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Operations
social and economic development. We will add additional
courses and discuss other potential avenues for TVET
(such as two-year completion programs and junior college
programs). We will provide medium- to long-term training
and courses with varying timetables and different levels
of content to better meet the diverse human resources
development needs of our partner countries. Furthermore,
we will continue to streamline the management of the
program, setting out a multifaceted assessment method
for program components and clear, qualitative indicators.
These measures will provide us with a clearer idea of
the direction we want the program to take and how to
upgrade it for better results.
In the future, we will implement the program to
more closely match our core philosophy for development
assistance and to expand its impact. We will work to
integrate program operations with the TaiwanICDF’s
comparative advantages and our partner countries’
national development strategies. We will engage in
overall, long-range planning and set out national and
regional priority areas of expertise to be nurtured. We
will pay particular attention to gender issues and strive to
increase the number of female scholarship recipients. We
will also focus on nurturing present or future teachers and
personnel performing similar services in the public sector,
so that those studying abroad can contribute to promoting
development in their respective areas. These efforts will
allow us to improve aid effectiveness by nurturing local
talent.
In addition to our work in higher education, we
continued to support education for vulnerable children
in 2012 through the TaiwanICDF Scholarship Program in
Burkina Faso, implemented in cooperation with UNICEF
and Terres des Hommes. More than 2,000 primary and
secondary school children benefited from the program in
the past year.
TaiwanICDF Alumni Society
The TaiwanICDF offers annual funding toward the
establishment and operation of chapters of the TaiwanICDF
Alumni Society. This program supports the activities of
former workshop participants and scholarship students,
strengthening interaction with alumni and enlarging the
role they play in cooperation and development activities.
The program also helps maintain cordial relations between
Taiwan and its allies. At present, 35 chapters of the
society are in service in 34 countries.
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Table 2 TaiwanICDF Alumni Society (2012)
Region
Country
Africa
The Gambia, Ivory Coast, South Africa, Swaziland
Asia-Pacific
Fiji, Kiribati, Indonesia, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Tuvalu, Vietnam (Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City)
Caribbean
Dominican Republic, Haiti, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Central America
Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama
Eastern Europe
Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Poland
Middle East, Central Europe and
Central Asia
Oman, Russia
South America
Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru
Total 34 countries, 35 chapters
