EU Centre to launch activities next year

“The EUTW is a very successful international cooperation project, especially in the absence of formal diplomatic relations between Taiwan and the EU,” said Su Hung-dah, executive director of EUTW and an associate professor at National Taiwan University's (NTU) Department of Political Science, in a recent interview with the Central News Agency.

“Directly funded by the European Commission, the EUTW plays an important role in expanding exchanges between Europe and Taiwan in the academic and civic areas,” he added.

The EUTW is a collaborative effort between the European Commission and a consortium of seven Taiwan universities, led by NTU, to facilitate exchanges and mutual understanding between the two sides. It is aimed at creating a foothold for EU studies in Taiwan's higher education circles and serve as an information resource for a broad Taiwan audience.

The EU Centre network in the Asia Pacific region spans South Korea, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Taiwan is the third East Asian country to join the network.

The European Commission is providing a grant of 1.1 million euros over the next four years, while the rest of the 1.55 million budget will be met by NTU, National Chengchi University, National Chung Hsing University (NCHU), National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU), National Dong Hwa University, Tamkang University and Fu Jen Catholic University.

“Collaboration among universities is vital to the success of the project and will produce better results than if NTU was going it alone,” Su said.

According to Su, the concept was to combine the strength of the seven participating universities, which are located in different parts of Taiwan, to provide a national platform for EU research and related activities.

Over the past six months the EU Centre in Taiwan has organized several international seminars and events, including a forum in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and another on the post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations, which focused on EU's experience and Taiwan's challenges, Su said.

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