Focus Taaiwan
Date: 2018/11/28
By: Wu Rui-chi and Elizabeth Hsu
Taipei, Nov. 28 (CNA) Taoyuan has won an international award for a program it
Photo courtesy of Taoyuan’s Department of Labor
initiated in 2017 to promote societal integration of migrant workers, the city’s Department of Labor said Wednesday.
The award, granted annually by the International Observatory on Participatory Democracy (IOPD) in recognition of public policies implemented by local governments, was presented Tuesday at the IOPD’s annual conference in Spain to Taoyuan as this year’s winner for Best Practice in Citizen Participation, the department said in a statement.
The city was recognized for its Participatory Budgeting for Migrant Workers program, which its labor department launched in 2017 to create a more inclusive society for migrant workers.
Head of the department Wag An-pang (王安邦) accepted the award in Barcelona on behalf of the Taoyuan City government, which won from a field of 65 local and regional governments around the world, according to the statement.
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