Project Name：TaiwanICDF Overseas Volunteers Program

Project status：Projects in Operation

Cooperating Country：Kingdom of Eswatini, Palau, St. Christopher (St. Kitts) and Nevis, St. Lucia, Paraguay, Belize, Uganda, Marshall Islands, Thailand, Tuvalu, Kenya, Romania, St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Project Description：

1.Train volunteers to enhance their understanding of overseas service and missions.
2.Dispatch volunteers to deliver services in the areas of environment, public health, agriculture, education, and information and communications technology.
3.Facilitate the sharing of experiences by returned volunteers.

Implementation Start Date：2023-01-01

Implementation End Date：2023-12-31

Source of Funding：TaiwanICDF

Project Objectives：To assist partner nations in economic development and to promote international cooperation by selecting and dispatching volunteers to partner nations, which not only benefits the countries economically and socially, but also provides volunteers with invaluable experiences and promotes a greater understanding between volunteers and local people.

Executing Agency：TaiwanICDF

Implementation Arrangement：

1.Select appropriate volunteers through recruitment and screening tests.
2.Train volunteers to enhance their understanding of overseas service and missions.
3.Dispatch qualified volunteers through recruitment and screening tests to provide technical specialty assistance to partner countries in need.
4.Establish management standards that are in keeping with the spirit with which the TaiwanICDF provides overseas services.
5.Facilitate the sharing of experiences by returned volunteers.

Current Progress：

1.Dispatch volunteers to partner countries to provide voluntary service, and to share their expertise and experience. As of June 2023, the TaiwanICDF have dispatched 35 volunteers this year.
2.Offer Taiwanese citizens with more opportunities to participate in overseas service programs and deepen their understanding of international cooperation.

Project Contact：Judy Hsieh

Phone：(02)2873-2323#6064

E-mail：t.y.hsieh@icdf.org.tw