Strengthening digital resilience
The overarching goal of the moda is to maintain democratic resilience and keep Taiwan’s essential systems operating by instantly employing alternative forms of communication, as shown to great effect by the government of Ukraine and President Volodymyr Zelensky in his daily addresses to the nation and wider world.
Taiwan moda, free the future
Taiwan officially inaugurated the Ministry of Digital Affairs on August 27th. Aiming to accelerate digital resilience for all, transform public opinion into open-ended “People-Public-Private-Partnerships”. Let’s hear from Audrey Tang, Taiwan’s digital minister on how to achieve these lofty goals and more.
A virtuous circle of data altruism
Taiwan has opened up many co-creation applications for people-public-private partnerships via open data. Digital Minister Audrey Tang shares her opinion on how we can, by accessing open data, monitor air quality, provide humanitarian aid and eventually build up a new type of society in which people are benefited.
All aboard the SBTs express
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin chats with Audrey Tang in her latest #InnoMinds podcast about “soulbound tokens”, a new tool he believes could change the web3 world. What is it and what does it mean for Taiwan?
Innovatively cheering up Asia
At the 2022 Asia Pacific Social Innovation Partnership Award (APSIPA), teams from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, and Cambodia were recognized for their innovative solutions reflecting the theme of the summit: “Asia Neonormal”. What can we learn from them?
Audrey Tang and TaiwanPlus: The Age of Innovation
YouTube co-founder Steve Chen, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin…, innovators are changing the world. Audrey Tang interviews them on TaiwanPlus' debut video podcast project “Innovative Minds with Audrey Tang’’. What can we learn from these trailblazers?
Hack for a Sustainable Future
With the 2050 net-zero target in mind, the theme of this year’s Presidential Hackathon International is ‘’Climate Action: Practicing Net Zero’’. How can the civic hackers from 36 countries use their creativity to better our world?
APSIPA: Changing Society for the Better
The pandemic has significantly impacted our industry and lifestyles. But at the same time, there are many innovative social ideas emerging in Taiwan. How can these ideas improve our lives?
Spurring summit for democracy progress
Making gender data structured and open for global use is an important foundation for promoting dialogue and participation on gender inclusion, and it also realizes another commitment we made at the summit.
Digital democracy with the people
In the Summit for Democracy hosted by the US, Digital Minister Audrey Tang encouraged all nations to consider Taiwan's example of open digital development and privacy safeguards.
Overturning the future, collectively
To celebrate the fourth anniversary of the Social Innovation Lab,the Small and Medium Enterprise Administration of the Ministry of Economic Affairs will hold workshops, inviting Taiwan's social innovation groups to share their experiences from November 26th to November 28th.
Sustainability and development: Great bedfellows
Through ESG, more and more Taiwan companies have become the new force of sustainable development. At the same time, the challenges are ever increasing. How can the government promote green economy post-epidemic?
A chosen future: Stimulating the post-pandemic bounceback
As consumption patterns have undergone tremendous change during the pandemic. How will the government use the “Quintuple Stimulus Voucher” to encourage customers to return to bricks-and-mortar stores?
The Gold Standard: 1922 SMS
The "1922 SMS Contact Tracing System" has become part of people’s daily lives in Taiwan. How can the government use the data for contact tracing while ensuring information security?
1922 Vaccine Appointment System
During the epidemic, the most important factor for a quick return to daily life is vaccination. What role does Audrey Tang's "1922 Vaccine Reservation System" play in increasing Taiwan's vaccination rate?
Presidential Hackathon: Charting a course for sustainable development
Since the outbreak of the epidemic, more than 170 million people have been infected and 3.74 million have died globally. How will Taiwan transform their inherent resilience into a powerful solution through the 2021 presidential hackathon.
1922 SMS: Easy and secure contact tracing
While the global pandemic continues unabated, Taiwan is also faced with changing pandemic situations. The civic tech community is meeting the challenges with an SMS contact tracing system, a digital tool that's the result of across-sector collaboration.
Netting Zero through Asia-Pacific Partnerships
The third APSIPA, Invest Asia: Building A Sustainable Resilient Future, took place April 10 to 11. Read about how these 77 innovative projects could implement the SDGs and make the world better.
APSIS 2021: Impact investment comes of age
Awareness of social innovation and commitment in Taiwan is continuously improving. Read about how social innovation-minded firms implement the SDGs while exploring opportunities for local and regional investment.
Open Government for Digital Health: Taiwan’s Virtual NHI Card
Taiwan’s NHI system is internationally celebrated as one of the model systems of national health insurance. During the COVID-19 pandemic management operations last year. While making significant changes to the NHI system, Taiwan has shown the world that “involving citizens in policymaking” is how next-generation health services can be co-created through the path of Open Government.
The Path to the Future
The mask rationing system was not a special case rising out of the epidemic. In fact, it has been very common for Taiwan’s public service to incorporate opinions from the public into policies and to collaborate with civil society, thanks to ongoing open government efforts.