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Operations
significant amounts of funding and are implemented
over relatively long periods, it is crucial to focus on the
effectiveness of implementation processes following
planning and appraisal, and signing of project contracts.
During the year, we performed written reviews of 24
lending, investment or related technical assistance
projects currently under implementation. We also
conducted 10 on-site project supervision missions.
According to the conclusions and recommendations of
these missions, we revised or adjusted nine projects
operating under their commitment periods to ensure that
they would comply with and successfully achieve their
desired objectives.
International Workshops
The purpose of TaiwanICDF international workshops is
to assist developing partner countries to develop human
resources and share Taiwan’s successful development
experience and comparative advantages. We adjust the
themes of our workshops every year, which ensures that
participants receive the most effective learning experience
possible by following international trends and our partners’
needs.
In accordance with partners’ needs and national
planning for the development of Taiwan’s comparative
advantage, we held 23 workshops in 2012 attended by
633 officials from 60 countries.
Of these, 16 workshops held in Taiwan were open
to global participation, including a Workshop on Trade
Promotion; a Workshop on Women’s Development; a
Workshop on Employment and Vocational Training; a
Workshop on Clean Energy Development; a Workshop
on Plant Protection and Quarantine; a Workshop on
the Promotion of One Town, One Product Projects;
a Workshop on Micro- and Small-sized Enterprise
Development; a Workshop on Taiwan’s Media
Development; and a Workshop on Taiwan’s Economic
Planning and Development.
Other workshops, held outside of Taiwan for
the benefit of participants in designated regions or
individual countries, included a Workshop on Healthcare
Management, for participants from African and Pacific
island countries; a Workshop on the Promotion of
One Town, One Product Projects and a Workshop on
Geographic Information Systems, both taught in Spanish
for the benefit of Latin American participants; a Workshop
on the Industrial Applications of ICT for the benefit
of Caribbean participants; a Workshop on the Taiwan
Experience in Agriculture, taught in Spanish for the benefit
of participants in the Dominican Republic; and a Workshop
on Micro-sized Enterprise Development and Credit
Facilities, taught in Spanish for the benefit of participants
in El Salvador.
Furthermore, to facilitate the migration of specific
projects being implemented by Taiwan Technical
Missions, an additional seven workshops were tailored
to meet the specific local development needs of several
bilateral cooperation projects, including a Workshop on
Crop Production and Cultivation, held in The Gambia; a
Workshop on Agricultural Marketing, held in St. Lucia;
a Workshop on Tilapia Culture, held in Honduras; a
Workshop on Hog Breeding and Raising, held in the
Solomon Islands; a Workshop on Micro-sized Enterprise
Formation and Creation, held in Burkina Faso; and a
Workshop on the Project Cycle, held in São Tomé and
Príncipe. These events were designed to complement
International Human Resources
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38% Central America
24% Asia-Pacific
19% Europe
12% Africa
4% Caribbean
3% South America
58% Europe
33% Latin America
5% Asia
4% Global
Figure 4 Lending by Region (2012)
Figure 5 Investments by Region (2012)
