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07TAIPEI229
2007-01-31 01:50:00
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American Institute Taiwan, Taipei
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UNCLAS TAIPEI 000229
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EAP/TC AND ISN/MTR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETTC TW ETRD WCO
SUBJECT: MTAG: EXBS IN TAIWAN
UNCLAS TAIPEI 000229
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EAP/TC AND ISN/MTR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETTC TW ETRD WCO
SUBJECT: MTAG: EXBS IN TAIWAN
1. Summary: In the first of 12 courses arranged by ISN/ECC,
a team of five instructors presented the Export Control and
Border Security (EXBS) training course "Advanced License
Processing II" to about 50 Taiwan officials January 22-26.
The instructors praised the Taiwan officials' active
participation in the event. Representatives of Australia,
Canada, Japan and South Korea attended portions of the event.
End summary.
2. In response to U.S. concerns, in August 2005 Taiwan
agreed to an export control "gameplan" designed to strengthen
its export control regime. As part of our commitment to
assist Taiwan in strengthening its export control regime, an
interagency delegation led by ISN/ECC met with Taiwan
officials in Taipei, Tainan, and Kaohsiung in November 2006
to explore Taiwan's training needs. The Advanced Licensing
course is the first of 12 training courses that ISN/ECC and
the Taiwan Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) identified in
November 2006 as priority training needs.
3. Officials from Taiwan's Counter Terrorism Office,
National Security Bureau, National Security Council, Customs,
Industrial Park Administration, Export Processing Zone
Administration, and National Police attended portions of the
January 22-26 EXBS Advanced Licensing workshop. The five
instructors included two State contractors, and one each from
DOC/BIS, the ROK Ministry of Commerce, and the UK Department
of Trade and Industry Export Control Organization. The
opening session was attended by representatives of the
Australian, Canadian, Japanese, and South Korean trade
missions in Taipei. One instructor commented during the
closing dinner that based on his experience presenting
training in more than 40 countries, the training had gone
exceptionally well, the participants were engaged,
interested, and at an appropriate level to receive this
training.
Suggestions for Improvement:
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4. In future EXBS training we'd recommend written
translations should be into the traditional Chinese
characters used in Taiwan and with the terminology used in
Taiwan rather than PRC terminology. We'd recommend
consecutive, rather than simultaneous translation. The
interpretors had difficulty understanding the Korean
speaker's accented English, and little of it was interpreted
into Chinese. (Consecutive interpretation would have
overcome this problem.) Policy issues should have been
presented together on one day, rather than scattered
throughout the week. Ad hoc changes to the agenda meant
participants not attending the entire week missed sessions
they wanted to attend. English language copies of the
materials would also have been desireable as some
participants asked for English versions.
YOUNG
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EAP/TC AND ISN/MTR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETTC TW ETRD WCO
SUBJECT: MTAG: EXBS IN TAIWAN
1. Summary: In the first of 12 courses arranged by ISN/ECC,
a team of five instructors presented the Export Control and
Border Security (EXBS) training course "Advanced License
Processing II" to about 50 Taiwan officials January 22-26.
The instructors praised the Taiwan officials' active
participation in the event. Representatives of Australia,
Canada, Japan and South Korea attended portions of the event.
End summary.
2. In response to U.S. concerns, in August 2005 Taiwan
agreed to an export control "gameplan" designed to strengthen
its export control regime. As part of our commitment to
assist Taiwan in strengthening its export control regime, an
interagency delegation led by ISN/ECC met with Taiwan
officials in Taipei, Tainan, and Kaohsiung in November 2006
to explore Taiwan's training needs. The Advanced Licensing
course is the first of 12 training courses that ISN/ECC and
the Taiwan Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) identified in
November 2006 as priority training needs.
3. Officials from Taiwan's Counter Terrorism Office,
National Security Bureau, National Security Council, Customs,
Industrial Park Administration, Export Processing Zone
Administration, and National Police attended portions of the
January 22-26 EXBS Advanced Licensing workshop. The five
instructors included two State contractors, and one each from
DOC/BIS, the ROK Ministry of Commerce, and the UK Department
of Trade and Industry Export Control Organization. The
opening session was attended by representatives of the
Australian, Canadian, Japanese, and South Korean trade
missions in Taipei. One instructor commented during the
closing dinner that based on his experience presenting
training in more than 40 countries, the training had gone
exceptionally well, the participants were engaged,
interested, and at an appropriate level to receive this
training.
Suggestions for Improvement:
--------------
4. In future EXBS training we'd recommend written
translations should be into the traditional Chinese
characters used in Taiwan and with the terminology used in
Taiwan rather than PRC terminology. We'd recommend
consecutive, rather than simultaneous translation. The
interpretors had difficulty understanding the Korean
speaker's accented English, and little of it was interpreted
into Chinese. (Consecutive interpretation would have
overcome this problem.) Policy issues should have been
presented together on one day, rather than scattered
throughout the week. Ad hoc changes to the agenda meant
participants not attending the entire week missed sessions
they wanted to attend. English language copies of the
materials would also have been desireable as some
participants asked for English versions.
YOUNG