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Development Fund (TaiwanICDF) shoulders the
great responsibility of helping to promote official
development assistance (ODA). This involves
promoting friendly relations with diplomatic allies,
fulfilling Taiwan’s responsibilities as a member of
the international community, safeguarding human
security, contributing to the international community,
and developing humanitarianism, all in compliance
with the policy of viable diplomacy proclaimed by
President Ma Ying-jeou, and abiding by his three
foreign aid principles of appropriate motives, due
diligence and effective practices. Such endeavors
are promoting foreign aid projects, helping allies build
sustainable development models, and helping fuel
the development of the international community.
The TaiwanICDF was founded in 1996. Over
the past 18 years, the organization has integrated
funding, human resources and technologies, and,
through its technical cooperation, education and
training, humanitarian assistance, and lending and
investment operations, carried out a host of medium-
and long-term cooperation projects. To draw on
the strengths of Taiwan, the TaiwanICDF focuses
on five prioritized sectors – agriculture, public
health, education, information and communications
technology (ICT), and environmental protection – to
deepen bilateral, multilateral and regional cooperative
initiatives, by actively cooperating with international
organizations.
In order to comply with the criteria of the Paris
Declaration and reflect international aid trends,
the TaiwanICDF has lately carried out a series of
reforms, drawing up a vision statement and creating
standardized models of result-oriented cooperation
and development in order to formulate operational
goals, deploy resources, and focus on priority
areas. This year we will follow this strategic direction
by improving management tools for appraisal,
project management and evaluation, elevating our
performance accordingly and pursuing efficiency and
effectiveness in terms of the aims of ODA operations
so as to achieve the mandate of institutional
sustainable development.
Developing Progressive Projects in the
Context of Sustainable Development
The prime objective of the MDGs was human
development, focusing on the effective reduction of
poverty and stressing the application of aid resources.
Meanwhile, the newly developed SDGs stress
global public goods by proposing more general and
overarching strategies in the drive toward further
human development. For this reason, the SDGs
were drafted according to two considerations: global
public goods as the engine that drives development,
and human development as the ultimate goal of
all development. Amid active global discussions
regarding the post-2015 development agenda,
Taiwan, among other responsible stakeholders in the
international community, is striving to make greater
contributions and exercising far-reaching influence.
With the first stage of the UN’s MDGs completed,
it is now important to start afresh. I am confident that
the TaiwanICDF will continue to serve as a platform for
international cooperation and development, actively
marshaling government and civil resources in the
pursuit of global sustainable development. In terms
of global public goods, we will continue to implement
projects promoting the economy, employment,
good governance and global partnerships. In
terms of human development – reducing poverty,
ending hunger, promoting education and health,
and achieving environmental sustainability – we will
continue to make real contributions, both regionally
and globally, toward peace and prosperity.
David Y.L. Lin
Minister of Foreig
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