The Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD; ) is a non-profit organisation headquartered in

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the ...

. Originally initiated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China, the foundation's purpose is to promote

democracy Democracy (From grc, δημοκρατία, dēmokratía, ''dēmos'' 'people' and ''kratos'' 'rule') is a form of government in which people, the people have the authority to deliberate and decide legislation ("direct democracy"), or to choo ...

around the world. The Foundation was established in June 2003 as a non-partisan, non-profit organization. Taiwan Foundation for Democracy HQ 20150811

Taiwan Foundation for Democracy HQ 20150811

The foundation was one of the largest donors to the

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, donating US$1 million towards the construction of the Victims of Communism Memorial in

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. On 9 November 2009 the TFD unveiled a segment of the Berlin Wall to remark the 20th anniversary of the

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as a symbol for the quest for global democracy.

Organizational structure

* Secretariat * Research and Development Department * International Cooperation Department * Domestic Affairs Department * Asia-Pacific Democracy Resource Center

Programs

* World Forum for Democratization in Asia (WFDA) *

Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award Since 2006, the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy confers the Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award on an individual or organization which has made major contributions through peaceful means to the development of democracy and human rights in Asia. E ...

Publications

TFD publishes the semi-annual ''Taiwan Journal of Democracy'' (''TJD'', ), a refereed journal for the study of democratic politics, especially democratic development in Taiwan and other Asian democracies. TFD also publishes in English the annual ''China Human Rights Report'', ''Taiwan Democracy Quarterly'' in

Mandarin Chinese Mandarin (; ) is a group of Chinese (Sinitic) dialects that are natively spoken across most of northern and southwestern China. The group includes the Beijing dialect, the basis of the phonology of Standard Chinese, the official language ...

with an English edition due in late 2018, among other publications.

References

External links

Taiwan Foundation for Democracy
in English
台灣民主基金會 (''Táiwān Mínzhǔ jījīnhuì'')
in Chinese
World Forum for Democracy in Asia

IHRFG: Taiwan Foundation for Democracy
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