Under the ICD’s international technical cooperation programs with six countries, personnel are dispatched to Japan, Germany, France, Austria, Russia or Canada for short-term research or study. A total of 7,756 personnel had participated in these programs as of the end of 2018.
In addition, under the Taiwan-Japanese Technical Cooperation Program, Japanese experts are invited to the ROC to conduct field instruction or deliver lectures on special topics. As of the end of 2018, a total of 2,582 experts had taken part in the program.
Statistics on the program participants and topics of research, study or instruction are as follows: