World experts join forum on combating corruptionGLOBAL COOPERATION: Aside from the three-day meeting in Taipei, Taiwan’s representative office and the US embassy in Rome hosted a similar event in ItalyBy Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff reporterA three-day forum on combating corruption under the Global Cooperation and Training Framework (GCTF) opened yesterday in Taipei, with international experts joining the physical event for the first time since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday. The Taipei event, an international workshop focusing on anti-corruption, was organized by the Agency Against Corruption and the Ministry of Justice’s Investigation Bureau, and cohosted by Canada and the UK, he said. Incorporating important issues related to combating disinformation and corruption into international collaborations demonstrate the role Taiwan can play and show that the nation is a force for good on the global stage, he said. Through training programs for officials and experts, initiatives under the framework aim to assist countries in the Indo-Pacific region to build their capacity in various fields, it says. Over the past eight years, the framework has held 57 international workshops, which were attended by 6,300 government officials, experts and civil society representatives from 125 countries, it says.
