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MozTW is the community of Mozilla enthusiasts in Taiwan. Its website provides services such as software downloads, instructions, and community forums. MozTW is responsible for localizing Mozilla software & websites into Traditional Chinese. We also manage MozTW Space, a community space for open cultural activities available for free use.

Since 2016, Cofacts has evolved from a local grassroots initiative into a pivotal player in the global fight against the infodemic. By leveraging open-source technology, the project has created a collaborative ecosystem where human intelligence and automated tools work in tandem. Unlike top-down fact-checking models, Cofacts empowers citizens to report suspicious messages, which are then addressed by a community of volunteer fact checkers. This methodology not only addresses the scale of information manipulation but also reinforces the importance of digital human rights by transparency and preventing centralized censorship.

Central to the Cofacts mission is the belief that technology alone cannot solve the problem of disinformation. The organization places heavy emphasis on media literacy, helping users develop the critical thinking skills necessary to navigate a complex digital landscape. By making their codebase and data publicly available, they champion the open-source philosophy, allowing other nations to adapt their tools to different linguistic and cultural contexts.

Cofacts recognizes that information threats are borderless. By actively building international bridges, such as this collaboration between Cofacts Taiwan and Cofact Thailand, they facilitate the exchange of technical expertise and localized insights. This cross-border solidarity is essential for protecting the integrity of open data and helping that civic tech continue to generate a positive social impact. Through these partnerships, Cofacts developed in Taiwan contribute to a more resilient and informed global society.

COSCUP is a community-driven annual conference for open source enthusiasts. Since 2006, it has brought together developers, users, and promoters to exchange ideas, share experiences, and promote free and open source software.

Sketch of Taipei (SKOT)

Founded in 2022 by Taiwanese illustrator Grace Chiu, Sketch of Taipei is a sketching workshop that brings people to different locations across Taipei to observe and document the city through drawing.

SKOT encourages participants to develop a practice of observation—using the simple tools of pen and paper to capture, process, and express what they see in their daily surroundings. Whether sketching a bustling street corner, a quiet neighborhood, or a community gathering, participants learn to engage more deeply with the spaces they inhabit.

The workshops create a mindful approach to recording everyday life. Through sketching, people slow down, notice details they might otherwise overlook, and build a personal visual archive of their experiences. This analog, human-centered way of documenting cultivates awareness and reflection, helping participants see their environment and their role within it. It's a practice that makes the invisible visible and empowers people to actively engage with the world around them.

When the past ended in nowhere, the future starts from now here.

Nestled in Taipei, Nowhere Bookstore inherits the spirit of Hong Kong — openness, resilience, and fluidity. It serves as a meeting point where people transcend cultural and national boundaries, connecting through a shared love of reading.

Beginning in 2022, Nowhere Bookstore has followed the footsteps of diasporic communities, gradually establishing branches in different countries, included the Netherlands, Tokyo, New Zealand and England (coming soon).

We curate a selection of books published in Hong Kong and Taiwan, focusing on themes such as history, culture and gender. Our bookstore also features a dedicated zine section showcasing Chinese-language or bilingual zines created by independent artists from around the world. These zines explore a wide range of topics, including illustrated journals, storybooks, photography, social commentary, gender, and diasporic experiences. We believe that both books and zines can serve as experimental platforms for cross-regional and cross-cultural reading.

The Information Management Association of R.O.C. (IMA) was founded in 1982 and is one of Taiwan's longest-standing IT professional communities. Over 43 years, IMA has cultivated deep roots in information management and technology, witnessing and driving the growth of Taiwan's IT industry.

The Awakening Foundation is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit legal and legislative advocacy organization fighting for gender equality and women's empowerment in Taiwan. Born out of Taiwan's democratic movement under martial law in the 1970s and 80s, the Awakening Foundation was founded on the revolutionary idea that women should be empowered in both public and private life. Since 1982, the Foundation has been at the forefront of every major legal and policy victory for women in Taiwan.

As trailblazers in Taiwanese feminist activism, the Awakening Foundation has spearheaded cultural and political change to dismantle oppressive patriarchal institutions and norms through public education campaigns and grassroots organizing. Our work promotes women's leadership and political participation, gender parity in the workplace, reproductive rights and education, and family law and justice, among other issues.

Kuma Academy was founded on the belief of “Si vis pacem, para bellum”. Kuma Academy aims to prepare a pre-war mentality for civilians, our mission is to cultivate self-defense capability and will to defend Taiwan. We provide knowledge and skills to help people sustain themselves and recognize enemy disinformation operations in both peace and wartime situations.

Kuma Academy’s goals extend beyond any partisanship in Taiwan; we believe that war impacts everyone. Societal resilience requires citizens to defend themselves and contribute their skills. Active preparation and anticipation can alleviate public fear and increase determination to defend and resist invaders, ultimately building a protective shield for our country.

Civil Defense Education

Kuma Academy is devoted to promoting civil defense education through Open Lectures on various issues, Basis Camps in four major civil defense areas and advanced courses in skill training. The four main domains include modern warfare popular science, information warfare, basic first aid skills, as well as evacuation planning workshops, all contributing to the efforts of building social resilience.

Promotional Activities

Civil defense concerns all ages and backgrounds. Basic techniques can be practiced in everyday life. Through thematic activities we bridge the gap between individuals and communities: community event and corporate family day. These activities offer knowledge , techniques, interactive experiences, fostering disaster awareness, and basic skills.

Publications

Kuma Academy aspires to become the leading brand in Taiwan civil defense education, providing practical and inspirational publications. The first book, a civil defense reader for teenagers, was published in 2023. In the future, a series of easily understandable publications will continue to offer the public a collection of civil defense knowledge.

Wilderness Drill

Designed for post-Basis Camp students, this activity involves simulated scenarios and requires students to equip themselves for life support, rescue, and evasion. Students will have the opportunity to validate their equipment in practical situations such as mass casualties or enemy pursuit. This allows us to assess whether the students are physically and psychologically prepared to handle such situations.

Coseeing is a community dedicated to advancing digital accessibility.

We build tools that help people who are blind or visually impaired access more information and discover new possibilities.

We also create opportunities for the public to better understand the real challenges and needs faced by people with disabilities.

Through diverse approaches and sustained action, we envision a world where everyone can see together—experiencing its richness and recognizing each other’s uniqueness.

LZGH (綠洲計畫) is a volunteer team composed by university and high school students, craving to feedback to the current education system. Founded in beginning of 2023.

Special Recruitment (特殊選才) is an admission pathway started in 2014, providing pupils with special talents to enroll outside of traditional pathways. But because of the very few quota and little attention, schools and teachers often possess little to no resource to guide the students attempting this pathway. That is exactly why we are here.

We strive to help the students who seek to attempt special recruitment to enroll in university by establishing information platform and in-school experiment sharing. Let the students know the problems they might encounter beforehand.

LZGH is also the Outstanding volunteer team from 2023-2026, awarded by Young Development Administration, MoE. Supported and backed by many charity foundations such as Cathay Charity Foundation, Sinyi Realty Inc.

This year, we're working to deepen our collaboration with various information communities such as SITCON, g0v and different volunteer teams. Hope we can know more people and pave our way for the future in this event.

Do You A Flavor is a multidisciplinary team with backgrounds in design, business management, software engineering, psychology, sociology, and literature—a diversity of expertise that leads to spirited debate and robust collaboration.

Since 2014, we have launched numerous grassroots initiatives centered on the streets. Through creative action, we address urban poverty, homelessness, street vending, and recycling issues. Our mission is to serve as a "guide," bridging the gap between the public and these often-overlooked social challenges.

For the general public, we design engaging activities and projects that lower the barrier to understanding complex social issues, fostering genuine human connection. On the streets, we focus on companionship and empowerment—building trust with those in poverty and supporting them as they stabilize their lives and rediscover their inner drive.

Through our work, we continuously explore the root causes of social phenomena, adding depth and perspective to these stories. By making these issues "three-dimensional," we create space for empathy to grow and for the energy of collective action to take root.

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is a leading independent open data platform established in 2011 to promote transparent, evidence-based development in Cambodia. Initially launched as a project to centralise fragmented information, ODC officially registered as a local NGO in 2015. Our organisation operates as a non-partisan "one-stop shop" for data, aggregating and mapping information on social and economic development to ensure that public-interest data is accessible to all stakeholders, from local communities to international investors.

Our work focuses on critical development issues that shape Cambodia's future. We specialise in the visualisation and analysis of data regarding natural resource management, economic land concessions (ELCs), Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs), infrastructure projects, environmental conservation, foreign investment in Cambodia, access to public service, and many more. By providing objective spatial data and research, ODC helps stakeholders understand the complex intersections between economic growth and environmental sustainability.

A core pillar of ODC’s activism is the vigorous promotion of an Open Data Policy in Cambodia. We believe that the democratisation of information is essential for good governance and a thriving digital economy. Our advocacy efforts focus on urging and supporting the Royal Government of Cambodia to make progress on opening data access. With accessible data, ODC then ensures that public data is available, reusable and comprehensible.

To achieve this, ODC actively engages in policy dialogues with government ministries, providing technical expertise to help shape frameworks that balance transparency with data privacy. We complement this high-level advocacy with grassroots capacity building, training civil society, journalists, and youth in data literacy. By bridging the gap between data providers and data users, ODC strives to create an ecosystem where information serves as a tool for accountability and transparency and fostering inclusive participation in the nation’s development.

The depositar lab develops systems and tools for research data infrastructure and services. We operate depositar, an open repository for research data, and the Research Data Management Hub (RDM Hub), serving researchers across disciplines in Taiwan and beyond. We also collaborate on digital preservation and open-source software projects.

Taiwan b.b. is a collective of creators that uses a cute and gentle visual language to translate Taiwan’s culture, history, contemporary society, and democratic development into content that is accessible and shareable in everyday life. Through character creation, product design, and connections across both online and offline communities, we invite more people to engage with and participate in public affairs in an approachable way. At the same time, we invest in public issue advocacy and exhibition practices, using culture and design to respond to society. We aim to bring together people who care about Taiwan, safeguard its democratic and free values, and share the stories of this island with the world—and with the next generation.

Our Missions

To Become a model society for gender equality in the world.

To create an environment where diverse talents can demonstrate their personal expertise and characteristics.

To create benchmarks and role models for scientist in the future.

To demonstrate the diversity, inclusion, innovation and leadership qualities of female scientists in the fields of science and technology

To represent the society of women in science and technology as a bridge between government and enterprise.

Facing the Ocean (FtO) is a cross-border community of civic hackers in East Asia. Started in 2019, it brings together civic tech communities — including g0v (Taiwan), Code for Japan, and Code for Korea — for annual collaborative hackathons, with each country taking turns to host.

What sets FtO apart is its non-competitive philosophy: no prizes, no judges, no set themes. Participants bring their own projects and anyone is welcome to join. Skills beyond coding — including design, writing, and policy — are equally valued.

Events have been held in Okinawa, Tainan, Jeju, Yokohama, and Kaohsiung, as well as online. To date, FtO has brought together more than 100 civic hackers, government officials, and students from over 10 countries.

FtO's collaborative projects have tackled shared regional challenges, including a "Herstory of East Asia" wiki, misinformation fact-checking tools, and youth civic engagement programs across Taiwan, Japan, and Korea.

In 2026, FtO will be hosted in Seoul, South Korea, co-organized by Code for Korea, g0v and Code for Japan — continuing its mission to build an open, trust-based civic tech network across the region.

A blockchain-focused software company dedicated to development and innovation within the Ethereum ecosystem.

A mountain road stretches on — from it, a fine cup of tea is born. Tea farmers entrust their finest harvest only to makers who have truly earned it. TeKoo has upheld that standard since 1982, rooted in Pingtíng, Yunlin. Every note in a cup of TeKoo oolong is a reflection of that generational craft and care.

The Friedrich Naumann Foundation For Freedom (FNF) is a German political foundation. In Germany and in 60 countries around the world, FNF and its partners promote freedom, liberalism, democracy, human rights, pluralism, tolerance, curbing climate change, an open and digital society, social market economy, and the rule of law. We are a non-profit organization that focuses on civic education.

We work with government institutions, NGOs, academia, political parties, researchers, students, journalists, activists, start-ups and artists who share our values and want to join us in promoting freedom. We work collaboratively and seek long-term partnerships, highlighting the importance of individual freedom and strong democratic institutions. FNF promotes economic freedom and free trade. We want businesses to respect human rights. We highly value privacy and data protection. FNF promotes curbing climate change by utilizing technological advances, for example in the context of smart cities.

FNF has worked in Asia since 1969. Today, we have five offices in Asia: Bangkok, Jarkata, Manila, Seoul, and Taipei. We also work in Malaysia.

In Taiwan, Taiwan Office/ Global Innovation Hub of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom was established in 2021. The Hub focuses on “digital transformation” and “innovation for democracy.” With its international global network of experts, partners and collaborators, the hub aims to support the Friedrich Naumann Foundation on its way to becoming a creative innovation platform for liberalism.

ABOUT OpenFun

Sourced from Open, Driven by Fun: Transforming technology into an engaging force for social progress.

The name OpenFun (歐噴) originates from the deconstruction of the Chinese term for "Open" (開放) — consisting of the characters "Kai" (Open) and "Fang" (Release/Fun). We firmly believe that the process of practicing Open Culture is not only full of challenges but also carries the inherent joy of transforming society. By gathering like-minded partners, we turn creative ideas and technical implementations into code. We don't just explore the frontiers of technology; we are dedicated to grounding that technology into real-world applications and sharing the results with the world.

Our founder, Ronny, is a long-term contributor to g0v (gov-zero) and has initiated numerous influential projects, including:

Taiwan Company Data & Company Relationship Maps

Open Government Tenders & Open Political Contributions

Job Helper & News Helper

PTT TV & Congress Watcher

These experiences are more than just hackathon experiments; they are mature, stable projects that have served the public for over a decade. After accumulating deep expertise in web crawling, geospatial data processing, search engines, speech-to-text, and Large Language Models (LLM), OpenFun Co., Ltd. was officially established.

Today, this decade-long technical foundation has been channeled into physical products that solve public issues:

OpenBudget: Transforms complex, cryptic government budget reports into visualized, comparable, and structured data.

LawTrace: Aggregates legislative information scattered across various agencies with a single click, significantly lowering the barrier for public participation in lawmaking.

Legislative AI Real-time Transcription: Converts congressional discussions into searchable text records at high speed.

Focusing on the twin pillars of Open Government and Data Application, OpenFun is committed to providing clients and civil society with stable, long-lasting, and impactful digital tools—making complex governance simple, transparent, and easy to engage with.