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The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) promotes democracy, human rights, economic freedom, and curbing climate change. In Taiwan, the Global Innovation Hub of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom was established in 2021. The Hub focuses on “digital transformation” and “innovation for democracy”, the hub aims to support the Friedrich Naumann Foundation on its way to becoming a creative innovation platform for liberalism. The Global Innovation Hub works with The Open Culture Foundation (OCF) and other like-minded partners. Should you have questions or suggestions about our work, please contact us. You can also meet our team here.
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Digital Participation Tools: When to use them, how to choose them
Ms Katya Petrikevich provides us an overview on the Digital Participation Guideand Ratings. The global pandemic dramatically stimulated the demand for digital tools for public participation. But how to choose these tools? What aspects should we consider when choosing? Ms Petrikevich introduces the “Guide to Digital Participation Platforms” and explains why civic tech and digital platforms should not be seen as a solution for everything.
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Geopolitics Reshaping the Internet in East Asia
In 2021, United States approved a plan to connect the Asian route of submarine cables with the Philippines and Taiwan under Pacific Link Cable Network (PLCN) framework - bypassing Hong Kong, which previously was supposed to be the endpoint. Undoubtedly, geopolitical realities have changed. Charles Mok analyses for FNF Global Innovation hub what points need to be taken into account when building interconnective infrastructure in Asia.
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Taiwan can be East Asia’s New Internet and Data Hub
In the second half of April, Taiwan scored two major wins in consolidating its regional and global positions in digital future and data trade. This could enable Taiwan to become Asia’s new Internet and Data Hub. Charles Mok analyzes for FNF Global Innovation hub what Taiwan needs to do to achieve that goal
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Register for the 2nd Episode-Rating Guides and Tool Kits for Digital Democracy
In 2022 we are launching the “Innovation for Democracy Café“! In a series of digital events, we will showcase best practices of civil society: how to make use of digital technology or innovative approaches to foster freedom, democracy, and human rights.
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Innovation for Democracy Café – Conversations on How Technology Can Be a Force for Democracy
20th of April marked the launch of the first Innovation for Democracy Café with Ya-wei Chou being joined by two guests; Ms. Adriana Groh, Project Lead of The New Hanse, and Ms. Hung-wen Tseng, Green Citizens' Action Alliance (GCAA) Deputy Secretary-General. The online webinar discussed “How Can Open Data and Civic Tech Facilitate Initiatives of Civil Society”
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Thaubing Footprint: A New Sustainability Movement Based on Open Data
Taiwan’s GCAA leveraged the power of civil society and Taiwan’s vibrant civic tech community to create the wildly successful website “Thaubing Footprint” that monitors pollution and that is based on open data. Hung-wen Tseng explains how GCAA achieved that, and shares her recipes for innovation with FNF Global Innovation Hub. Register for Innovation for Democracy Café on April 20, UTC 9am to learn more about this project!
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Can Democracies Counter China with Sanctions?
Authoritarianism is on the rise around the world. In response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, democracies around the world have imposed unprecedented sanctions on Russia that are severely damaging the Russian economy. But this strategy has yet to succeed in halting Russia’s aggression, and it seems even more unlikely to succeed against China. How should democracies respond?
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In Taipei, the FNF Global Innovation Hub aims to spark creative ideas and insights about Innovation for Democracy and research the implications of Digital Transformation in our society by working with the following partners.
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ICANN rejects Ukraine’s request to block Russian Internet domains
Requests to shut down the internet or individual platforms regularly sound tempting. However, just as regularly, they must be urgently curbed. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has made the right move by rejecting the wish to exclude Russia from the Internet. Internet governance must be of greater interest to liberal democracies in the future.
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The Dangerous Illusion about China's Possible Mediating Role
As the Ukraine war continues to escalate, China is trying to establish itself as a supposedly neutral mediator between Moscow and Kiev. But the hope that President Xi might even have a mitigating effect on Putin has not yet been realized. Rather, a closing of ranks between Russia and China is identified. At first, only in terms of narratives - but there are increasing signs that it goes beyond that.
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📣 轉貼分享 Forward ‼台北歌德學院即日起招募會計人員一名(半職)‼ (Recruit!)Accounting position in Goethe Institut Taipei 收件截止日Deadline :2022年7月24日(24th of July, 2022) 詳細資訊請見台北歌德學院官網More info👉https://www.goethe.de/ins/tw/de/ueb/kar/mitarbeiterin-fuer-buchhaltung.html?fbclid=IwAR0MR0PobrepBTQPocD95Am-VpcnaGnIpYLTBHZPhXiTZ2X_X8ZEPYbSl74
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📣 Announcing our FNF SEEA Journalist Training Program 2022. Our theme for 2022 is “LGBTQ+ Life in Southeast and East Asia” Join our training program to receive: · Multiple training-sessions with high-profile journalists · 2,000 Euro Honorarium for a multimedia article (English) · International recognition via publication of your article by FNF and possibly by other media channels · Networking with other young aspiring journalists Please apply before July 24th 2022, by sending your CV, links to your previous work and a half-page pitch for your story to journalism.seea@freiheit.org. For more information:https://www.freiheit.org/southeast-and-east-asia/fnf-seea-journalist-training-program-2022 #journalism #lgbtq #youngjournalist #journalismforgood #oppression #gaymarriage #Pride #samesex #LesbianVisabilityDay #queer #gay #bisexual #transgender
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#InnovationThursday What comes to your mind when you think about digital currencies? #Bitcoin, #Ethereum, or maybe #Dogecoin ? Fact is: The rise of #digitalCurrencies has been a major game-changer. They went from a little niche gadget to a major trend: According to the data from Atlantic Council 2021, more than 80 central banks working on developing central bank digital currencies(#CBDC), a type of digital currencies. @SvenHilgers @KonradGreilich analyse how different types of digital currencies have arisen in four waves and how policymakers could shape the future development of these currencies. 📣Read the complete article:https://bit.ly/3tPAsu5 📌What are your ideas and insights about this topic? Let us know! 📢 Explore more! ‘The Rise of the e-RMB: Domestic Control, Global Influence ’ https://bit.ly/3pKfTfZ
