The Ministry of Education (MOE) organized the largest international student design competition, the “2023 Taiwan International Student Creative Design Competition (16th TISDC)”, and held the award ceremony on December 1 at the Songshan Cultural and Creative Park Eslite Performance Hall.
The 2023 Golden Pin Design Award Exhibition will officially kick off at the Taiwan Design Museum on November 21st. The theme of exhibition is “Multidimensional Hyperplasia,” emphasizing that cross-disciplinary collaboration is an inevitable trend in contemporary design. Designers not only need to excel in design but also collaborate with various professions to synergy unique perspectives and innovative methods.
To deepen the understanding of the diverse values of agriculture among the new generation of international youth in Taiwan, the Ministry of Agriculture successfully organized a series of five events titled “Linking Taiwan’s Agriculture to New Areas” from November 4 to December 2, 2023, attracting over a hundred elite students from diverse disciplines and agricultural backgrounds from 11 countries, including Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, India, and Singapore etc. They visited 11
The International Institute for Management Development (IMD) released the 2023 World Digital Competitiveness Ranking (DCR) today (30th). In this assessment of 64 major countries and economies worldwide, Taiwan has secured the 9th position, marking an improvement of 2 places compared to 2022. Notably, Taiwan leads globally in five key indicators.
The inaugural Austronesian Forum of Female Opinion Leadership was held Nov. 26 at Taipei International Convention Center to deepen exchanges with Taiwan’s Indo-Pacific partners and expand connections within the global Indigenous community.
The first Taiwan International Austronesian Art Triennial (TIAAT) exhibition organized by the Indigenous Peoples’ Cultural Development Center and guided by the Council of Indigenous Peoples and the Ministry of Culture, opened today at the Taiwan Indigenous Culture Park. The exhibition themed “RamiS” is co-curated by Nakaw Putun and Etan Pavavalung, bringing together 25 artists from domestic and international backgrounds.
Deputy Minister of Education Lio Mon-chi is leading a delegation visiting multiple universities and academic institutions Nov. 18-23 in India, underscoring the government’s commitment to strengthening educational collaboration with the country.
Invited by the organizers, Taiwanese author Wu Ming-yi (吳明益) will join the Singapore Writers Festival (SWF) and George Town Literary Festival (GTLF) in Malaysia from Nov. 24 to 26, to deliver seminars, visit independent bookstores, and share his reflections on Taiwanese literature.
The inaugural Indo-Pacific Women in Tech Summit under the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs program was staged by Taiwan and the U.S. Nov. 14-16 in Taipei City, underscoring the government’s commitment to working with like-minded partners to advance gender equality and technology development.
The Taipei Economic and Cultural Centre (TECC) in India held an award ceremony on August 4, 2023 to present Taiwan Scholarships or Huayu Enrichment Scholarships to 129 students from countries in south Asia. Most of the recipients are from many states of India but there were also recipients from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka who received scholarships to study for a degree in Taiwan.
