwanICDF is to provide assistance to developing countries to promote economic growth, Reversal of allowance for bad debts 6(15) ( 3,626,573 ) ( 3,514,937 ) strengthening international cooperation, developing foreign relations with allies and friendly countries, and Held-to-maturity financial assets - interest amortization 4,847,618 3,629,616 advancing social progress. Loss on disposal of fixed assets 6(7) 36,832 537,344 Financial assets carried at cost-impairment loss 6(6) 17,171,015 29,380,098 Changes in assets and liabilities 2. THE DATE OF AUTHORISATION FOR ISSUANCE OF THE FINANCIAL Receivables 23,719,778 ( 11,596,973 ) STATEMENTS AND PROCEDURES FOR AUTHORISATION Prepayments ( 6,492,553 ) 2,893,376 These financial statements were authorised for issuance by the Board of Directors on March 27, 2020. Other current assets ( 6,618,776 ) 57,537,412 Accrued expenses ( 1,910,074 ) 5,473,097 3. CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING POLICIES Other payables 124,901,590 642,949 None. Collections payable 12,829,393 11,168 Other current liabilities 1,028,773 1,451 4. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Other liabilities ( 21,979 ) ( 61,534 ) The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. Cash inflow (outflow) generated from operations 110,740,501 ( 7,656,079 ) These policies have been consistently applied to all reporting periods, unless otherwise stated. Net cash flows from (used in) operating activities 110,740,501 ( 7,656,079 ) (1) Compliance statement CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES The financial statements of the TaiwanICDF have been prepared in accordance with the requirements Increase in long-term lending 6(5) ( 781,791,997 ) ( 482,233,940 ) of “Regulations Governing Accounting Handling and Preparation of Financial Reports of Foundations Proceeds from long-term loans receivable 6(5) 254,119,016 383,767,326 established and approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs”, accounting policies of the TaiwanICDF Increase in available-for-sale financial assets 6(2) ( 35,763,118 ) - (including proposed revision), the relevant laws and regulations formulated by the central government, Increase in held-to-maturity financial assets ( 581,962,454 ) ( 823,132,090 ) Enterprise Accounting Standards (“EAS”) and related interpretations. Proceeds upon maturity of held-to-maturity financial assets 588,104,999 355,686,545 The financial statements of 2019 are the first set of financial statements that have been prepared in Increase in financial assets carried at cost 6(6) ( 252,280,000 ) - accordance with the abovementioned regulations and standards. The financial statements of 2018 were Decrease in financial assets carried at cost 6(6) 7,182,582 3,274,860 reclassified in accordance with the classification requirements of the abovementioned regulations and Increase in fixed assets 6(7) ( 1,976,545 ) ( 4,406,102 ) standards. Please refer to Note 12 for details. Decrease (increase) in deposits-out 8,313 ( 23,250 ) (2) Basis of preparation Increase in deferred assets ( 921,400 ) ( 1,466,900 ) Government funding are recognised as revenue at current expenses plus accrual reserved fund as total Net cash flows used in investing activities ( 805,280,604 ) ( 568,533,551 ) annual expenses based on matching of costs with revenues. Others are accounted at accrual basis. In CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES addition, the financial statements of the TaiwanICDF adopted accrual basis, anything accounted at cash Increase (decrease) in deposits-in 975,000 ( 2,508,500 ) basis will be adjusted to accrual basis during closing of accounts. Net cash flows from (used in) financing activities 975,000 ( 2,508,500 ) (3) Foreign currency translation The TaiwanICDF maintains its accounts in New Taiwan (NT) dollars. Transactions denominated in foreign Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents ( 693,565,103 ) ( 578,698,130 ) currencies are converted into NT dollars at the spot exchange rates prevailing on the transaction dates. Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 5,837,101,581 6,415,799,711 Deposits, receivables and the unreimbursed balance of reserves payable by the Central Bank of the Cash and cash equivalents at end of year $ 5,143,536,478 $ 5,837,101,581 Republic of China due to engaged programmes denominated in foreign currencies are translated at the The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 96 Appendix 97

spot exchange rates prevailing at the balance sheet date. Exchange gains or losses are recognized in profit interest method, less impairment loss. Amortised interest of assets is recognised in profit or loss. or loss. The other assets denominated in foreign currencies are measured at the historical exchange rate at (9) Receivables the date of the transaction. Retained money receivable on completed projects (4) Classification of current and non-current items Any unfunded projects that need to be included in the final accounts due to the government budget, or A. Assets that meet one of the following criteria are classified as current assets; otherwise they are need to be approved to be retained until next year. classified as non-current assets: (10) Financial assets measured at cost (a) Assets that are expected to be realised, or are intended to be sold or consumed within the normal A. Financial assets measured at cost are equity instruments that do not have a quoted market price in an operating cycle; active market and whose fair value cannot be reliably measured or derivatives that are linked to and (b) Assets held mainly for trading purposes; must be settled by delivery of such unquoted equity instrument (c) Assets that are expected to be realised within twelve months from the balance sheet date; B. On a regular way purchase or sale basis, financial assets measured at cost are recognised and (d) Cash or cash equivalents, excluding cash and cash equivalents that are restricted from being derecognised using trade date accounting. exchanged, used to settle liabilities for at least twelve months after the balance sheet date or C. Financial assets measured at cost are initially recognised at fair value plus transaction costs that are restricted by other factors. directly attributable to the acquisition and subsequently measured at cost. B. Liabilities that meet one of the following criteria are classified as current liabilities; otherwise they are (11) Impairment of financial assets classified as non-current liabilities: A. The TaiwanICDF assesses at each balance sheet date whether there is objective evidence that a (a) Liabilities that are expected to be settled within the normal operating cycle; financial asset or a group of financial assets is impaired as a result of one or more events that occurred (b) Liabilities arising mainly from trading activities; after the initial recognition of the asset (a ‘loss event’) and that loss event (or events) has an impact on (c) Liabilities that are to be settled within twelve months after the balance sheet date; the estimated future cash flows of the financial asset or group of financial assets that can be reliably (d) Liabilities for which the repayment date cannot be deferred unconditionally for at least twelve months estimated. after the balance sheet date. B. The criteria that the TaiwanICDF uses to determine whether there is objective evidence of an impairment (5) Cash equivalents loss is as follows: Cash equivalents refer to short-term, highly liquid time deposits or investments that are readily convertible (a) Significant financial difficulty of the issuer or debtor; to known amounts of cash and which are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value. (b) A breach of contract, such as a default or delinquency in interest or principal payments; (6) Allowance for uncollectible accounts (c) For economic or legal reasons relating to the borrower’s financial difficulty, granted the borrower a The provision of reserve for bad debts is made based on their risk levels in accordance with the Regulation concession that a lender would not otherwise consider; for the TaiwanICDF Dealings with Past Due/Non-Performing Loans and Bad Debts. (d) It becomes probable that the borrower will enter bankruptcy or other financial reorganisation; (7) Available-for-sale financial assets (e) The disappearance of an active market for that financial asset because of financial difficulties; A. Available-for-sale financial assets are non-derivatives that are either designated in this category or not (f) Observable data indicating that there is a measurable decrease in the estimated future cash flows classified in any of the other categories. from a group of financial assets since the initial recognition of those assets, although the decrease B. On a regular way purchase or sale basis, available-for-sale financial assets are recognised and cannot yet be identified with the individual financial asset in the group, including adverse changes in derecognised using trade date accounting. the payment status of borrowers in the group or national or local economic conditions that correlate C. Available-for-sale financial assets are initially recognised at fair value plus transaction costs that are with defaults on the assets in the group; directly attributable to the acquisition of the financial assets. These financial assets are subsequently (g) Information about significant changes with an adverse effect that have taken place in the technology, remeasured and stated at fair value, and any changes in the fair value of these financial assets are market, economic or legal environment in which the issuer operates, and indicates that the cost of recognised in other comprehensive income. the investment in the equity instrument may not be recovered; (8) Held-to-maturity financial assets (h) A significant or prolonged decline in the fair value of an investment in an equity instrument below its A. Held-to-maturity financial assets are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments cost. and fixed maturity date that the TaiwanICDF has the positive intention and ability to hold to maturity other C. When the TaiwanICDF assesses that there has been objective evidence of impairment loss of financial than those designated as at fair value through profit or loss or as available-for-sale on initial recognition assets, the amount of impairment loss is determined as follows according to the category of financial and those that meet the definition of loans and receivables. assets: B. If the TaiwanICDF has sold or reclassified more than an insignificant amount of held-to-maturity (a) Financial assets measured at amortised cost investments before the maturity date during the current or the two preceding financial years, any The amount of the impairment loss is measured as the difference between the asset’s carrying financial assets should not be classified as held-to-maturity financial assets and all of its remaining held- amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows discounted at the financial asset’s to-maturity investments must be reclassified as available-for-sale original effective interest rate, and is recognised in profit or loss. If, in a subsequent period, the C. On a regular way purchase or sale basis, held-to-maturity financial assets are recognised and amount of the impairment loss decreases and the decrease can be related objectively to an event derecognised using settlement date accounting. occurring after the impairment loss was recognised, the previously recognised impairment loss is D. Financial assets are initially recognised at fair value plus transaction costs that are directly attributable to reversed through profit or loss to the extent that the carrying amount of the asset does not exceed the acquisition of the financial assets, and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective its amortised cost that would have been at the date of reversal had the impairment loss not been 98 Appendix 99

recognised previously. Impairment loss is recognised and reversed by adjusting the carrying amount Reversal of impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss, but gain on reversal of impairment loss on of the asset through the use of an impairment allowance account. revalued assets is recognised in profit or loss to the extent of impairment loss initially recognised in profit (b) Financial assets measured at cost or loss; excess is recognised in other comprehensive income as unrealised revaluation surplus of the The amount of the impairment loss is measured as the difference between the asset’s carrying asset. amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows discounted at current market return (15) Retirement plan rate of similar financial asset, and is recognised in profit or loss. Impairment loss recognised for Retained money payable on completed projects this category shall not be reversed subsequently. Impairment loss is recognised by adjusting the Any unfunded projects that need to be included in the final accounts due to the government budget or carrying amount of the asset through the use of an impairment allowance account. need to be approved to be retained until next year. (c) Available-for-sale financial assets (16) Revenues, Costs and Expenses The amount of the impairment loss is measured as the difference between the asset’s acquisition A. The TaiwanICDF had a non-contributory pension plan originally, covering all regular employees, which cost (less any principal repayment and amortisation) and current fair value, less any impairment was defined by the Fund. The TaiwanICDF contributed monthly an amount based on 7 percent of the loss on that financial asset previously recognised in profit or loss, and is reclassified from ‘other employees’ monthly salaries and wages to the retirement fund deposited with a financial institution. This comprehensive income’ to ‘profit or loss’. If, in a subsequent period, the fair value of an investment fund balance was not reflected in the financial statements. Effective September 1, 2009, the TaiwanICDF in a debt instrument increases, and the increase can be related objectively to an event occurring has established a funded defined contribution pension plan (the “New Plan”) under the Labor Pension after the impairment loss was recognised, such impairment loss is reversed through profit or loss. Act. Under the New Plan, the TaiwanICDF contributes monthly an amount based on 7 percent of Impairment loss of an investment in an equity instrument recognised in profit or loss shall not be the payroll grades corresponding to the employees’ monthly salaries and wages to the employees’ reversed through profit or loss. Impairment loss is recognised and reversed by adjusting the carrying individual pension accounts at the Bureau of Labor Insurance. No further contributions are made to the amount of the asset through the use of an impairment allowance account. TaiwanICDF’s retirement fund. (12) Long-term loans receivable B. Under the defined contribution pension plan, net periodic pension costs are recognized as incurred. Foreign currency loans are stated at historical exchange rates. (17) Income tax (13) Property, plant and equipment Income tax is accounted in accordance with the Standard for Non-profit Organizations Exempt from Income A. Property, plant and equipment are initially recorded at cost. Borrowing costs incurred during the Tax promulgated by the Executive Yuan, and Statement of Financial Accounting Standards. Under- or over- construction period are capitalised. provision of income tax in the previous year is accounted for as an adjustment of income tax expense in the B. In case of replacement of one part of the property, plant and equipment, the new part is capitalised current year. to the extent that it is probable that future economic benefits associated with the item will flow to the (18) Revenues, costs and expenses TaiwanICDF, and the carrying amount of the part replaced is derecognised. All other repairs and Revenues (including government donations) are recognized when the earning process is substantially maintenance are charged to profit or loss when incurred. completed and is realized or realizable. Costs and expenses are recognized as incurred. C. Property, plant and equipment are measured at cost model subsequently. Land is not depreciated. Other property, plant and equipment are depreciated using the straight-line method over their estimated 5. CRITICAL ESTIMATES AND KEY SOURCES OF ASSUMPTION UNCERTAINTY useful lives. Each part of an item of property, plant and equipment with a cost that is significant in None. relation to the total cost of the item is depreciated separately, unless it is impracticable. The estimated useful lives of property, plant and equipment are as follows: Machinery and equipment 3 ~ 10 years Transportation equipment 2 ~ 10 years Miscellaneous equipment 3 ~ 10 years Leasehold improvements 5 years D. If expectations for the assets’ residual values and useful lives differ from previous estimates or the patterns of consumption of the assets’ future economic benefits embodied in the assets have changed significantly, any change is accounted for as a change in estimate under EAS 4, ‘Accounting policies, estimates and errors’, from the date of the change. (14) Impairment of non-financial assets A. The TaiwanICDF assesses at each balance sheet date the recoverable amounts of those assets where there is an indication that they are impaired. The impairment loss on revalued assets is recognised in other comprehensive income to the extent of amount of unrealised revaluation surplus; excess is recognised in profit or loss, if any. B. Where the recoverable amount increases in subsequent period, the book value of the asset is adjusted to its recoverable amount. The carrying amount after reversal should not exceed its book value (less depreciation or amortisation amount) that would have been if the impairment had not been recognised. 100 Appendix 101

6. DETAILS OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTS (5) Long-term loans receivable December 31, 2019 December 31, 2018 (1) Cash and cash equivalents Current items December 31, 2019 December 31, 2018 Current portion of long-term loans receivable $ 242,764,354 $ 234,429,930 Petty cash $ 110,000 $ 110,000 Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts ( 8,412,758 ) ( 8,522,278 ) Demand deposits 973,596,983 178,021,866 Net $ 234,351,596 $ 225,907,652 Time deposits 4,169,829,495 5,558,969,715 Non-current items Cash equivalents Long-term loans receivable $ 3,532,565,595 $ 3,013,227,038 - Bonds purchased under resale agreements - 100,000,000 Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts ( 59,956,332 ) ( 63,480,157 ) Total $ 5,143,536,478 $ 5,837,101,581 Net $ 3,472,609,263 $ 2,949,746,881 (2) Available-for-sale financial assets Total $ 3,706,960,859 $ 3,175,654,533 Items December 31, 2019 December 31, 2018 A. The TaiwanICDF provides long-term loans in accordance with the Regulations for Loans by the International Non-current items: Cooperation and Development Fund as approved by the Executive Yuan. As of December 31, 2019 and Exchange trade funds $ 35,763,118 $ - 2018, the total outstanding loans denominated in U.S. dollars, Australia dollars and Euro dollars amounted to Valuation adjustments 6,797,932 - US$62,461,384.36, AU$20,227,983, €34,012,905.09 and US$60,104,801.31, AU$20,227,983 and €20,837,674.52, Total $ 42,561,050 $ - respectively. B. Allowances for doubtful accounts were based on the Regulation for the TaiwanICDF Dealings with Past Due/Non- A. The TaiwanICDF recognised $6,797,932 in other comprehensive income for fair value changes. Performing Loans and Bad Debts. B. The fair values of investment in exchange traded funds are based on the closing price in market on balance sheet C. As Parque Industrial Oriente S.A. (PIO) defaulted on the loan extended for the Industrial Park Development Project date. in Paraguay amounting to US$11,003,488.32, the TaiwanICDF filed a legal claim against PIO on September 1, (3) Held-to-maturity financial assets 2003. The court in Ciudad del Este ruled in favor of the TaiwanICDF in the first trial on March 26, 2004. PIO filed an appeal, which was rejected. Accordingly, it was proposed that the Industrial Park be auctioned off. Under the December 31, 2019 December 31, 2018 TaiwanICDF's 51st board resolution, the TaiwanICDF has agreed, under a term of 20 years, for MOFA to repay Current items the remaining loan balance. Although the MOFA agreed to pay off the remaining balance annually for 3 years Corporate bonds $ 673,557,003 $ 387,517,911 beginning 2012 on December 13, 2012, payments of only US$3,293,162.77 and US$400,000 were made in years Accumulated Impairment - - 2012 and 2013, respectively. The MOFA stated in a letter dated on April 16, 2014 that there were no payments Total $ 673,557,003 $ 387,517,911 made by MOFA for year 2014 and installments would resume starting from 2015 through annual budgets, and a payment of US$500,000 was made in year 2016 to 2019. As of December 31, 2019, the MOFA had repaid Non-current items US$8,293,162.77 and the remaining balance was US$2,710,325.55. Government bonds $ 484,528,749 $ 281,932,870 D. There was no significant past due loan as of December 31, 2019 and 2018. Corporate bonds 3,243,676,697 3,747,688,566 E. See Appendix 1 for the statement of changes in long-term loans for the year ended December 31, 2019. Net 3,728,205,446 4,029,621,436 Accumulated Impairment - - Total $ 3,728,205,446 $ 4,029,621,436 The TaiwanICDF recognised interest income of $102,597,024 and $95,276,259 for the years ended December 31,2019 and 2018, respectively.

(4) Other receivables December 31, 2019 December 31, 2018 Retained money receivable on completed projects $ 365,582,251 $ 27,498,784 Interest receivable 91,637,556 101,992,541 Other receivables 3,686 8,981,744 457,223,493 138,473,069 Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts ( 597,103 ) ( 590,331 ) $ 456,626,390 $ 137,882,738 102 Appendix 103

(6) Financial assets measured at cost (7) Property, plant and equipment December 31, 2019 December 31, 2018 Machinery and Transportation Miscellaneous Leasehold Items Total Carrying Amount Ownership Carrying Amount Ownership equipment equipment equipment improvements Equity investments accounted for using cost method: At January 1, 2019

Overseas Investment & Development $ 175,000,000 19.44% $ 175,000,000 19.44% Cost $ 37,035,686 $ 3,565,597 $ 5,251,345 $ 3,857,054 $ 49,709,682 Corporation Accumulated Less: Accumulated Impairment ( 6,000,000 ) ( 6,000,000 ) ( 21,446,843 ) ( 2,191,342 ) ( 3,055,767 ) ( 2,970,559 ) ( 29,664,511 ) depreciation 169,000,000 169,000,000 $ 15,588,843 $ 1,374,255 $ 2,195,578 $ 886,495 $ 20,045,171 BTS India Private Equity Fund Limited 113,333,733 6.80% 120,516,315 6.80% ( =US$ 3,640,112 ) ( =US$ 3,857,799 ) Opening net book amount as $ 15,588,843 $ 1,374,255 $ 2,195,578 $ 886,495 $ 20,045,171 Less: Accumulated Impairment ( 113,333,733 ) ( 96,162,718 ) at January 1 ( =US$ 3,640,112 ) ( =US$ 3,135,340 ) Additions 1,940,355 23,800 12,390 - 1,976,545 - 24,353,597 Disposals ( 34,532 ) - ( 2,300 ) - ( 36,832 ) Taiwan's Agricultural 20,000,000 8.33% 20,000,000 8.33% Development Corporation Depreciation ( 3,648,883 ) ( 214,718 ) ( 412,958 ) ( 149,047 ) ( 4,425,606 ) Less: Accumulated Impairment ( 6,910,615 ) ( 6,910,615 ) charge 13,089,385 13,089,385 Closing net book amount as at 13,845,783 $ 1,183,337 $ 1,792,710 $ 737,448 $ 17,559,278 Net 182,089,385 206,442,982 December 31 International institution investment fund: At December 31, 2019 FIISF-Small Business Account-Phase III 1,174,490,000 922,210,000 Cost $ 38,839,514 $ 3,589,397 $ 5,247,635 $ 3,857,054 $ 51,533,600

( =US$ 38,000,000 ) ( =US$ 30,000,000 ) Accumulated ( 24,993,731 ) ( 2,406,060 ) ( 3,454,925 ) ( 3,119,606 ) ( 33,974,322 ) Agribusiness Account 474,630,000 474,630,000 depreciation ( =US$ 15,000,000 ) ( =US$ 15,000,000 ) $ 13,845,783 $ 1,183,337 $ 1,792,710 $ 737,448 $ 17,559,278 Less: Accumulated Impairment ( 18,165,864 ) 18,165,864 ( =US$ 591,433 ) ( =US$ 591,433 ) Machinery and Transportation Miscellaneous Leasehold Total 1,630,954,136 1,378,674,136 equipment equipment equipment improvements EBRD Financial Intermediary and 476,300,000 476,300,000 Private Enterprises Investment At January 1, 2018 Special Fund-Agribusiness Account ( =US$ 15,000,000 ) ( =US$ 15,000,000 ) Cost $ 35,492,832 $ 3,489,497 $ 5,234,553 $ 3,857,054 $ 48,073,936

Net 2,107,254,136 1,854,974,136 Accumulated ( 20,029,243 ) ( 1,892,944 ) ( 2,673,116 ) ( 2,694,134 ) ( 27,289,437 ) Total $ 2,289,343,521 $ 2,061,417,118 depreciation A. The TaiwanICDF and the European Bank for Reconstruction Development (EBRD) entered into a contribution $ 15,463,589 $ 1,596,553 $ 2,561,437 $ 1,162,920 $ 20,784,499 agreement dated May 19, 2011 in respect of the Financial Intermediary and Private Enterprises Investment Special Opening net Fund (FIPEISF)-Small Business Account III (SBA III), as amended on April 19, 2017 and March 19, 2019, pursuant book amount as $ 15,463,589 $ 1,596,553 $ 2,561,437 $ 1,162,920 $ 20,784,499 to which the TaiwanICDF had committed US$50,000,000. The contribution to SBA III is used to co-finance EBRD at January 1 lending operations with financial intermediaries for on-lending to micro and small enterprises. The TaiwanICDF’s Additions 4,239,760 96,000 70,342 - 4,406,102 accumulated contribution amounted to US$38,000,000 and US$30,000,000 as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Disposals ( 525,104 ) ( 3,316 ) ( 8,874 ) ( - ) ( 537,294 ) B. The TaiwanICDF and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) entered into an agreement dated March 27, Depreciation ( 3,589,402 ) ( 314,982 ) ( 427,277 ) ( 276,425 ) ( 4,608,086 ) 2006 in respect of the Specialized Financial Intermediary Development Fund (SFIDF), pursuant to which the charge TaiwanICDF had committed US$15,000,000. The contribution to the SFIDF is used to co-invest in, or co-finance Closing net book well-performing microfinance institutions with the LAB of IDB Group. The TaiwanICDF’s accumulated contribution amount as at 15,588,843 $ 1,374,255 $ 2,195,628 $ 886,495 $ 20,045,221 both amounted to US$15,000,000 as of December 31, 2019 and 2018. December 31 C. The TaiwanICDF and the EBRD entered into a contribution agreement dated November 18, 2015 in respect of the FIPEISF-Agribusiness Account (ABA), pursuant to which the TaiwanICDF had committed US$15,000,000. The At December 31, 2018 contribution to the ABA is mainly used to co-finance EBRD lending operations for the private enterprises operating Cost $ 37,035,686 $ 3,565,597 $ 5,251,345 $ 3,857,054 $ 49,709,682 in agribusiness sector. The TaiwanICDF’s accumulated contribution both amounted to US$15,000,000 as of Accumulated December 31, 2019 and 2018. ( 21,446,843 ) ( 2,191,342 ) ( 3,055,767 ) ( 2,970,559 ) ( 29,664,511 ) depreciation D. The above listed foreign currency investments projects are stated using the historical exchange rate. E. See Appendix 2 for the statement of changes in financial assets carried at cost for the year ended December 31, $ 15,588,843 $ 1,374,255 $ 2,195,578 $ 886,495 $ 20,045,171 2019. 104 Appendix 105

(8) Payables (10) Fund December 31, 2019 December 31, 2018 A. The founding fund balance of $11,614,338,576 (Total assets of $11,634,131,427 less total liabilites of Accrued expenses $ 38,626,090 $ 40,536,164 $19,792,851) was derived from the closure of the IECDF management committee on June 30, 1996. In the Retained money payable on completed projects 393,134,342 69,527,279 official registration with the court, the total property value filed as $11,634,131,427 was based on the closing Other payables 144,559,009 19,657,419 balance of assets of the IECDF management committee. As of September 5, 2018, the total amount of the $ 576,319,441 $ 129,720,862 assets registered with the TaiwanICDF was $15,722,566,420. B. The donated fund of the TaiwanICDF consisted of the following items: (9) Retirement funds (a) The amount of $4,423,541 from MOFA’s Committee of International Technical Cooperation (CITC) was A. The TaiwanICDF contributes monthly an amount based on seven percent of the employees’ remuneration and consolidated in the TaiwanICDF on July 1, 1997. deposits it with a financial institution. This fund balance is not reflected in the financial statements. The fund (b) The amount of $600,000,000 was donated by the MOFA on January 16, 1999. balance with financial institution were $98,215,436 and $97,437,497 as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, (c) The MOFA provided the amount of $250,075,955 on December 31, 2001 under the Regulation for the respectively. TaiwanICDF in Providing Guarantee for Credit Facilities Extended to Private Enterprises Which Invest in B. The details of employees’ retirement funds allocated by the TaiwanICDF are as follows: Countries with Formal Diplomatic Relationships. For the years ended December 31 (11) Accumulated earnings 2019 2018 The TaiwanICDF is registered as a consortium juridical person with the aim of strengthening international Balance at the beginning of the year $ 97,437,497 $ 94,130,724 cooperation and enhancing foreign relations by promoting economic development, social progress and the Interest income 985,119 980,565 welfare of the people in partner nations around the world. As the TaiwanICDF is a non-profit organization, Contribution during the year 2,340,000 2,326,208 distribution of income is not permitted in accordance with its Articles of Association. Payments during the year ( 2,547,180 ) - Balance at the end of the year $ 98,215,436 $ 97,437,497 (12) Contracted project expenses C. Effective September 1, 2009, the TaiwanICDF has been the entity covered by the Labor Standards Law and For the years ended December 31 has adopted the following two schemes: 2019 2018 Scheme A: the pension and severance obligation are settled and the settled amounts are transferred to the Personnel expenses $ 414,721,426 $ 424,192,427 TaiwanICDF’s retirement fund deposited with the financial institution. The employees may claim Operating expenses 1,001,838,803 681,147,464 pension benefits when they retire or reach 55 years old or upon their death. Travel and transportation expense 47,628,097 45,240,798 Scheme B: the pension and severance obligation are not settled and the old pension plan is extended. Equipment investment expense 120,725,053 106,396,486 Accordingly, the TaiwanICDF recognized an accrued pension reserve of $16,014,156 for the excess of present Total $ 1,584,913,379 $ 1,256,977,175 value of pension benefits for the past and future service years under the old pension plan over the fair value of the pension fund at the measurement date, September 1, 2009 and contributed the amount to the account in (13) Personnel expenses, depreciation and amortization 2010. For the years ended December 31 D. Effective September 1, 2009, the TaiwanICDF has established a funded defined contribution pension plan 2019 2018 (the “New Plan”) under the Labor Pension Act. Under the New Plan, the TaiwanICDF contributes monthly Personnel expenses(Note) depending on the contribution grades an amount based on 7 percent of the payroll grades corresponding to Salaries $ 126,276,003 $ 126,523,918 the employees’ monthly salaries and wages to the employees’ individual pension accounts at the Bureau of Labor and health insurance 11,041,800 11,025,998 Labor Insurance. The benefits accrued in the employees’ individual pension accounts could be received in Pension 9,292,906 10,288,317 full or in monthly installments when the employees retire. The pension costs under the New Plan for the years Others 5,305,273 5,326,113 ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 amounted to $9,292,906 and $10,288,317, respectively. $ 151,915,982 $ 153,164,346 Depreciation $ 4,425,606 $ 4,608,086 Amortization $ 3,408,408 $ 6,687,747 106 Appendix 107

(14) Financial income 9. SIGNIFICANT CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND UNRECOGNISED CONTRACT For the years ended December 31 COMMITMENTS 2019 2018 (1) Pursuant to the Regulations for Loans by the International Cooperation and Development Fund, the loan amount Interest income $ 163,884,306 $ 178,534,282 in U.S. dollars under the loan agreements entered into by the TaiwanICDF amounted to US$193,932,578.92 and Investment income-non-operating 144,200 - US$194,474,578.92 as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The total amount of loans drawn down $ 164,028,506 $ 178,534,282 amounted to US$141,666,954.36 and US$141,274,789.48, and the undisbursed committed balance amounted to US$52,265,624.56 and US$53,199,789.44 as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Additionally, the (15) Other non-operating income loan amount in Euro dollars amounted to €56,553,755.54 as of December 31, 2019 and 2018. The total amount For the years ended December 31 of loans drawn down amounted to €34,012,905.09 and €20,837,674.52, and the undisbursed committed balance 2019 2018 amounted to€22,540,850.45 and €35,716,081.02 as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Moreover, Reversal of allowance for doubtful accounts $ 3,626,573 $ 3,514,937 the loan amount in Australia dollars amounted to AU$20,227,983.00 as of December 31, 2019 and 2018. The Subsidy and donation income 478,815 4,534,050 total amount of loans drawn down amounted to AU$20,227,983.00, and the undisbursed committed balance Others 5,657,481 4,401,471 amounted to AU$0 as of December 31, 2019 and 2018. $ 9,762,869 $ 12,450,458 (2) Pursuant to the Regulations for Investments by the International Cooperation and Development Fund, the committed amounts denominated in U.S. dollars under the outstanding contracts entered into by the TaiwanICDF (16) Income tax amounted to US$105,000,000 and US$65,000,000, of which US$72,215,985 and US$64,215,985 had been Activities and related expenses of the TaiwanICDF are in compliance with “Standard for Non-profit Organizations invested as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The recalled amount of the investments are Exempt from Income Tax”. Accordingly, the TaiwanICDF is exempt from income tax. The income tax returns US$784,015 and US$0 as of December 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The undisbursed committed balance through 2017 have been assessed and approved by the Tax Authority. amounted to US$32,000,000 and US$0 as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Additionally, the committed amounts denominated in NT dollars under the outstanding investment agreement entered into by the 7. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS TaiwanICDF has been fully disbursed, with the balance of NT$195,000,000 as of December 31, 2019 and 2018. The undisbursed committed balance amounted to NT$0 as of December 31, 2019 and 2018. (1) Name of subsidiaries and the relationship with the TaiwanICDF (3) The TaiwanICDF had entered into a lease agreement with the MOFA to lease state-owned real estate properties. Name of related party Relationship with the TaiwanICDF As per the lease agreement, the lease period is from October 1, 2015 to September 30, 2020 with the rents Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The TaiwanICDF is an entity of government relations under its control charged on a monthly basis. The rents are calculated as follows: A. Land: 3 percent of the most recent official land price per square meter multiplied by the rental area and (2) Revenues from contracted projects are the subsidy received from the contracted projects of the Ministry of divided by 12. Foreign Affairs. B. Building: 10 percent of the current taxable building value divided by 12.

8. PLEDGED ASSET 10. SIGNIFICANT EVENTS AFTER BALANCE SHEET DATE None. None. 108 Appendix 109

11. PROPERTIES UNDER CUSTODIANSHIP 12. INITIAL APPLICATION OF EAS (1) The government has placed certain assets under the TaiwanICDF’s custodianship and management. These The financial statements of 2019 are the first set of financial statements that have been prepared in accordance properties are entered into memo accounts: “Properties under Custodianship” and “Custodianship Property with the requirements of “Regulations Governing Accounting Handling and Preparation of Financial Reports of Payable”. Foundations established and approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs”, accounting policies of the TaiwanICDF The properties under custodianship were accounted for at cost. Expenditures for major procurement, renewals (including proposed revision), the relevant laws and regulations formulated by the central government, EAS and and improvements were debited to “Properties under Custodianship” and credited to “Custodianship Property related interpretations. The financial statements of 2018 were reclassified in accordance with the classification Payable”. Moreover, the repairs and maintenance expenditures shall be treated as revenues and expenditures requirements of the abovementioned regulations and standards. Information relating to reclassification is as of these projects. Upon disposal, the cost was deducted from the book amount. As of December 31, 2019 and follows: 2018, the book value of fixed assets under custodianship was $250,532,404 and $305,170,397, respectively. In (1) Significant reclassification adjustments for the balance sheets for the year ended December 31, 2018. addition, as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the reserve for severance pay for personnel stationed abroad in “Regulations Governing charge of the government’s assignments, which were administered by the TaiwanICDF on behalf of government Accounting Handling and and for contracted assistants of the TaiwanICDF amounted to $29,283,318 and $32,122,207, respectively. Preparation of Financial (2) The MOFA has engaged the TaiwanICDF to manage the Central American Economic Development Fund Reports of Foundations established and (ROC-CAEDF). As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the total amount of ROC-CAEDF was $7,904,129,198 and approved by the Ministry $7,940,072,590, respectively, and the details of the financial assets of the ROC-CAEDF are as follows: of Foreign Affairs”, Previous R.O.C Effect of accounting policies of the Remark GAAP transition December 31, 2019 TaiwanICDF (including proposed revision), US$ NT$ the relevant laws and Demand deposits $ 1,414,790.73 $ 42,415,426 regulations formulated by the central government, Time deposits 237,416,825.69 7,123,736,435 EAS and related Interest receivable 4,765,651.76 142,874,240 interpretations. Current assets Prepaid expenses 282,510.94 8,615,171 Cash and cash equivalents $ 5,837,101,581 - $ 5,837,101,581 Corporate bonds 19,177,876.71 586,487,926 Other receivables 137,882,738 - 137,882,738 $ 263,057,655.83 $ 7,904,129,198 Prepayments 53,699,730 - 53,699,730 Held-to-maturity financial assets - 387,517,911 - 387,517,911 current December 31, 2018 Other current assets 50,370,945 - 50,370,945 US$ NT$ Current portion of long-term loans 225,907,652 - 225,907,652 receivable Demand deposits $ 1,305,714.00 $ 40,105,005 Total current assets 6,692,480,557 - 6,692,480,557 Time deposits 240,411,254.28 7,384,231,673 Long-term loans and investments Interest receivable 4,474,955.08 137,446,743 Available-for-sale financial assets - - - - noncurrent Prepaid expenses 225,468.91 6,953,461 Held-to-maturity financial assets - 4,029,621,436 - 4,029,621,436 Corporate bonds 12,137,425.66 371,335,708 noncurrent Financial assets carried at cost - $ 258,554,817.93 $ 7,940,072,590 2,061,417,118 - 2,061,417,118 noncurrent Long-term loans receivable 2,949,746,881 - 2,949,746,881 Total Long-term loans and 9,040,785,435 - 9,040,785,435 investments Fixed assets Cost 49,709,682 ( 49,709,682 ) - (3)A. Less:Accumulated depreciation ( 29,664,511 ) 29,664,511 - (3)A. Net fixed assets 20,045,171 ( 20,045,171 ) - 110 Appendix 111

(2) Significant reclassification adjustments for the statements of comprehensive revenues and expenses for the year ended December 31, 2018.

“Regulations Governing “Regulations Governing Accounting Handling and Accounting Handling and Preparation of Financial Preparation of Financial Reports of Foundations Reports of Foundations established and established and approved approved by the Ministry by the Ministry of Foreign of Foreign Affairs”, Previous R.O.C Effect of Affairs”, accounting Previous R.O.C Effect of Remark accounting policies of the Remark GAAP transition policies of the TaiwanICDF GAAP transition TaiwanICDF (including (including proposed proposed revision), revision), the relevant the relevant laws and laws and regulations regulations formulated by formulated by the central the central government, government, EAS and EAS and related related interpretations. interpretations. Operating revenues Property, plant and equipment Revenues from banking and finance $ 1,256,977,175 $ - $ 1,256,977,175 Machinery and equipment - 15,588,843 15,588,843 (3)A. operations Transportation equipment - 1,374,255 1,374,255 (3)A. Revenues from contracted projects 68,900,868 - 68,900,868 Miscellaneous equipment - 2,195,578 2,195,578 (3)A. Total operating revenues 1,325,878,043 - 1,325,878,043 Leasehold improvements - 886,495 886,495 (3)A. Operating expenses Net property, plant and equipment - 20,045,171 20,045,171 Humanitarian assistance expenses ( 25,933,639 ) - ( 25,933,639 ) Other assets Banking and finance operations ( 36,869,369 ) - ( 36,869,369 ) Deposits-out $ 327,657 $ - $ 327,657 International human resources ( 90,327,470 ) - ( 90,327,470 ) Defered expenses 9,157,957 - 9,157,957 Technical cooperation expenses ( 38,307,495 ) - ( 38,307,495 ) Total other assets 9,485,614 - 9,485,614 General and administrative expenses ( 140,041,694 ) - ( 140,041,694 ) Total assets $ 15,762,796,777 $ - $ 15,762,796,777 Contracted project expenses ( 1,256,977,175 ) - ( 1,256,977,175 ) Current liabilities Total operating expenses ( 1,588,456,842 ) - ( 1,588,456,842 ) Payables 129,720,862 - 129,720,862 Net operating losses ( $ 262,578,799 ) $ - ( $ 262,578,799 ) Collections payable 2,431,950 - 2,431,950 Non-operating income and gains Other current liabilities 68,651 - 68,651 Interest on fund investments 178,534,282 ( 178,534,282 ) - (3)C. Total current liabilities 132,221,463 - 132,221,463 Other revenues 12,450,458 ( 12,450,458 ) - (3)D. Other liabilities Financial income - 178,534,282 178,534,282 (3)C. Deposits-in 11,762,000 ( 11,762,000 ) - (3)B. Other non-operating income - 12,450,458 12,450,458 (3)D. Total non-operating income and Deposits payable 131,873 ( 131,873 ) - (3)B. 190,984,740 - 190,984,740 gains Other liabilities - 11,893,873 11,893,873 (3)B. Non-operating expenses and losses Total other liabilities 11,893,873 - 11,893,873 Loss on disposal of fixed assets ( 537,344 ) 537,344 - (3)E. Total liabilities 144,115,336 - 144,115,336 Exchange losses ( 31,651,654 ) 31,651,654 - (3)F. Fund balances Other expenses ( 101,922 ) 101,922 - (3)E. Funds Financial expenses - ( 31,651,654 ) ( 31,651,654 ) (3)F. Funds 12,468,838,072 - 12,468,838,072 Other non-operating expenses - ( 639,266 ) ( 639,266 ) (3)E. Accumulated earnings Total non-operating expenses and ( 32,290,920 ) - ( 32,290,920 ) Accumulated earnings 3,149,843,369 - 3,149,843,369 losses Total fund balances 15,618,681,441 - 15,618,681,441 Deficiency of revenues over expenses ( $ 103,884,979 ) $ - ( $ 103,884,979 ) Total liabilities and fund balances $ 15,762,796,777 $ - $ 15,762,796,777 112 Appendix 113

(3) Reasons for reconciliation are outlined below: International Cooperation and Development Fund A. In accordance with the requirements of “Regulations Governing Accounting Handling and Preparation of Statement of Changes in Long-term Loans Financial Reports of Foundations established and approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs” and accounting policies of the TaiwanICDF (including proposed revision) revised in 2019, “Fixed assets” was reclassified to For the Year Ended December 31, 2019 “Property, plant and equipment” and shown in the balance sheet. (Expressed in NT$) B. In accordance with the requirements of “Regulations Governing Accounting Handling and Preparation of Increase in Collection Financial Reports of Foundations established and approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs” and accounting Collection Item Beginning Balance long-term of long-term Ending Balance policies of the TaiwanICDF (including proposed revision) revised in 2019, “Deposits-in” and “Deposits Term loans loans payable” were combined in “Other liabilities.” C. In accordance with the requirements of “Regulations Governing Accounting Handling and Preparation of Industrial Park Development May. 2010 ~ Project in Paraguay, reimbursed $ 108,945,861 $ - $ 17,257,850 $ 91,688,011 May. 2029 Financial Reports of Foundations established and approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs” and accounting by the guarantor, MOFA (Note)

policies of the TaiwanICDF (including proposed revision) revised in 2019, “Interest on fund investments” was Quimistan Valley Irrigation Nov. 2005 ~ 53,750,210 - 17,960,552 35,789,658 shown in “Financial income.” Project in Honduras Nov. 2021 D. In accordance with the requirements of “Regulations Governing Accounting Handling and Preparation of Housing Solidarity May. 2004 ~ Reconstruction Program in 46,200,000 - 9,240,000 36,960,000 Financial Reports of Foundations established and approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs” and accounting Nov. 2023 Honduras policies of the TaiwanICDF (including proposed revision) revised in 2019, “Other revenues” was shown in “Other Phase I Solidarity Reconstruction Jul. 2004 ~ non-operating income.” 54,195,045 - 9,920,790 44,274,255 Program in Nicaragua Jan. 2024 E. In accordance with the requirements of “Regulations Governing Accounting Handling and Preparation of Phase II Housing Solidarity Financial Reports of Foundations established and approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs” and accounting Mar. 2006 ~ Reconstruction Program in 56,996,172 - 8,185,124 48,811,048 Sep. 2025 policies of the TaiwanICDF (including proposed revision) revised in 2019, “Loss on disposal of fixed assets” Nicaragua

and “Other expenses” were shown in “Other non-operating expenses.” Guatemala Rio Polochic Region Jul. 2004 ~ 34,814,759 - 6,927,300 27,887,459 F. In accordance with the requirements of “Regulations Governing Accounting Handling and Preparation of Recovery Program Jan. 2024 Financial Reports of Foundations established and approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs” and accounting Technical Education Project in Aug. 2007 ~ 61,020,890 - 17,434,540 43,586,350 policies of the TaiwanICDF (including proposed revision) revised in 2019, “Exchange losses” was shown in Guatemala Feb. 2022 “Financial expenses.” Housing Solidarity Nov. 2004 ~ Reconstruction Program in El 36,509,026 - 6,526,220 29,982,806 May. 2024 Salvador

Program for Environmental Nov. 2006 ~ Pollution Control in Critical Areas 42,836,966 - 17,587,817 25,249,149 May. 2021 in El Salvador

Belize Tourism Development Nov. 2005 ~ 31,564,807 - 4,134,262 27,430,545 Project / Caracol road May. 2026

Belize Southern Highway Aug. 2003 ~ 10,823,938 - 10,823,938 - Rehabilitation Project Feb. 2019

Program for Modernizing the National Congress and the Nov. 2004 ~ 48,409,407 - 6,367,176 42,042,231 Office of the Comptroller General May. 2026 in Dominican Republic

Drinking Water Distribution May. 2007 ~ Project in Petion-Ville-Lot I in 21,963,319 - 1,914,610 20,048,709 Nov. 2029 Haiti

Rural Credit Project in Burkina Nov. 2005 ~ 21,683,974 - 4,786,116 16,897,858 Faso May. 2023

Microfinancing and Capacity Mar. 2010 ~ 6,939,832 - 1,601,499 5,338,333 Building Project in the Gambia Sep. 2024

Agricultural Production Mar. 2011 ~ Reactivation Phase II in 86,035,055 - 8,781,860 77,253,195 Sep. 2028 Nicaragua

Lower Usuthu Smallholder Jul. 2009 ~ 66,727,560 - 8,897,008 57,830,552 Irrigation Project in Eswatini Jan. 2026 114 Appendix 115

International Cooperation and Development Fund Statement of Changes in Fixed Assets

For the Year Ended December 31, 2019 (Expressed in NT$)

Increase in Collection Decrease in Collection Acquisition of Item Beginning Balance long-term of long-term Ending Balance Beginning Balance Long-term Ending Balance Term Long-term Investments loans loans Investments Note Information Technology School Sep. 2014 ~ Owner- Owner- Owner- Carrying Owner- $ 88,759,849 $ - $ 7,439,598 81,320,251 Carrying Amount Carrying Amount Carrying Amount Project Mar. 2031 ship ship ship Amount ship

Technical and Vocational Equity investments accounted for using cost method: Jan. 2016 ~ Education and Training Project in 47,538,915 - 3,684,962 43,853,953 Jul. 2031 Overseas the Gambia Investment & 19.44% $ 175,000,000 - $ - - $ - 19.44% $ 175,000,000 None CABEI's Special Fund for the Development May. 2012 ~ Social Transformation of Central 110,972,163 - 10,088,380 100,883,783 Corporation Nov. 2029 America Less: CABEI SMME Re-lending Jan. 2014 ~ Accumulated ( 6,000,000 ) - - ( 6,000,000 ) 83,214,287 - 41,607,142 41,607,145 Project--Phase II Jul. 2020 impairment

CABEI's Special Fund for the 169,000,000 - - 169,000,000 Nov. 2014 ~ Social Transformation of Central 229,083,744 - 15,684,818 213,398,926 May. 2032 BTS Private America Phase II Equity Fund 6.80% 120,516,315 - 7,182,582 6.80% 113,333,733 None Taiwan ICDF-CABEI in India Jan. 2015 ~ Technological and Vocational 37,200,734 - 6,079,964 31,120,770 Jul. 2024 Less: Education and Accumulated ( 96,162,718 ) ( 17,171,015 ) - ( 113,333,733 ) Repair and Upgrade of Bonriki Sep. 2021 ~ impairment 489,421,455 - - 489,421,455 International Airport (Kiribati) Mar. 2044 24,353,597 ( 17,171,015 ) 7,182,582 - Belize City House of Culture Mar. 2018 ~ Taiwan's and the Downtown Rejuvenation 38,551,977 54,691,993 4,626,060 88,617,910 Agricultural Sep. 2031 8.33% 20,000,000 - - 8.33% 20,000,000 None Project Development The period Corporation depends The Green Energy Special Fund 863,096,479 459,288,538 - 1,322,385,017 Less: on the sub- Accumulated ( 6,910,615 ) - - ( 6,910,615 ) projects. impairment

The Home Energy Efficiency and 13,089,385 - - 13,089,385 Renewable Energy Project In Nov. 2021 ~ 30,840,000 - - 30,840,000 The Republic Of The Marshall May. 2031 206,442,982 ( 17,171,015 ) 7,182,582 182,089,385 Islands International Institution Investment Fund:

Jul. 2021 ~ Agribusiness National Broadband Plan 347,700,544 193,219,466 - 540,920,010 474,630,000 - - 474,630,000 None Jan. 2030 Account Integral Microfinance Project (El Jul. 2019 ~ 91,860,000 - 6,561,430 85,298,570 FIISF-Small Salvador) Jan. 2026 Business 922,210,000 252,280,000 - 1,174,490,000 None Tuvalu Convention Centre at Jan. 2020 ~ Account- - 74,592,000 - 74,592,000 Funafuti Jul. 2029 Phase III Less: 3,247,656,968 $ 781,791,997 $ 254,119,016 3,775,329,949 Accumulated ( 18,165,864 ) - - ( 18,165,864 ) Less: Allowance for doubtful impairment ( 72,002,435 ) ( 68,369,090 ) accounts 1,378,674,136 252,280,000 - 1,630,954,136 $ 3,175,654,533 $ 3,706,960,859 Financial Intermediary Note: Although the MOFA agreed to pay off the remaining balance annually for 3 years beginning 2012 on December 13, 2012, 476,300,000 - - 476,300,000 None payments of only US$3,293,162.77 and US$400,000 were made in years 2012 and 2013, respectively. There were no payments made Development by MOFA for year 2014. The MOFA stated in a letter dated on April 16, 2014 that there were no payments made by MOFA for year Fund 2014 and installments would resume starting from 2015 through annual budgets, and a payment of US$500,000 was made in year 1,854,974,136 252,280,000 - 2,107,254,136 2016 to 2019. As of December 31, 2019, the MOFA had repaid US$8,293,162.77 and the remaining balance was US$2,710,325.55. Total $ 2,061,417,118 $ 235,108,985 $ 7,182,582 $ 2,289,343,521 116 Appendix 117

Cooperation Projects in 2019

East Asia and Pacific

Country Project Sector Type of Assistance Priority Area Country Project Sector Type of Assistance Priority Area Vegetable Production and Nutrition Integrated Pest Management in Vegetable Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Production and Fruit Flies Control Project in Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Enhancement Project Royal Project Foundation Egg Production Project Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Thailand Gloriosa, Sweet Potato Virus-Free Seedling and Nauru Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Economic Infrastructure and Services Grape Root Stock Production Project Microfinance Development Fund—Pilot Project Technical Assistance Other, ICT (Banking and Financial Services) Social Infrastructure and Services Technical Assistance TaiwanICDF Overseas Volunteers Program Education Social Infrastructure and Services (Education) (Volunteer) Vocational Training Project for the Pacific Technical Assistance Education (Education) Social Infrastructure and Services Technical Assistance Cambodia TaiwanICDF Overseas Volunteers Program Other Horticulture Project Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture (Other) (Volunteer) Livestock Project Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Strengthening Incubator Agribusiness with Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Human Resources Development in Bandung Economic Infrastructure and Services Home Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (Energy generation, supply and Lending Environment High Quality Rice Seed Development Project in Project Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture efficiency/renewable energy) South Sulawesi (Indonesia) Marshall Social Infrastructure and Services Sigi-Biromaru Livelihood Support Program Islands Vocational Training Project for the Pacific Technical Assistance Education Humanitarian Aid (Reconstruction) Technical Assistance Agriculture (Education) (Indonesia) onstruction of the Track and Field for 2022 Government and Civil Society Central Sulawesi Earthquake WASH Support Indonesia Humanitarian Aid (Reconstruction) Technical Assistance Environment Micronesian Games in the Republic of the (Government and Civil Society- Lending Other Program (Indonesia) Marshall Islands General) Public Social Infrastructure and Services Technical Assistance Social Infrastructure and Services Technical Assistance Environment, TaiwanICDF Overseas Volunteers Program Health and TaiwanICDF Overseas Volunteers Program (Health) (Volunteer) (Environment/Other) (Volunteer) Other Medicine Milkfish Aquaculture Project Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Public Social Infrastructure and Services HCV Research Project in Indonesia Technical Assistance Health and (Health) Nutrition Enhancement Project Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Medicine Pig rearing Project Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Public Integrated Action for Children’s Nutrition Project Social Infrastructure and Services Health and Kiribati Public Technical Assistance Social Infrastructure and Services (Philippines) (Health) Medicine Healthcare Personnel Training Program Technical Assistance Health and (Health) Philippines Medicine Public Social Infrastructure and Services Social Infrastructure and Services Technical Assistance Vocational Training Project for the Pacific Technical Assistance Education TaiwanICDF Overseas Volunteers Program Health and (Education) (Health) (Volunteer) Medicine Horticulture Expansion Project Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Horticulture Extension Project Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Public Social Infrastructure and Services Public Healthcare Personnel Training Program Technical Assistance Health and Social Infrastructure and Services (Health) Healthcare Personnel Training Program Technical Assistance Health and Medicine (Health) Medicine Social Infrastructure and Services Vocational Training Project for the Pacific Technical Assistance Education Social Infrastructure and Services (Education) Vocational Training Project for the Pacific Technical Assistance Education Tuvalu Palau (Education) Government and Civil Society Overseas Professional Mandarin Teaching Social Infrastructure and Services Tuvalu Convention Centre at Funafuti (Government and Civil Society- Lending Other Technical Assistance Education Project (Education) General)

Public Public Social Infrastructure and Services Technical Assistance Social Infrastructure and Services Technical Assistance TaiwanICDF Overseas Volunteers Program Health and TaiwanICDF Overseas Volunteers Program Health and (Health) (Volunteer) (Health) (Volunteer) Medicine Medicine

Papua New Vegetable Production, Marketing Extension and Farmers Training Cooperation Project Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Guinea Fiji Capacity Building Project Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Project Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Aquaculture Project Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture

Integrated Hog-raising Project Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture

Food Crop Improvement Project Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture

Beekeeping Project Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture

Public Social Infrastructure and Services Healthcare Personnel Training Program Technical Assistance Health and Solomon (Health) Islands Medicine Social Infrastructure and Services Vocational Training Project for the Pacific Technical Assistance Education (Education)

Overseas Professional Mandarin Teaching Social Infrastructure and Services Technical Assistance Education Project (Education)

Technical Assistance TaiwanICDF Overseas Volunteers Program Production (Agriculture) Agriculture (Volunteer) 118 Appendix 119

Africa and West Asia Latin America and the Caribbean

Country Project Sector Type of Assistance Priority Area Country Project Sector Type of Assistance Priority Area

EBRD Financial Intermediary Investment Bamboo Industries Project Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Economic Infrastructure and Services Tunisia Special Fund—Small Business Account—Phase Lending Other (Banking and Financial Services) Project for the Strengthening of Marketing III— Tunisia Leasing S.A. SME Project Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Capacity in Family Farming

FIPEISF-Agribusiness Account-Subproject: Project for the Capacity Strengthening to Production (Agriculture) Lending Agriculture Economic Infrastructure and Services Yayla Turkey project Support the Incubation and Entrepreneurship Technical Assistance Other (Business) for MIPYMEs Overseas Professional Mandarin Teaching Social Infrastructure and Services Technical Assistance Education Project (Education) Project for the Revitalization of Crafts and Youth Turkey Economic Infrastructure and Services Entrepreneurship in Antigua Guatemala and Technical Assistance Other Refugees Act and Communicate for Health (Business) Public Surrounding Municipalities in Sacatepéquez (REACH): Using Technology to Increase Health Humanitarian Aid (Health) Technical Assistance Health and Literacy and Health Care Access for Refugees Guatemala Project for Promotion of Medical Technology for Public Medicine Social Infrastructure and Services in Turkey Improvement of Maternal-Neonatal Health in Technical Assistance Health and (Health) Guatemala Medicine EBRD Financial Intermediary Investment Public Special Fund—Small Business Account— Multisector/Cross-cutting Social Infrastructure and Services Lebanon Lending Environment Healthcare Personnel Training Program Technical Assistance Health and Phase III— Lebanon Green Economy Financing (Environmental Protection) (Health) Facility-Bank Audi Pilot Project Medicine Latin America and the Caribbean Countries Social Infrastructure and Services Improvement of Solid Waste Management for Technical Assistance Education Vocational Training Project (Education) Host Communities and Syrian Refugees in Humanitarian Aid (Reconstruction) Technical Assistance Other Azraq Town Project (Jordan) Overseas Professional Mandarin Teaching Social Infrastructure and Services Technical Assistance Education Project (Education) Rain water catchment systems for schools and Social Infrastructure and Services Technical Assistance Other community centers in Jordan (Water Supply and Sanitation) Rice Seed Research, Development and Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Production Extension Project Economic Infrastructure and Services Jordan Green Energy Special Fund—GAM Solid Waste (Energy generation, supply and Lending Environment Bamboo Cultivation and Handicraft Production Agriculture, Project Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance efficiency/renewable energy) Efficiency Enhancement Project Environment

Overseas Professional Mandarin Teaching Social Infrastructure and Services Common Bean Research, Development and Technical Assistance Education Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Project (Education) Production Extension Project Plantain Development Project Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Social Infrastructure and Services Technical Assistance TaiwanICDF Overseas Volunteers Program Other (Other) (Volunteer) Strengthen Capacity for GIS Metadata and Multisector/Cross-cutting (Other Technical Assistance Environment Disaster Resilience Project multisector) Horticultural Crops Development Consultants Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Dispatch Project Family Fish Farming Promotion Project Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Bahrain Aquaculture Development Consultant Dispatch Mariculture Project Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Project Strengthening Fruit and Vegetable Production Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Date Palm Cultivation and Tissue Culture Project Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Consultant Dispatch Project Capacity Building for Commercialization of Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Agricultural Products Project Marine Fish Research Consultant Dispatch Saudi Arabia Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Project Economic Infrastructure and Services One Town, One Product Project Technical Assistance Other (Other) Transport Technical Cooperation Consultant Economic Infrastructure and Services Technical Assistance Other Dispatch Project (Transport and Storage) The Research on Adjustment Measures for Agriculture, Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Climate Change in Upland Rice Project Environment Public Nicaragua Social Infrastructure and Services Technical Assistance Project for Strengthening Chronic Kidney Public Uganda TaiwanICDF Overseas Volunteers Program Health and Social Infrastructure and Services (Health) (Volunteer) Disease (CKD) Prevention and Control System Technical Assistance Health and Medicine (Health) in Nicaragua Medicine Electronic Document and Records Management Economic Infrastructure and Services Technical Assistance ICT Specialized Financial Intermediary System (EDRMS) Development Project (Communications) Development Fund—Support for Access to Economic Infrastructure and Services Financial Services for Mini-markets (Pulperias), Lending/Investment Other Pig Industry Enhancement Project Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture (Banking and Financial Services) Microenterprises and Small Businesses in Nicaragua Technical and Vocational Education and Social Infrastructure and Services Technical Assistance Education Training Enhancement Project (Education) CABEI-TaiwanICDF Fund for Consulting Service Public Social Infrastructure and Services - Pre-investment Project for Replacement of Technical Assistance Health and (Health) Seed Potato Production Project Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Nueva Segovia Department Hospital Medicine

Fruit Tree Production and Marketing Project Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Public Social Infrastructure and Services Eswatini Healthcare Personnel Training Program Technical Assistance Health and Public (Health) Maternal and Infant Health Care Improvement Social Infrastructure and Services Medicine Technical Assistance Health and Project in the Kingdom of Eswatini (Health) Medicine Latin America and the Caribbean Countries Social Infrastructure and Services Technical Assistance Education Vocational Training Project (Education) Public Maternal and Infant Health Care Improvement Social Infrastructure and Services Technical Assistance Health and Overseas Professional Mandarin Teaching Social Infrastructure and Services Project in the Kingdom of Eswatini (Phase II) (Health) Technical Assistance Education Medicine Project (Education) Education, Public Social Infrastructure and Services Technical Assistance Social Infrastructure and Services Technical Assistance Public TaiwanICDF Overseas Volunteers Program Health and TaiwanICDF Overseas Volunteers Program (Health) (Volunteer) (Education/Health) (Volunteer) Health and Medicine Medicine 120 Appendix 121

Country Project Sector Type of Assistance Priority Area Country Project Sector Type of Assistance Priority Area

Genetic Improvement in Sheep and Goat Enhancing Agricultural Adaptive Capacity to Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Project Climate Variability Project

Belize Motor Vehicle Registration and License Economic Infrastructure and Services Economic Infrastructure and Services Technical Assistance ICT Land Administration Information System Project Technical Assistance ICT System Project (Communications) (Communications) Public Belize Urban Resilience and Disaster Multisector/Cross-cutting (Other Capacity Building Project for the Prevention and Social Infrastructure and Services Technical Assistance Environment Technical Assistance Health and Prevention Project multisector) Control of Chronic Kidney Disease (Health) Medicine Belize City House of Culture and Downtown Multisector/Cross-cutting Lending Environment Economic Infrastructure and Services Rejuvenation Project (Environmental Protection) St. Kitts and Nevis Small Enterprises Re-Lending Project Lending Other (Banking and Financial Services) Nevis Economic Infrastructure and Services National Broadband Plan Lending ICT St. Kitts and Nevis Pinney’s Beach Park Project Social Infrastructure and Services Technical Assistance Other (Communications) Latin America and the Caribbean Countries Social Infrastructure and Services Public Technical Assistance Education Capacity Building Project for the Prevention and Social Infrastructure and Services Vocational Training Project (Education) Technical Assistance Health and Control of Chronic Renal Failure in Belize (Health) Medicine Public Belize Health and Social Infrastructure and Services Technical Assistance Public TaiwanICDF Overseas Volunteers Program Medicine, Project for Strengthening Medical Imaging Social Infrastructure and Services (Health/ Education/Other) (Volunteer) Technical Assistance Health and Education, System in Belize (Health) Medicine Other

Public Banana Revitalization Project in St. Vincent and Social Infrastructure and Services Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Healthcare Personnel Training Program Technical Assistance Health and the Grenadines (Health) Medicine Intelligent Bus Management and Monitoring Social Infrastructure and Services Latin America and the Caribbean Countries Social Infrastructure and Services System Project for Saint Vincent and the Technical Assistance ICT Technical Assistance Education (ICT) Vocational Training Project (Education) Grenadines

Overseas Professional Mandarin Teaching Social Infrastructure and Services Latin America and the Caribbean Countries Social Infrastructure and Services Technical Assistance Education Technical Assistance Education Project (Education) St. Vincent Vocational Training Project (Education) and the Public ICT, Public Capacity Building Project for the Prevention and Social Infrastructure and Services Social Infrastructure and Services Technical Assistance Grenadines Technical Assistance Health and TaiwanICDF Overseas Volunteers Program Health and Control of Diabetes (Health) (Information/Health) (Volunteer) Medicine Medicine Overseas Professional Mandarin Teaching Social Infrastructure and Services Honduras Expanding Avocado Seedling Technical Assistance Education Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Project (Education) Production Project ICT, Public Social Infrastructure and Services Technical Assistance Honduras Expanding Avocado Cultivation TaiwanICDF Overseas Volunteers Program Health and Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture (Information/Health) (Volunteer) Project Medicine

Pig Breeding and Reproduction Project Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Project for Enhancing the Efficiency of Production-Distribution Supply Chain in Fruit Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Multisector/Cross-cutting (Other Forest Pest Management Project Technical Assistance Environment and Vegetable Sector in St. Lucia multisector) Banana Productivity Improvement Project Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Improving Community Resilience in the Dry Humanitarian Aid (Disaster prevention Technical Assistance Agriculture Economic Infrastructure and Services Corridor of Honduras Project and preparedness) St. Lucia Project for ICT in Education in St. Lucia Technical Assistance Education (Education) Healthy Seed Potato Production Project Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Honduras Latin America and the Caribbean Countries Social Infrastructure and Services Technical Assistance Education Healthy Avocado Seedling Production Project Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Vocational Training Project (Education)

Latin America and the Caribbean Countries Social Infrastructure and Services Social Infrastructure and Services Technical Assistance Technical Assistance Education TaiwanICDF Overseas Volunteers Program Education Vocational Training Project (Education) (Education) (Volunteer) Ecuador Oyster Cultivation Development Project Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Public Social Infrastructure and Services Healthcare Personnel Training Program Technical Assistance Health and Public (Health) Health Information Management Efficiency Social Infrastructure and Services Medicine Technical Assistance Health and Enhancement Project (Health) Medicine Overseas Professional Mandarin Teaching Social Infrastructure and Services Technical Assistance Education Project (Education) Project to Strengthen Capacity for Commercial Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Production of Orchids Social Infrastructure and Services Technical Assistance TaiwanICDF Overseas Volunteers Program Other (Other) (Volunteer) Project to Strengthen Capacity to Support Production (Industry) Technical Assistance Other Development of MSMEs National Rice Seed Production Enhancement Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Surubi Fingerling Breeding and Cultivation Project in North/North-East Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Project National Rice Seed Production Enhancement Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Paraguay Economic Infrastructure and Services Project in Artibonite Regional Bank Cooperation Project Technical Assistance Other (Banking and Financial Services) National Rice Seed Production Enhancement Haiti Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Latin America and the Caribbean Countries Social Infrastructure and Services Project in South Technical Assistance Education Vocational Training Project (Education)

Latin America and the Caribbean Countries Social Infrastructure and Services Overseas Professional Mandarin Teaching Social Infrastructure and Services Technical Assistance Education Technical Assistance Education Vocational Training Project (Education) Project (Education) Overseas Professional Mandarin Teaching Social Infrastructure and Services Technical Assistance Education Public Project (Education) Social Infrastructure and Services Technical Assistance Health and TaiwanICDF Overseas Volunteers Program (Health/Other) (Volunteer) Medicine, Other 122 Appendix 123

Country Project Sector Type of Assistance Priority Area Inter-regional Projects

Specialized Financial Intermediary Economic Infrastructure and Services Investment Other Country Project Sector Type of Assistance Priority Area Development Fund (Banking and Financial Services) Overseas Investment & Development Corp. Production (Industry) Investment Other Multisector/Cross-cutting (Other CABEI-TaiwanICDF Fund for Consulting Service Technical Assistance Other multisector) Regional Taiwan Agricultural Global Marketing Company Production (Agriculture) Investment Agriculture Cooperation Regional Lending Program for Coffee Rust in Public Projects Production (Agriculture) Lending Agriculture Social Infrastructure and Services Central America Healthcare Personnel Training Program Technical Assistance Health and (Health) Medicine Specialized Financial Intermediary Economic Infrastructure and Services Development Fund – Prospero Microfinanzas Investment Other (Banking and Financial Services) International Human Resources Development Social Infrastructure and Services Technical Assistance Fund Education Workshop Program (Education) (Workshop)

International Higher Education Scholarship Social Infrastructure and Services Technical Assistance Education Program (Education) (Scholarship)

Central Asia and Middle East Technical Social Infrastructure and Services/ Assistance (Health/ Economic Infrastructure and Country Project Sector Type of Assistance Priority Area Taiwan Youth Overseas Service Communications/ICT/ Other Services/Production (Overseas Agriculture, Forestry Economic Infrastructure and Services Service) Green Energy Special Fund—BiH Elektrokrajina and Fishery) (Energy generation, supply and Lending Environment Power Distribution Upgrade Project efficiency) Inter-regional Agriculture, Projects Education, Production/Social Infrastructure and Economic Infrastructure and Services ICT, Public Bosnia and Green Energy Special Fund—BiH Elektro- Services (Agriculture/Education/ Technical Assistance (Energy generation, supply and Lending Environment TaiwanICDF Overseas Volunteers Program Health and Herzegovina Bijeljina Smart Metering Expansion Project Information/Health/Environment/ (Volunteer) efficiency) Medicine, Other) Environment, Green Energy Special Fund (GESF)-BiH Zenica Economic Infrastructure and Services Other CHP Station Upgrade and Modernization (Energy generation, supply and Lending Environment Project efficiency) EBRD Financial Intermediary Investment Economic Infrastructure and Services Other, Special Fund—Small Business Account—Phase Investment Economic Infrastructure and Services (Banking and Financial Services) Environment Green Energy Special Fund (GESF)-Serbia III Serbia (Energy generation, supply and Lending Environment Belgrade Solid Waste PPP Project efficiency) Multisector/Cross-cutting Green Energy Special Fund Lending Environment (Environmental Protection) EBRD Financial Intermediary Investment Multisector/Cross-cutting Special Fund—Small Business Account—Phase Lending Environment (Environmental Protection) EBRD Financial Intermediary and Private III— Romanian Green Economy Finance Facility Romania Enterprises Investment Special Fund- Production (Agriculture) Investment Agriculture Agribusiness Account Multi/Cross-cutting (Other Multisector, Green Energy Special Fund—Romania Bacau including Urban and Rural Lending Environment Urban Energy Efficiency Project Financial Intermediary and Private Enterprises Development Projects) Investment Special Fund-Sustainable Production (Agriculture) Investment Agriculture Agribusiness Value Chain Account Multi/Cross-cutting (Other Multisector, Green Energy Special Fund—Bulgaria Sofia Bulgaria including Urban and Rural Lending Environment Electric Buses Acquisition Project Development Projects)

Multi/Cross-cutting (Other Multisector, Green Energy Special Fund—Chisinau Urban including Urban and Rural Lending Environment Road Sector Project Development Projects)

FIPEISF—Agribusiness Account—Moldova Moldova Production (Agriculture) Lending Agriculture Glass Container Company

EBRD Financial Intermediary Investment Economic Infrastructure and Services Special Fund—Small Business Account—Phase Lending Other (Banking and Financial Services) III— Moldova Express Leasing Microcredit

FIPEISF-Agribusiness Account-Ukraine Grain Ukraine Production (Agriculture) Lending Agriculture Company

FIPEISF-Agribusiness Account-Salty Snacks Production (Agriculture) Lending Agriculture Project

FIPEISF-Agribusiness Account-DFF Taze Ay Production (Agriculture) Lending Agriculture Extension

FIPEISF-Agribusiness Account-Atamyrat Ali Turkmenistan Production (Agriculture) Lending Agriculture poultry meat producer Turkmenistan

FIPEISF-Agribusiness Account-Taze Ay Halal Production (Agriculture) Lending Agriculture project

FIPEISF-Agribsuiness Account-D Group Production (Agriculture) Lending Agriculture Turkmenistan 124 Appendix 125

Cooperation Projects with International Organizations and NGOs in 2019 Organization Project Sector Type of Assistance Priority Area Organization Project Sector Type of Assistance Priority Area EBRD Financial Intermediary Rain Water Catchment Social Infrastructure and Economic Infrastructure Investment Special Fund— Other, Systems for Schools and Services (Water and Technical Assistance Other and Services (Banking Investment Small Business Account— Environment Community Centers in Jordan Sanitation) and Financial Services) Phase III Central Sulawesi Earthquake Humanitarian Aid WASH Support Program Technical Assistance Environment Multisector/Cross- Mercy Corps (Reconstruction) Green Energy Special Fund cutting (Environmental Lending Environment (Indonesia) Protection) European Bank for Public Reconstruction and EBRD Financial Intermediary TaiwanICDF Overseas Social Infrastructure and Technical Assistance Health and and Private Enterprises Volunteers Program Services (Health/Other) (Volunteer) Medicine, Development (EBRD) Production (Agriculture) Investment Agriculture Investment Special Fund— Other Agribusiness Account Integrated Action for Public Social Infrastructure and Children’s Nutrition Project Technical Assistance Health and Financial Intermediary and Services (Health) Private Enterprises Investment (Philippines) Medicine Special Fund-Sustainable Production (Agriculture) Investment Agriculture Public Agribusiness Value Chain World Vision TaiwanICDF Overseas Social Infrastructure and Technical Assistance Health and Account Volunteers Program Services (Health) (Volunteer) Medicine CABEI-TaiwanICDF Fund for Multisector/Cross-cutting Technical Assistance Other Sigi-Biromaru Livelihood Humanitarian Aid Consulting Service (Other Multisector) Technical Assistance Agriculture International Support Program (Indonesia) (Reconstruction) Organizations Regional Lending Program Central American Bank Improving Community Humanitarian Aid for Coffee Rust in Central Production (Agriculture) Lending Agriculture for Economic Integration Resilience in the Dry Corridor (Disaster Prevention and Technical Assistance Other America (CABEI) of Honduras Project Preparedness) NGOs CARE Honduras International Human Social Infrastructure and TaiwanICDF Overseas Social Infrastructure and Technical Assistance Resources Development Technical Assistance Education Other Services (Education) Volunteers Program Services (Other) (Volunteer) Workshop Program Improvement of Solid Waste IDB/MIF—Specialized Economic Infrastructure Inter-American Management for Host Financial Intermediary and Services (Banking Investment Other Action Against Hunger Humanitarian Aid Development Bank (IDB) Communities and Syrian Technical Assistance Other Development Fund and Financial Services) (ACF) (Reconstruction) Refugees in Azraq Town Pan American International Human Project (Jordan) Social Infrastructure and Technical Assistance Development Foundation Resources Development Education Services (Education) (Workshop) TaiwanICDF Overseas Social Infrastructure and Technical Assistance (PADF) Workshop Program Friends International Other Volunteers Program Services (Other) (Volunteer) International Regional Huanglongbing (HLB) Public Organisation for Plant and Prevention and Capacity Production (Agriculture) Technical Assistance Agriculture Step 30 International TaiwanICDF Overseas Social Infrastructure and Technical Assistance Health and Animal Health (OIRSA) Building Project Ministries Volunteers Program Services (Health) (Volunteer) Medicine Afro-Asian Rural International Human Social Infrastructure and Center for Disease Public Development Organization Resources Development Technical Assistance Education HCV Research Project in Social Infrastructure and Services (Education) Analysis Foundation Technical Assistance Health and (AARDO) Workshop Program Indonesia Services (Health) (CDAF) Medicine Refugees Act and Communicate for Health Center for Sustainable Public (REACH): Using Technology Humanitarian Aid Development, Columbia Technical Assistance Health and to Increase Health Literacy (Health) University (CSD) Medicine and Health Care Access for Refugees in Turkey International Cooperation and Development Fund

The TaiwanICDF's organization identity system emphasizes the core values of co-prosperity and professionalism. The use of the image of sprouting leaves illustrates the central areas of our work. Green reflects our focus on agriculture to eradicate poverty and hunger, and our growing attention to environmental sustainability; and blue represents our use of technology and innovative management to bridge the digital divide and enhance industrial growth. Finally, the white of the lettering stands for our efforts to ease the shortage of medical resources in partner countries. As Taiwan's dedicated development assistance body, we are determined to work as part of the international community to do our utmost to ensure a better world and a brighter future.

International Cooperation and Development Fund Annual Report 2019

Publisher Jaushieh Joseph Wu Editorial Committee Timothy T.Y. Hsiang, Pai-Po Lee, Ai-Chen Chen, Alex L.J. Shyy, Stephen J.H. Lee, Hui-Wen Hsu, Hung-Tzu Wang, Ming-Hong Yen, Shiang-Wu Tsai, Mei-Yun Kuo, Yun-Ching Tseng, Yvonne T.S. Wu, Chou-Sheng Lan, Catherine C.C. Chou, and Sarrinna H.Y. Chen Managing Editor Yvonne T.S. Wu Editors Calvin Chu, Jessica Chiang Art Editor Ya-Fen Chou Photo Credits MOFA, members of technical missions and project executive institutions, volunteers and members of cooperative organizations, World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)(P9) Published by International Cooperation and Development Fund 12-15F, No.9, Lane 62, Tien Mou West Road Taipei 111047, Taiwan Tel: 886-2-2873-2323 Fax: 886-2-2876-6475 Web site: www.icdf.org.tw Printed by Great Corona Print Co.

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