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To implement the principle of
managing for results, the TaiwanICDF
has formulated two core strategies for
carrying out its aid work: (1) Respond
to international development trends,
drawing on Taiwan’s comparative
advantages; and (2) integrate public
and private sector resources, and
strengthen cooperative partnerships.
In addition, we have made a
number of Taiwan’s comparative
advantages – agriculture, public
health and medicine, education,
ICT and environmental protection
– operational priorities, allocating
resources and giving priority to
projects relevant to such areas.
Our operational priorities make the
best use of limited resources, as the
TaiwanICDF cannot respond to all of
the needs of its partner countries. We
have identified these priorities based
on our capacities and advantages,
and contribute reasonable resources
accordingly, sufficient to meet
the standards required for aid
effectiveness.
As such, the TaiwanICDF also acts
in accordance with the cooperative
themes set by the International
Cooperation and Development
Act, putting an emphasis on the
infrastructure and sustainable
development of primary sectors first.
We also abide by the main indicators
set out in the MDGs, together with the
priority needs of partner countries,
establishing operational priorities for
our projects based on comparative
advantages, and focusing resources
according to an annual work plan.
All of the key components of
TaiwanICDF projects abide by our
core strategies and priority areas
in drawing up the corresponding
financial resources, enhancing
the budgeting operations of work
plans and improving the overall
effectiveness with which capital is
utilized. We regularly inspect the
progress of every project, gradually
adjusting the scope of priority areas
for the benefit of long-term planning
and resource utilization in order to
achieve project goals and vision as
effectively as possible, as well as to
maintain an appropriate flexibility. If a
particular project does not fall within
the scope of our priority areas, its
rationale will be reviewed before a
final decision is made.
In the remainder of this chapter
we look at the specific goals and
action plans of our various priority
areas, as well as operations and
projects that tally with the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs), such
as poverty reduction, ending hunger,
education, health, environmental
sustainability, economics and job
security, and governance and global
partner relationships.
Operational Priorities
“Strengthen international cooperation and enhance foreign relations through the promotion of economic development,
social progress, and the welfare of all mankind” — this is the TaiwanICDF’s mission and responsibility, stipulated in
Article I of the Act for the Establishment of the International Cooperation and Development Fund, and Article II of the
organization’s act of endowment, and is the fundamental principle followed by the TaiwanICDF in pushing forward with
its work. To respond to the changing and increasingly complex development needs of the international community,
we have mapped out our all-encompassing Vision 2022 and clearly outlined our long-term goals and direction for the
next decade. We have also initiated reform and transformed projects, introducing innovative ideas to our work, such
as an approach to project management involving managing for results, also raising project management capabilities
in order to break through existing resource constraints, and creating unique advantages and strengths in our aid work,
increasing aid efficiency.
To really support the principle of ownership and
achieve sustainable development, personnel
with the Rice Seed Production Capacity
Enhancement Project in Haiti explain field
planning work to local farmers responsible for
seed production.