The EU-Taiwan Gender Equality and Human Rights Training Course – Gender Mainstreaming Workshop took place in Taipei this week to promote wide-ranging exchanges in gender equality policy and experiences, the Executive Yuan’s Department of Gender Equality said Wednesday.

Premier Su Tseng-chang visited the Council of Agriculture’s Animal Health Research Institute (AHRI) on Monday to inspect efforts to make Taiwan a foot-and-mouth (FMD) disease free country and end the practice of vaccination.

Formosa Circus Art is set to embark on a tour of Indonesia and India as part of government efforts to deepen cultural exchanges with the New Southbound Policy target countries.

The 2019 edition of Mosaic Taiwan, an international youth leadership program organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was officially launched June 11 in Taipei City.

Premier Su Tseng-chang on Thursday said that health advocacy and disease prevention know neither boundaries nor borders, and such work requires the cooperative efforts of all nations. Taiwan stands ready to contribute its capabilities in international medicine and hygiene, he said, and will continue to take action throughout the world.

The International Workshop on Network Security and Emerging Technologies, staged under the Taiwan-U.S. Global Cooperation and Training Framework, got underway May 28 in Taipei City.

Taiwan is ranked 16th in global competitiveness by the Swiss-based International Institute for Management Development (IMD), up one position from last year, in its 2019 annual report released Tuesday.

Premier Su Tseng-chang on Wednesday attended the opening of InnoVEX 2019, where he commented that in 2018’s Global Competitiveness Report, the World Economic Forum ranked Taiwan alongside Germany, the U.S. and Switzerland as the world’s top four innovating economies. This recognition, he said, also comes with international affirmation and appreciation of the strong protections Taiwan affords patents and other intellectual property.

The issues of network security and new technologies are in the spotlight at an international workshop that opened Tuesday in Taipei under the auspices of the United States, Japan and Taiwan.

The government and people of the Republic of China (Taiwan) extend their congratulations to the government and people of the Republic of India on the successful conclusion of the 17th Lok Sabha election on May 23, as well as to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on its election victory and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his reelection.