Taipei
The Global Innovation Hub of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom will be re-opened in Taipei in early 2021. The hub will focus on the topics of “digital transformation” and “innovation for democracy”. With its international global network of experts, partners and collaborators, the hub aims to support the Friedrich Naumann Foundation on its way to becoming a creative innovation platform for liberalism.
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Disrupt yourselves
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