6.5.5) Cooperation on water security
Cooperate with local, regional, national, or global governments on water security.

Tamkang University continuously work with international, government, private enterprises, and the third sectors to promote water resources management and environmental security. Relevant acts include:

1.In the Tamsui area
◆SDGs Environmental Advocacy Alliance: Since 2019, our university has been organizing an annual "Environmental Issues" forum, inviting students and teachers from local primary and middle schools, universities, community organizations, and care groups in the North Tamsui area to participate. These forums have focused on various sustainability-related topics such as climate action in 2019, marine waste action in 2020, water resource issues in 2021, and in 2022, the university participated in a coastal tree planting event organized by the Rotary Club, exploring possibilities for regional cooperation. Through these discussions on key sustainability issues, the university aims to establish strong connections with the community, bond one or more groups, bring together individuals and groups with different interests, and gradually foster local awareness to collectively drive positive changes in the region.
◆Environmental protection watershed curriculum: With the theme of "Watershed Courses," we cooperate with primary and secondary schools and local workers in the region to develop local environmental education curricula in a coordinated manner. The course content includes stream water quality monitoring, watershed model map production, and three sets of UbD (Understanding by Design) course lesson plans.
◆Community video dissemination: Promoting the "Environmental Protection Documentary" project, using the "participatory documentary model" and "narrative communication" concepts, combined with the school's film and television project planning and production courses, to carry out "community video stories" recording the stories of influential people and institutions that have contributed to the development of a sustainable environment in Tamsui areas, including ecological environment, pollution prevention and control, resource recycling, and community environmental protection, and provide a back-end network platform as a collection to construct effective communication methods.
◆The Department of Economics: In 2023, the Labor Economics course designed a picture book on water resource and environment, which was provided as educational material for water resource education activities in local elementary and middle schools. The book also guided local residents on the effective management of water sources and the safety of rainwater.

2.With the government agencies
◆Research plans: The University's Water Environment Information Research Center and Ocean and Underwater Technology Research Center cooperate with government units and enterprises to implement water environment safety-related plans. Relevant research plans include "Development of sustainable management strategies for groundwater resources and short-term Long-term work blueprint," "Construction of neural network flood forecasting system in Changhua County and Pingtung County," "Deep sea water intake technology and feasibility assessment of potential sites," "Construction of arsenic-rich underground concentration change prediction model and water safety Adaptation plan," "Application of composite embedded/capacitive deionization system to remove ammonia nitrogen and nitrate nitrogen from groundwater," "He Ping power plant desulfurization equipment wastewater boron removal model plant test," "Typhoon intensity forecast model update commission," "Typhoon Forecast Application System for Historical Forecast on a Seasonal Scale," "110th year Consultation on Maintenance and Operation of Shimen Reservoir Flood Control Operation System ," "Using Artificial Intelligence Technology to Build Regional Sewer System Water Level Forecast Model and Pumping Machine Smart Operation Strategy," "In-depth "Professional service case for resource planning and analysis of high-value seawater research," "Pingtung area target industrial zone screening and groundwater follow-up development planning work," "Industrial waste acid recovery technology development," and "Mesoscopic structure applied to industrial wastewater treatment".
◆Vocational training: Entrusted by the Environmental Protection Agency, a training course for special personnel in waste (sewage) water treatment was organized to assist relevant environmental protection companies or specific businesses in setting up special environmental protection personnel and ensure the safe and sustainable development of environmental protection.
◆Professor Chi-Wang Li from the Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering executed a technical commission project with Akwatek Co., Ltd. titled “Pilot Test of the Cryolite Crystallization Method for Fluoride Ion Wastewater Treatment – Technical Guidance and Experimental Analysis Project-III.”

3.Domestic partnership
◆Environmental Education: The maritime museum of our university possesses one of the largest collections in the country. In recent years, we have been preparing to apply for certification as an "Environmental Education Facility" to the Ministry of Environment. Our focus is on marine environmental education, aligning with the university development plan, the Higher Education Deep Plowing Project, and the University Social Responsibility (USR) project, aiming to transform the Tamsui campus into a bona fide "environmental education and experiential base." 淡江大學海事博物館
◆Environmental Protection Alliance: The school is a founding member and permanent member school of the "Green University Union of Taiwan" (Green University Union of Taiwan) and continues to exert influence on issues related to the practice of SDGs.
◆Educational trip activity: The planning of the "Chemistry on the Go" activity was assisted by two central government ministries and six local education bureaus, and a total of 10 companies from various industries provided funds and teaching materials. The tour activity was selected as "2021 World Education Innovation Leader" and reported by 3BL Media in the United States. More than 69 schools have participated in the event so far.
◆Fish-Vegetable Symbiotic System: The former Center for Economic Development and Cybersecurity Strategy of the College of Business and Management, renamed as the "Center for Circular Economy and Green Finance" in the 2022 academic year, has integrated its strengths in economic and financial research, combined with information-related application technologies, and evolved into a research center with the capacity for sustainable development. In the future, its application areas will extend to business, philanthropy, society, and technology, focusing on ecological economic issues. The initial projects of the center focus on the educational and research value of fish-vegetable symbiotic systems. This system combines the excrement of aquatic animals with organic matter in the water and breaks them down into nitrate that can be absorbed by plants, which is then supplied to the vegetables in cultivation tanks. Simultaneously, the root system of the vegetables purifies the water, making it available for aquatic animals to use.

4.International partnership
◆The Department of Economics: In July 2023, a group of twelve faculty members and students traveled to JA Village in Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia, for an international education volunteer project. They organized a free water resource workshop for local residents, teaching them how to obtain clean water and providing guidance on improving the safety of their drinking water through education.
◆Research plan: The Water Environment Information Research Center assists Yunlin County to build a "Smart City Flood Forecasting System” and cooperates with the Malaysian government through the Taiwan Hydrological Information Society to assist Malaysia in building a regional flooding forecasting system through technology output. 協助馬來西亞建置區域淹水預報系統