APEC
APEC International Projects
November 05-07, 2025 APEC Sub-fund: Women and the Economy
APEC Forum on Women and Youth Empowerment: Enhancing Digital Competitiveness and Inclusive Economic Growth through Innovative Enterprise Education
Co-sponsoring economies: Chile; Korea; Malaysia; New Zealand; Philippines; United States
To promote education collaboration and talent development across the Asia-Pacific region, the Ministry of Education (MOE) is hosting the 2025 APEC Forum on Women and Youth Empowerment: Enhancing Digital Competitiveness and Inclusive Economic Growth through Innovative Enterprise. This forum invited around 70 participants, including representatives from 19 APEC member economies and youth delegates from Taiwan, to engage in diverse exchanges. This forum focuses on education and innovation issues for women and youth in the digital era, aiming to cultivate inclusive and creative talent by fostering cross-economy collaborations, in line with APEC's sustainable development goals.
August 27-28, 2025 APEC Sub-fund: Digital Innovation
Leveraging Digitalization for Talent Inclusion and Empowerment: Facilitating Economic Transitions by Academia-Industry Partnership
Co-sponsoring economies: Chile; Japan; Korea; Malaysia; New Zealand; Philippines; Thailand
This year's workshop aligns with APEC 2025's priority of "Innovate - Promoting Digital Innovation in the Asia-Pacific Region". It will focus on Leveraging Digitalization for Talent Inclusion and Empowerment: Facilitating Economic Transitions by Academia-Industry Partnership, examining how digital transformation can be harnessed to cultivate a future-ready workforce. Participants - including policymakers, educators, industry leaders, and experts - will exchange insights and successful strategies on inclusive digital transformation, sustainable collaboration, and cross-regional talent development. The program also features case studies, focus group discussions, and a site visit to Lunghwa University of Science and Technology to showcase practical models of collaboration in action.
July 3-4, 2025
2025 APEC Youth Engagement Workshop: Connectivity, Partnership, and Opportunities
This project aims to empower regional youth by enhancing their communication skills, fostering cross-border collaboration, and deepening their understanding of global issues. Through a two-day interactive training program, participants will engage with experts and stakeholders from APEC-related fields to explore how communication and language skills are essential in navigating cross-regional platforms and international collaboration settings.
November 13-15, 2024 APEC Sub-fund: Women and Economy
APEC Forum on Women and Youth Empowerment: Advancing Innovative Education and Enhancing Workforce Skills for a Sustainable and Inclusive Future
Co-sponsoring economies: Chile; Indonesia; Japan; Korea; Malaysia; New Zealand; Peru; Singapore; Thailand
To promote inter-regional educational cooperation and strengthen economic development, the Ministry of Education is holding the "2024 APEC Women and Youth Empowerment Forum: Promoting Innovative Education and Enhancing Labor Skills for a Sustainable and Inclusive Future," which officially commences today (November 13th). Approximately 80 participants, including youth from 16 APEC economies and students from our country, have gathered in Taipei for three days of exchange activities. The forum focuses on innovative education, empowering youth and women, and collaboratively promoting sustainable development and inclusive economic growth in the APEC region.
August 28-29, 2024 APEC Sub-fund: Digital Innovation
Best Practices for Inclusive Innovation, Digital Sustainability and Cross-regional Talent Development
Co-sponsoring economies: Chile; Indonesia; Korea; Malaysia; Peru; Thailand; USA
This year's workshop continues the tradition of fostering collaboration and innovation among 13 APEC economies. Participants, including government officials and educators, will engage in discussions and share best practices that promote inclusive innovation, digital sustainability, and cross-regional talent development. The workshop will also include site visits to educational institutions and enterprises, providing participants with firsthand insights into successful models of collaboration.
July 4-5, 2024
2024 APEC Youth Capacity Building Training & Model APEC
This program gathered policymakers, government officials and experts who work in APEC related sectors to share with the regional youth regarding how APEC operates. A Model APEC conference was also organized for the young participants to learn more about how issues are discussed in a regional economic forum, and how to present and voice their opinions in an official setting.
October 25-27, 2023 APEC Sub-fund: Women and Economy
APEC Youth Impact Forum: Promoting Local Sustainability and Inclusive Growth to Enhance Post-pandemic Regional Resilience and Prosperity
Co-sponsoring economies: Indonesia; Japan; Korea; Malaysia; Philippines; Thailand; United States
To promote cross-regional education cooperation and strengthen post-pandemic economic recovery, more than 70 young people are invited from 16 APEC member economies to participate in this important three-day event. The Forum focuses on local revitalization and inclusive development, enhancing regional economic resilience in the post-pandemic era. It aims to showcase best practices of policies and educational initiatives for regional revitalization and sustainable entrepreneurship and discuss how to predict the future development of the regional economy by fostering local industries.
August 31 - September 1, 2023 APEC Sub-fund: Digital Innovation
Digital and Inclusive Talents Cultivation and Technology (AI)-Enabled Collaboration: TVET's Integrative Models of Skills and Trainings
Co-sponsoring economies: Chile; Indonesia; Japan; Korea; Malaysia; Thailand
The workshop aimed to demonstrate how to narrow the skills gap and cultivate digital and AI talents through technological vocational education, providing an in-depth introduction to the collaborative model between the academia sector and industry sector.
July 6-7, 2023 Self-funded
2023 APEC Youth Capacity Building Training & Model APEC
This program gathered policymakers, government officials and experts who work in APEC related sectors to share with the regional youth regarding how APEC operates. A Model APEC conference was also organized for the young participants to learn more about how issues are discussed in a regional economic forum, and how to present and voice their opinions in an official setting.
Nov 16-18, 2022 APEC Sub-fund: Women and Economy
APEC Forum on Entrepreneurship for the Future of Work
Co-sponsoring: Indonesia; Japan; Korea; Mexico; Peru; Singapore; Thailand
This post-pandemic forum focused on the future of work and digital inclusion, gathering 91 delegates from 16 economies. Learn more.
Sep 19-20, 2022 Self-funded
2022 APEC Forum on Student Mobility and Innovative Education
Addressed pandemic impacts on education, aiming to accelerate innovative education and talent cultivation through stakeholder partnerships.
Sep 12-13, 2022 Self-funded
2022 APEC TVET Workshop on Success Models of Sustainable and Circular Economy
Focused on green technology-enabled infrastructure, smart mobility, and interdisciplinary collaboration for a sustainable post-pandemic recovery. Learn more.
Mar 23-24, 2022 APEC Sub-fund: Digital Innovation
APEC Digital Economy and Innovative Entrepreneurship Online Forum
A two-day online event focusing on digital transformation, entrepreneurship for youth, and sharing regional resources. Learn more.
July 12-14, 2021 APEC Sub-fund: Women and the Economy
APEC Forum on Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship (II): Building Capacity and Collaborative Connectivity for Women and Young Entrepreneurs
Co-sponsoring economies: Indonesia; Japan; Korea; Malaysia; Mexico; Singapore; Papua New Guinea
3-day forum on youth entrepreneurship and female empowerment in the digital economy, featuring dialogues, workshops, and site visits to start-up incubators. For details, see the official website.
May 7, 2021 APEC Sub-fund: Women and the Economy
Regional Industry-Academia Collaboration for Talent Development and Inclusive Growth: Skills Training, Internships, Jobs and Women
Co-sponsoring economies: Indonesia; Malaysia; Mexico; New Zealand; Philippines; Singapore; Thailand; United States
A project aimed at strengthening industry-academia collaboration, focusing on skills training and promoting female participation in non-traditional sectors. For details, see the official website.
October 7-9, 2019 Self-funded
APEC Forum on Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Building Capacity and Collaborative Connectivity for Young Entrepreneurs
Co-sponsoring economies: Republic of Korea; Thailand; Papua New Guinea
A forum focused on capacity building for young entrepreneurs in the Asia-Pacific region, emphasizing female entrepreneurship and knowledge exchange. For details, see the official website.
Sep 16-18, 2019 Self-funded
Regional Industry-Academia Collaboration for Talent Development: An Exchange of Skills Training, Internships, and Jobs (II)
Co-sponsoring economies: Indonesia; Mexico; Singapore; New Zealand; Thailand; Malaysia; USA; the Philippines
本專案延續 2018 年模式，旨在縮小產學技能差距。2019 年工作坊包含論壇、示範與參訪，聚焦於賦能女性發展與數位經濟人才培育，實施技能訓練、實習與就業交流。
October 4-6, 2018 Self-funded
Asia-Pacific Youth Forum on Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Building Capacity and Collaborative Connectivity for Young Entrepreneurs
Co-sponsoring economies: Republic of Korea; Thailand; Papua New Guinea
專注於數位經濟中的創業教育與知識轉移，致力於提升青年創業家的能力，並促進長期、永續的成長與包容性就業。
June 5-7, 2018 APEC Central-fund
Regional Industry-Academia Collaboration for Talent Development: An Exchange of Skills Training, Internships, and Jobs
Co-sponsoring economies: Indonesia; Korea; Philippines; Singapore; Thailand; United States; Viet Nam
作為 2017 年 TVET 論壇的後續行動，本專案連結教育與職業技術需求，推動產學合作模式，提供技能訓練與實習，加強亞太經合會成員經濟體間的就業連結與資源共享。
April 25-27, 2017 Self-funded
Skills Training in Industry-Academia Collaboration in CTE: Best Practices and Implementation in the Engineering, Hospitality and Innovative Entrepreneurship Fields
Co-sponsoring economies: Brunei Darussalam; China; Korea; Malaysia; Peru; Philippines; Russia; Singapore; Thailand; Viet Nam
As a follow-up to the 2015 project, this 2017 workshop focused on best practices in industry-academia collaboration for Career and Technical Education (CTE), showcasing the results of Chinese Taipei student cohorts and discussing collaborative models in engineering, hospitality, and entrepreneurship.
September 22-24, 2015 Self-funded
Industry-Academia Collaboration Models in Technological and Vocational Education and Training: Best Practices in Curriculum Design and Implementation in the Healthcare, Engineering and Hospitality Fields
Co-sponsoring economies: Brunei Darussalam; Malaysia; Mexico; Papua New Guinea; Peru; Philippines; Russia; Singapore; Thailand; Viet Nam
This project promoted industry-driven TVET programs to cultivate a skilled workforce, enhance human capital, and facilitate SME development across APEC economies through collaborations in healthcare, engineering, and hospitality.
April 24-25, 2014 Self-funded
Sustainable TVET for a Rapidly Changing World Economy: Building an international collaboration network
Co-sponsoring economies: Australia; Indonesia; Japan; Malaysia; Russia; United States
This project focused on sharing experiences and best practices for sustainable TVET systems to enhance the mobility of the skilled workforce, facilitate trade, and promote policy exchange among member economies.