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  • Taiwan and Thailand to collaborate on smart city development

    The System Integration Promotion Alliance (SIPA), a program from Taiwan's Industrial Development Bureau (IDB), recently brought a delegation composed of smart city and IoT companies to Bangkok.

    The group attended the Smart City Industry Forum and the Taiwan-Thailand Industrial Collaboration Summit (TTICS) among other activities.

  • Taiwan catches global smart city wave

    Taiwan is embracing the smart city concept and capitalizing on its information communications technology sector advantages to lead the way in forging new digital frontiers in the 21st century and beyond.

    The naming last month of New Taipei City and Hsinchu County in northern Taiwan among the top seven intelligent communities by New York City-based Intelligent Community Forum illustrates this trend. Six municipalities in Taiwan have made the list since 2004, with Taipei and Taichung in central Taiwan winning the top ICF award in 2006 and 2013, respectively.

  • Taiwan creates digital opportunities

    The government’s efforts on providing internet access across the country over the years make the digital divide no longer a big challenge thus paving the way for the government to create more digital opportunities, Sung Yu-hsieh, Deputy Minister of Research, Development and Evaluation Commission (RDEC) told FutureGov Asia Pacific Magazine.

    To promote internet usage in the country, RDEC has deployed 535 laptops to 16 public libraries and elementary schools around Taiwan including Chiayi, Nantou, Pintung, Yilan and Yunlin counties.

    “It does not mean that people cannot afford computers,” says Sung.

  • Taiwan develops Spatial Decision Support System

    Taiwan GIS Centre, the country’s premiere GIS “think tank” is developing its web-based spatial decision support system on the Government Cloud, which would enable the central and local government, private industries, and the general public to access spatial information through various medium such as the internet and mobile phones.

    Chih-Hong Sun, Director of the Taiwan GIS Centre (TGIC) told Futuregov Asia Pacific that the TGIC is developing an application portal that would use a Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS) to enable better reusing, sharing, and managing of spatial information.

  • Taiwan enhances disaster information system

    In August 2009, Typhoon Morakot swept over almost the entire southern region of Taiwan with record breaking heavy rains rendering many parts of the area submerged in waist-deep floods, leaving many roads and private properties damaged and with over 400 fatalities recorded.

    After that incident Chou, Hsueh-Cheng, Deputy Division Head, from the National Science & Technology Centre for Disaster Reduction (NCDR) in Taiwan, told FutureGov that it made the government re-think of how it would further improve its disaster management strategies.

    “After typhoon Morakot, the Government discovered that there is a critical need for an integrated and complete decision support system that would enable central and local government agencies respond efficiently to emergencies and incidents so as to reduce damages and losses caused by natural hazards,” he said.

  • Taiwan excels in information technology rating

    President Chen Shui-bian expressed pleasure Thursday that Taiwan has excelled in global information technology ratings recently, including an e-government survey conducted by Brown University in the United States.

    In his latest electronic letter, Chen praised Taiwanese students' good performance in a Web competition titled "Doors to Diplomacy" sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and the International Schools CyberFair.

  • Taiwan exec: 3 points to ICT success

    The Asian ICT Council session chairman yesterday gave three points for the country to follow to sustain the country’s growth in information communication technology industry.

    Dr. Gwo Jiunn Huang of the Institute for Information Industry, said these three points were by Taiwan to become one of the world’s top ICT countries in the world.

    “The Taiwan government has been helping in their ICT development and they have successfully moved from a manufacturing-based ICT to a service-driven ICT,” Huang said.

  • Taiwan expands smart city infrastructure

    Iveda is working with the government to design and install a video command, communication, and control system, anticipated to be completed by year end 2023.

    Smart infrastructure and artificial intelligence (AI) specialist Iveda has signed a $1.7m contract with a Taiwanese government agency for networking equipment and interprocess communication computers to 45 new locations.

  • Taiwan falls to second place in online government

    An annual survey conducted by Brown University on online government services has again ranked Taiwan highly as Asian countries continued to dominate the top positions.

    Taiwan ranked second in the latest global e-government survey, which was conducted during June and July this year by evaluating 1,782 government Web sites of 198 countries.

  • Taiwan fordert Linux-Kompatibilität in Ausschreibung

    Central Trust of China kauft 120.000 Linux-kompatible Computer

    Computer für Behörden in Taiwan sollen Linux-kompatibel sein, das forderte der Central Trust of China (CTOT) in einer öffentlichen Ausschreibung, berichtet die Taipei Times. Der CTOC ist unter anderem für die PC-Ausstattung von Behörden und Schulen zuständig. Durch den Linux-Einsatz sollen Ausgaben für Microsoft-Produkte gesenkt werden.

  • Taiwan forms alliance to push for open government data

    In order to promote open government data, 207 individuals from government, education and the private sector got together to form an open data alliance this month.

    The alliance, led by Chairman Peng Chi-ming, aims to communicate with the government to make more data available to the public and develop the nation’s knowledge economy. Besides developing industrial cooperation, the alliance, which is expected to grow, will collect opinion, learn and benchmark itself against international counterparts.

  • Taiwan gets high rating in e-government service

    Over the past two decades, Taiwan's government has achieved much in terms of providing people with prompt and efficient services through simplification of administrative procedures, speeding up the handling of petition cases, eradicating administrative red tape and, most recently, establishing e-government systems to provide up-to-date information on government policies and activities.

    The overall goal was to establish a transparent, efficient and modern government that is responsive and responsible to the public. Needless to say, this effort also bespeaks the development of a full-fledged democratic system in Taiwan.

  • Taiwan harnesses smart agriculture to promote digital equality for farmers

    Leading Taiwanese companies have harnessed advanced technologies to promote digital equality for farmers as part of the Industrial Development Bureau's (IDB) Smart City Taiwan project.

    Across Taiwan, farmers are feeling the effects of climate change.

    Higher temperatures lead to an increased crop respiration rate and evapotranspiration, higher pest infestations, a shift in weed flora, and reduced crop duration. In this context, Taiwan has successfully integrated agri-tech to make farmers more resilient and to fuel high-quality agricultural development and shared prosperity.

  • Taiwan helping diplomatic allies with ICT expertise

    Taiwan is helping its Central American and Caribbean allies using its best-known expertise -- information communication technology (ICT) -- with the goal of boosting their e-commerce economies, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) official said Tuesday.

    The National ICT Center of Belize, which officially opened Aug. 27 in Belmopan, Belize, marked Taiwan's latest effort in helping its four Caribbean allies promote "information societies, " said Valentino Ji Zen Tang, deputy secretary-general of the International Cooperation and Development Fund (ICDF).

  • Taiwan helping to set up e-government in St. Lucia: envoy

    Taiwan signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) Wednesday with St. Lucia to proceed with the second stage of an electronization program in the Caribbean country, Taiwan's Ambassador to St. Lucia Tom Chou said Thursday.

    In a telephone interview with CNA from Castries, St. Lucia, Chou said the agreement was signed by Tseng Yun-chin, an executive of Taiwan's state-run International Cooperation Development Fund (ICDF), and Philip Dalsou, the permanent secretary of St. Lucia's Ministry of Public Service and Human Resource Development. The signing took place at St. Lucia's National Information and Communications Technology Center and was witnesses by Chou.

  • Taiwan helps Caribbean allies develop information technologies

    Taiwan and ally Saint Lucia opened a two-day conference on information and communication technology (ICT) in the Caribbean country Monday, drawing the participation of officials from 10 Caribbean countries and territories.

    Tao Wen-lung, secretary-general of Taiwan's International Cooperation Development Fund (ICDF), told participants that the event was organized to promote ICT development in the Caribbean and narrow the digital gap between developing countries in the region and developed nations, according to a statement by Taiwan's Embassy to Saint Lucia.

  • Taiwan Holds Conference On AI & IoT To Lead Smart City Progression

    The 3rd annual World System Integration Conference in 2021, has been held online and it was the first time the forum was held virtually (both off and online).

    The conference discussed smart city development trends and brought about system integration international cooperation business opportunities.

  • Taiwan in 10th place in e-government survey by Waseda University

    Taiwan and the United Kingdom tied for 10th place in the 2016 Waseda University International e-Government Rankings, up seven places from last year, according to a statement issued Monday by the National Development Council (NDC).

    The survey results, released Aug. 3, show that the government's continuing efforts to upgrade e-services has won recognition from the world, the NDC said.

  • Taiwan introduces ‘City Life Database’

    The mobile application of Map of Taipei Amusement (MOTA) now uses the contents provided by the “City Life Database” (CLD).

    MOTA builds on the basis of the map/city guide introduced during the summer of 2009. The service offers information and services – including instant traffic updates, taxi call service, train schedules, and more.

    Instituted by Taipei City Government, the CLD brings together a wide range of information related to the points of interest in Taipei City, retrieving the data from numerous city departments and agencies. POI categories include food, leisure and recreation, transportation, education, culture, medical service, finance, shopping, public services, and more.

  • Taiwan Launches $1.5M Smart City Infrastructure Project

    Iveda’s project will integrate a range of smart city technologies into existing infrastructure

    AI and sensor tech company Iveda is rolling out its smart city technologies in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, harnessing AI analytics, sensor arrays and video surveillance to boost connectivity and improve services.

    Under the $1.5 million project, Iveda will bring its suite of smart city technologies, including the IvedaSPS (smart power system), and IvedaPinpoint (location-based trackers and smart sensors), in a centralized platform dubbed Utilus. This platform is integrated into existing city infrastructure, specifically light poles, for ease of deployment.

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