International Grants in 2012Print

International Grants in 2012

Unit: New Taiwan Dollars

1. Conferences

(1) “The Rule of Law in Asia 2012 Taipei Conference,” The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation (USA)

(2) “Thailand’s Human Rights Crisis: Changing the Narrative,” Council on Foreign Relations (USA)

(3) “National Conference: Participative Policy Assessment of Local Governance in the Philippines,” Center for People Empowerment in Governance (Philippines)

(4) “The Ninth Annual Conference of the European Association of Taiwan Studies 2012 in Sønderborg, Denmark,” European Association of Taiwan Studies (EATS) (UK)

(5) “International Conference: The Indigenous Peoples of Taiwan: Celebrating a Century of Evolving Rights,” Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) (Netherlands)

(6) “The Eighteenth Annual Conference of the North American Taiwan Studies Association: Taiwan: Gateway, Node, Liminal Space,” North American Taiwan Studies Association (NATSA) (USA)

(7) “Taiwan: A Tentative Balance Sheet of the Ma Ying-jeou’s First Term of Presidency,” Department of Government and International Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University (Hong Kong)

(8) “2012 International Conference of the Philippine Political Science Association Commemorating 50 years of Political Science in the Philippines: Democratization, Development and Governance,” Philippine Political Science Association (PPSA) (Philippines)

(9) “Intercollegiate Taiwanese American Students Association Midwest Conference,” Intercollegiate Taiwanese American Students Association (ITASA)-University of Michigan Chapter (USA)

(10) “Initiative for Equal Representation of Women in the Judiciary,” Environment and Justice Society (ENJUS) (Pakistan)

(11) “CIVICUS World Assembly 2012: Defining a New Social Contract—Making the Future Together,” CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation (South Africa)

(12) “Civil Society Consultation for the African Union Human Rights Memorial,” Justice Africa (UK)

(13) “Bringing Women's Voice to the United Nations Special Procedures,” Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) (Pakistan)

(14) “Young Leaders Program in Jakarta, Indonesia,” Pacific Forum CSIS (USA)

(15) “State of Democracy and Good Governance in Developing South Sudan Today: Experiences from Africa Member States,” Forum for Community Change and Development (FOFCOD) (South Sudan)

(16) “International Young Leaders Academy: Strengthening Democracy in Eastern Europe Societies,” Young Leaders Forum (Lithuania)

(17) “The Third Dialogue on Democracy and ASEAN Integration,” Institute for Strategic and Development Studies, Inc. (ISDS) (Philippines)

(18) “Migrants Tribunal and the Road to the High Level Dialogue on Migration and Development,” Asia-Pacific Mission for Migrants (APMM) (Hong Kong)

(19) “Conference Against Child Labor,” Speaker International (India)

2. Research and Publication Projects

  (1) “Stories from the Margins: Program for the Popularization of Accounts of Human Rights Violations against Human Rights Defenders in the Peasant Communities of Northern Mindanao, Philippines,” Rural Missionaries of the Philippines Northern Mindanao Sub-Region, Inc. (RMP-NMR) (Philippines)

  (2) “North Korean Human Rights Watch Investigation Proposal,” People for Successful Corean Reunification (PSCORE) (Korea)

  (3) “Book and Video Project on the Morong 43: A Fight for Justice, Human Rights and the People's Right to Health,” Council for Health and Development (Philippines)

  (4) “US-Taiwan Security Ties during an Era of Cross-Strait Rapprochement,” Missouri State University (USA)

  (5) “Pictures of the Nation (Larab: Larawan ng Bayan),” Tudla Productions Group, Inc. (Philippines)

3. Training Programs

   (1) “Increasing Women Representation in the National Political Decision Making Bodies,” Sir Ketumile Masire Foundation (Botswana)

   (2) “Training Enumerators for Local Democracy and Good Governance and Dissemination Workshop of the Asian Barometer Survey Results in Cambodia,” Center for Advanced Study (CAS) (Cambodia)

   (3) “Training of Political Workers, NGO Practitioners, Students and Teachers about Democracy and Human Rights,” Iraj Education and Development Foundation (Pakistan)

   (4) “ERCCT Visiting Fellow Program,” European Research Center on Contemporary Taiwan (Germany)

   (5) “Human Rights and Peacebuilding Advocacy Program in Pakistan,” Society for the Promotion of Education and Awareness (SEAP-Pakistan) (Pakistan)

   (6) “Training Institute for Democracy and Human Rights,” Center for Human Rights Education (CHRE) (Pakistan)

     (7) “Building Democracy: Empowering Women in Quetta through Civic Education,” Nations Capacity Building Program (Pakistan)

     (8) “Strengthening Human Rights, Democracy and Rule of Law: Annual Study Session on Human Rights in Bangladesh and Publication of Resource Book,” Asian Institute for Human Rights (AIHR) (Thailand)

     (9) “Internships within People in Need and the Czech Center in Berlin for Burmese and Taiwanese Interns,” People in Need (Czech Republic)

4. Visits and Exchanges

      (1) “ASEAN Community from the Ground Up,” People's Empowerment Foundation (PEF) (Thailand)

    (2) “Advocating for a Fairer Refugee Determination Processes for Hong Kong’s & Asia’s Refugees,” Hong Kong Refugee Advice Center (Hong Kong)

    (3) “The European Delegation to the Harvard Project on Asian and International Relations (HPAIR) Asia 2012 Conference,” Think Tank 30 Germany of the German Association Club of Rome (Deutsche Gesellschaft CLUB OF ROME e. V.) (Germany)

5. Other Projects

       (1) “Promoting Equal Rights and Change,” Consortium of Humanitarian Agencies (Sri Lanka)

       (2) “Asserting Human Rights in Orissa through Social Action and Alliance Building for Promoting Democracy and Justice,” Network for Youth Development and Healthy Environment (NYDHEE) (India)

       (3) “Radio to Promote Good Governance and Citizen Participation,” Sri Lanka Development Journalist Forum (Sri Lanka)

       (4) “Promoting Justice and Democratic Rights at Union Parishad,” Village Initiative for Empowerment of Women (Bangladesh)

       (5) “Youth for Sustaining Peace and Democracy－YSPD Project,” Youth Action Nepal (Nepal)

 (6) “Tambul Nebileyer District Peace Building Training Project,” Melanesia Education Development Foundation, Inc. (Papua New Guinea)

       (7) “Experience Sharing and Skills Building Workshop on Participatory Governance in Developing Countries,” Gender Equality and Women Empowerment for Development (Uganda)

       (8) “Human Rights Awareness and Democracy Education to the Flood Victim,” Appropriate Program for Action, Change & Harmony (APPROACH) (Pakistan)

       (9) “Advocacy Strengthening for Women Workers,” Annisa Swasti Foundation (YASANTI) (Indonesia)

       (10) “‘Transparency, Accountability and the Fight against Corruption’ Postgraduate Fellowship Course,” Centro de Derechos Humanos (CHD), School of Law, University of Chile (Chile)

       (11) “Strengthening Democracy through Increasing Women's Participation in Rural Area,” Mongolian Women’s Fund (MONES) (Mongolia)

       (12) “Strengthening Democratic Participation of Youth in Public Governance through the Sangguniang Kabataan (Youth Council) System,” Philippine Center for Sustainable Development and Environmental Conservation Linkages, Inc. (Ecolink Philippines) (Philippines)

       (13) “A Participatory Human Rights Education Program for Secondary School Education in Kenya,” Solution Seeds Foundation (SSF) (Kenya)

       (14) “Civil Society in Taiwan’s Indigenous Community: The Siraya,” Austin College (USA)

       (15) “Promoting Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in District Mardan, KPK-Pakistan,” Human Development Promotion Group (Pakistan)

       (16) “Building Human Rights, Democracy and Governance Education for Youth of the Mbengwi Subdivision,” Vicony’s Global Success World (VGSW) (Cameroon)

       (17) “Strengthening of Child Protection System through Child Protection Activities to Child Victims of All Forms of Abuse and Exploitation,” Center for the Protection of Children’s Rights Foundation (CPCR) (Thailand)

       (18) “Support for the Taiwan Research Center in Slovenia,” Department of Asian and African Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana (Slovenia)

       (19) “2012 Ambassador Program,” Formosa Foundation (USA)

       (20) “Strengthening Competency of Women Journalists for Democracy and Gender Justice in Nepal,” Institute of Governance and Development (Nepal)

       (21) “Media Launch of the MTV EXIT Special for Taiwan: Enslaved,” MTV EXIT (Thailand)

       (22) “Radio Broadcast to Provide Information to the Cuban People,” Cuban Democratic Directorate (USA)

       (23) “Supporting for the Development of the Media in Azerbaijan Regions,” Social Union of Legal Education of Sumgait Youth (Azerbaijan)

       (24) “A Proposal to Produce a Video Documentary on Attendant Challenges and Issues to Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Elections,” KODAO Productions, Inc. (Philippines)

       (25) “Participation of Neglected Citizens in Democratic & Decision Making Process,” Aurat Association (AA) (Pakistan)

       (26) “Building Democracy and Human Rights in Mindanao: Peace through Education and Development,” Asia America Initiative (USA)

       (27) “Talk on Current Affairs,” Sound of Hope Radio Network, Inc. (USA)

       (28) “Meeting the Intercultural Challenge in Schools: Respect for Faith and Diversity Initiative,” Peace & Development Foundation (PDF) (Pakistan)

       (29) “Youth Leadership for Human Rights and Democracy－Second 10-Day Course,” Sindh Community Foundation (SCF) (Pakistan)

       (30) “Opposing Violence against Women and Children,” Sahabat Perempuan (Indonesia)

       (31) “2012 SFT India,” Students for a Free Tibet (USA)

       (32) “Radio 1812—Tune in on International Migrants Day 2012,” December 18 vzw (Belgium)

       (33) “The Third Strait Talk Hong Kong Series,” Strait Talk Hong Kong (Hong Kong)