Announcement of qualified candidates invited to participate in the call for proposals for Transnational Workshop on EU Study for post doctors, Ph. D. Students, and senior graduate students hosted by EUTW on 22-23 February, 2011 at National Taiwan University
The qualified candidates are as below.

Name / School / Essay
- Pi-fen, CHEN / TKU / ICT Development in the Context of EU Integration
- Ms. Paramitaningrum / TKU / Is bilateralism going to complement EU region-to-region relations with Southeast Asia?
- Ta-ching Shih / University College London, UK / The modernisation of EU competition regime – proving or disproving the further integration of EU
- 章旦隆 / Chinese Culture University / The diplomatic strategic orientation of the EU towards China– Partner or Stakeholder (1995-2009)
- 鄭宇欽 / Institute of Political Studies, Charles University in Prague / ASEM Dialogue on Dissolving recession in 21st century: from multi-polar to multi-partner solution
- Yinung Tsai / MSc Politics and Government in the EU at LSE / Normative Power EU: Comparisons between Korea-EU FTA and Korea-US FTA

2010 EUTW FORUM II

The EU’s External Relations: Change and Continuity

Time：09：20~12：30, Friday, November 26th, 2010
Venue：5F, Foreign Service Institute
Hosts：European Union Centre in Taiwan, National Taiwan University、European
Module, Jean Monnet Action, National Chengchi University、Foreign Service
Institute, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

講題：
Topic：FTA Policies in the Asia-Pacific and Taiwan’s Choice
時間：2010年11月10日(星期三)上午十時三十分至十二時
Date & Time: Wednesday, 10 November 2010, from 10:30 am to 12:00 noon
地點：臺灣大學社會科學院國際會議廳(臺北市徐州路 21號)
Venue：International Conference Hall, College of Social Sciences, National Taiwan University (No. 21,Xuzhou Rd., Taipei, Taiwan)

議程Agenda

10:10-10:30 報到 Registration
10:30-10:40 主持人致詞
臺灣大學政治系 左正東副教授
Introduction by Dr. Chen-Dong Tso, Associate Professor of the
Department of Political Science, National Taiwan University
10: 40-11:40 專題演講
Keynote Speech by Dr. Christopher M. Dent, Senior Lecturer in the East
Asian Economy in the Department of East Asian Studies at the
University of Leeds, UK
11:40-12:00 交叉討論 Q&A
結語 Conclusion

Time：29 Oct., 2010（Fri）09：45 - 15：05
Venue：6F Simulation Classroom, Foreign Service Institute
Hosts：European Union Centre in Taiwan, National Taiwan University、European Module, Jean Monnet Action, National Chengchi University、Foreign Service Institute, Ministry of Foreign Affairs    

To enhance the interactions between EU and Taiwan students, and further acquaint Taiwan students with EU countries in all dimensions, European Union Centre in Taiwan is to hold a series of workshops to introduce the geography, history, cultures, delicacies, life-styles, or such of EU countries.
為促進歐台學生交流以及台灣學生對歐盟國家的認識, 臺灣歐盟中心將於台大舉辦一系列的工作坊, 介紹歐盟國家的地理, 歷史, 文化, 美食, 生活等各個面向


Students are encouraged to organise a team to propose and present in the workshop. Each team has to be at least two students respectively from Taiwan and EU countries. The selected team will be awarded $9,000 NT dollars after the completion of the presentation.
歡迎台大學生組隊提出proposal (包含時間、場地、呈現內容), 在workshop上present, 合作介紹歐籍學生的國家。各隊成員必須包含歐籍及台籍學生。入選並完成presentation的隊伍將獲得台幣九千元獎學金


Please refer to the attachment for the details.
詳情請見附件辦法,歡迎組隊參加!!

After the lenthy and cautious review and interview process, Mr. Marc Chia-Ching Cheng stood out from numerous applicants and is recruited as the executive director of EUTW. Mr. Cheng has worked as the deputy director of research at Foudnation on Asia Pacific Peace Studies for years and is familiar with international and EU affairs. He speaks both fluent English and French. We expect that EUTW, with the new teammate, will be more active and rich in future deveopment.

20 officers of EU delegation visited EUTW office on 18 Aug. and roaming through EUTW’s newly completed Gallery of EU History. In the following reception hosted by the Vice President of NTU and the Director of EUTW, Dr. Bau, NTU OIA Dean Shen and EUTW Executive Director Su briefly introduced NTU, and EUTW.

Belgian Office in Taipei, Director Benoit Ryelandt, Austrian Tourism Office, Deputy Director Juergen Zeiner, British Trade and Cultural Office, Director David Campbell, EETO, Deputy Head Tamas Maczak, TSC, Director Yuang-Kuang Kao, EU Centre at TKU, Director Chiu-Ching, Kuo, EU Centre at FJU, Director Su-Lee Tsai, ROC officials and scholars attended the gathering and exchanged ideas with European guests.

The Outlook of Taiwan-Hungary and Taiwan-EU Relations during EU Presidency for Hungary in the First Half of 2011

European Union Centre in Taiwan is now recruiting a new Executive Director (due on 15 Aug., 2010)

Time: 4 Aug., 2010

Time: 12-14 July, 2010
Host: EUTW & EU centre at NDHU

Belgium has taken over the Presidency of the Council of the EU on 1 Jul., 2010.

From 1 July to 31 December 2010, it is Belgium’s turn to take over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU). This is a real challenge, especially as we now need to take into account the many changes set in place by the Lisbon Treaty since it came into force on 1 December 2009.

The Prospects for an EU – Taiwan Free Trade Agreement
Since the 1990s there has been a significant expansion of free trade agreement (FTA) activity globally, this trend being most pronounced in East Asia and the Asia-Pacific. By the mid-1990s only a small handful of FTAs were in operation in the region but by the late 2000s over 80 agreements had been concluded, the vast majority (85 to 90 percent) being bilateral in nature.
Owing to Taiwan’s contested diplomatic status, Taipei has hitherto only managed to conclude agreements with a few official diplomatic partners in Central America, these being of very minor significance in trade terms. However, the advent of FTA negotiations between Taipei and Beijing in 2009 / 2010 could potentially break the diplomatic constraints on Taiwan’s FTA policy, and possibly open the path to talks with the European Union, which itself is looking to establish FTA partnerships with key Asian economic partners.
In this presentation, FTA expert Professor Dent examines the prospects for an EU – Taiwan free trade agreement over forthcoming years. Professor Dent is in East Asia’s International Political Economy, University of Leeds, with abundant and in-depth researches on Asia-Pacific FTA and Regionalsim, and experiences as the penal viewer and director to numerous international training programme and Seminars around the world as well.

Time: 16:10~17:30 (Thursday, 8 April, 2010)
Venue: International Conference Hall, College of Social Science and Management (B1), NCHU
Address: 250 Kuo-Kuang Rd., Taichung, Taiwan
Topic: “Challenges for the Future of the European Union”
Language: English
Speaker’s Biography: see attached.

Organizer: European Union Centre at NCHU

NTU EU Club and TKU Graduate Institute co-hosted “EU Night” party on 11 Dec. 2009. With the presence of representatives from EETO, Sweden, Czech , Austria and other honorable guests, The party showed warm welcome to EU students and bridged friendships between EU and Taiwan.