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Chinese Taipei Node |
| The Chinese Taipei APEC-VC Web Site --- An
informaiton exchange center for the promotion of environmental
technologies and business opportunities. |
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Background |
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The APEC Virtual
Center for Environmental Information Exchange (APEC-VC) was
initiated by Japan in September 1995 at the 9th APEC
Industrial Science and Technology Working Group Meeting in
Mexico to advocate the dissemination of environmental
information via the Internet. Later in 1997, the Study
Group, led by Japan, Chinese Taipei, Australia and Korea, was
established to study how to enhance Virtual Center
accessibility. The main goal of the APEC-VC project is
to encourage each economy to set up its own Virtual Center
(WWW) to facilitate the exchange of environmental technology
information in the region. The Chinese Taipei APEC-VC
project is led by the Environmental Protection Administration
of Chinese Taipei (TEPA) with the support of the Industrial
Development Bureau (IDB) and the National Center for Cleaner
Production (NCCP). Since December 1994, TEPA has been
working with the United States Environmental Protection Agency
(USEPA) on the Environmental Information Exchange (ENIX)
initiative to promote the electronic exchange of environmental
information in the Asian-Pacific region by sponsoring web
sites, newsletters and conferences. To support APEC-VC,
TEPA has expanded the contents and structure of ENIX to
establish the Chinese Taipei APEC-VC web site in May
1998.
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