A two-day workshop on aviation sustainability under a Taiwan-US cooperation platform was held in Taipei from Tuesday through yesterday, and was attended by government officials, experts and operators from 25 countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said.
The event, “Sustainable Aviation System: Safe and Green,” under the Taiwan-US Global Cooperation and Training Framework (GCTF) platform — which aims to bring together experts from across the world to facilitate knowledge exchange and develop human resources — was the first workshop focusing on aviation since the GCTF was launched in 2015, MOFA said in a statement.
The two-day event organized jointly by the ministry, the Civil Aeronautics Administration, and the US, Japanese and Australian representative offices in Taiwan, focused on the Taiwanese government’s commitment to strengthening security and fostering greener aviation globally, it added.
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Featured guests at the event included Minister of Transportation and Communications Wang Kwo-tsai (王國材), North American Affairs Department Director-General Wang Liang-yu (王良玉), Japanese Deputy Representative to Taiwan Hiroyuki Okajima, Australian Acting Representative to Taiwan Lachlan Crews and Suzanne Wong, economic officer at the American Institute in Taiwan.
Diplomats from Taiwan’s allies Belize, Guatemala and Saint Kitts and Nevis, as well Indonesia, Israel and New Zealand also participated in the opening ceremony, the ministry said.
The GCTF was launched in 2015 to help bring Taiwan’s expertise and leadership to the global stage, in the context of Taipei facing significant international exclusion because of Chinese pressure.
Japan became a full partner to the framework in 2019, followed by Australia in 2021.
Since its establishment, the platform has brought together experts, government officials and civic leaders from 126 countries for 61 workshops focusing on topics such as public health, women’s empowerment, media literacy, law enforcement and the digital economy, which have been attended by more than 7,000 participants, showcasing Taiwan’s ability and willingness to join worldwide partners in solving global challenges, the ministry said.
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