Taipei, Dec. 2 (CNA) Taiwan's International Cooperation and Development Fund (ICDF) is holding an annual meeting with allies and other developing countries in the Asia-Pacific and West Asia regions in Jakarta, Indonesia this week.
ICDF, is state-funded organization dedicated to assisting the developing countries that are friendly to Taiwan in economic development.
Members of the ICDF "friends' associations" in seven nations in the region, including Indonesia, Vietnam, Solomon Islands and Thailand, and officials from the regional countries that had visited Taiwan for ICDF-organized training programs are attending the two-day meeting which opened on Wednesday, the ICDF said in a statement.
The participants have expressed hope of strengthening friendship and cooperation with Taiwan in the gathering, the ICDF said.
According to the statement, representatives of the ICDF friends' associations will present reports on their recent and planned activities at the meeting.
There will also be a Leaders Forum for the leaders of the associations and ICDF executives to brainstorm creative ways to promote bilateral cooperation and exchanges, the ICDF said.
There are 37 associations of ICDF friends around the world. In 1995, the ICDF opened the first annual meeting of members of the association to promote their interactions, ICDF Deputy Secretary General P.P. Lee said.
Supported by Taiwan's successful experience in economic development, the ICDF organizes many training camps each year to assist diplomatic allies and other countries in cultivating talents in the fields of economy, trade, agricultural activities, and information and telecommunications.
(By Elizabeth Hsu)
Source: etaiwannews.com/
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