In 2020, 101 teaching faculties of TKU served as consultants, deliberative members, professional evaluation members, review members, or advisory members in governmental units to assist the government in formulating or promoting relative policies of sustainable development goals; TKU also undertakes a total of 303 projects relative to sustainable development goals (SDGs) and jointly formulates SDG policies with governmental units. The key points are summarized as follows:
1. The teaching faculty of the Department of Chinese from the College of Liberal Arts served as the member of the "Long-term follow-up evaluation plan for Chinese reading literacy," responsible for reviewing the content of the plan, actual measurements and evaluations, and standard-setting to the understanding of the effectiveness of the implementation of the new 12-year national education syllabus.
2. Two teaching faculties from the College of Science implemented governmental projects. One project combines organic synthesis cell culture and embryo observation to develop new anti-kidney cancer substances; another project proposed a new biflavonoid (biflavone) synthesis method, the results may provide a reference for relative synthesis in the future. In addition, two teaching faculties implemented the Ministry of Science and Technology project, using theoretical calculation methods to study protein sequences related to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). The research results may provide the fundamental knowledge of medication design.
3. The teaching faculty of the Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering of the College of Engineering was employed as an independent director of Taiwan Water Supply Company under the Ministry of Economic Affairs, and a member of the Taipei City Government’s "Taipei Disaster Prevention Expert Advisory Committee" as well as a member of the "Deji Water Reservoir Management Committee" of the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Committee members jointly promote the implementation of sustainable development goals.
4. The Department of Economics of the College of Business and Management will guide the establishment of a fish-vegetable symbiosis system in the ECC School campus in July 2020. In the future, it will focus on the establishment of operable and monitorable operation modules.
5. The teaching faculty of the Graduate Institute of European Studies from the College of International Affairs has long been concerned about EU-related issues. They often cooperate with governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations, accepting the commissioning of their research projects or participating in the review, and provide professional opinions as a policy reference. In 2020, the Department of Diplomacy and International Relations has two instructors that implemented governmental projects related to SDGs.
6. The teaching faculty of the College of Education has long served as members of the twelve-year national education and 108 syllabus relative committees and revisional groups of the governmental agencies, participated in a series of Ministry of Education’s promotions of the primary and secondary school curriculums and evaluation committees, and are committed to promoting governmental departments that promote the 108 syllabus. Cross-system collaboration and adjustments of the syllabus, and provide relevant professional opinions on the implementation of the syllabus as well as the professional development of teachers.
In 2020, 22 teachers of TKU served as directors, supervisors, non-positional directors, or chairpersons of NGOs, and worked with NGOs to formulate the policies of sustainable development goals. The key points are summarized as follows:
1. The Department of Economics from the College of Business and Management and the Cambodian NGO ECC School discussed the sustainable development goals of the economy and tried to establish a cycle farming system.
2. In 2020, the teaching faculty of the Graduate Institute of European Studies from the College of International Affairs served as the advisory committee member of the "Document Collection, Symposium, and Interviews for the Sustainable Development of Free Trade Agreements between the European Union and Other Countries" hosted by the Association of Industrial Relation, Taiwan.