SOCIAL PRACTICE

Bamboo Architecture competitions theme was to explore bamboo as a sustainable green material. The competitions aim to unite international expertise and knowledge in the aim of cross-cultural professional exchanges.

The Forum focuses on bamboo economy trend and invites bamboo professionals to analyze on global bamboo market development which are related to SDGs issues and products.

The competition’s theme was ‘Bamboo for Sustainable Development. The Brief of the competition was to photograph a picture that reflects the culture of using bamboo in our homes and our lifestyle. It was divided into junior category which consisted of 6 to 8 grade students while the senior category consisted of 9 to 12 grade students.

<p><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">The theory of Pluralist Democracy posited that public participation help achieve</span></p><p><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">social equity. The purpose of this research is to examine the relations between</span></p><p><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">public participation and social equity in the context of rural revitalization policy</span></p><p><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">processes in the environmentally vulnerable villages. The theory of Pluralist</span></p><p><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Democracy contended that the public interest can be developed through dialogue</span></p><p><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">among diverse interests. Accordingly, the public interest-oriented policy can be</span></p><p><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">formulated and social equity can therefore be reached. This argument has made</span></p><p><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">public participation crucial in the democratic society. However, the characteristics</span></p><p><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">of rural villages formed barriers for villagers participation in public affairs. Does</span></p><p><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">social equity become unachievable dream for such villages? How can the</span></p><p><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">relations between public participation and social equity be redefined in the rural</span></p><p><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">villages? Through field observations, in-depth interviews, and questionnaire</span></p><p><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">surveys, this research intends to investigate the relations between public</span></p><p><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">participation and social equity in the formulation and implementation processes of</span></p><p><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">revitalization programs in the 12 environmentally vulnerable villages in Chiayi</span></p><p><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">County, Taiwan. This study extends the investigation to the three factors affecting</span></p><p><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">public participation, that is, natural environmental pressure, revitalization</span></p><p><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">approach, and government s recognition of public participation. This research</span></p><p><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">expects to initiate a theoretical dialogue with the theory of Pluralist Democracy,</span></p><p><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">Deliberative Democracy, and Public Participation by providing rural-village</span></p><p><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">specific insights. Practically, this study intends to provide grassroots policy</span></p><p><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">recommendations to regional revitalization policy formulation recently promoted</span></p><p><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);">by Taiwan s government.</span></p>

<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">With the support and guidance from the Ministry of Education and government agency, CCU has upgraded school e-learning and developed many e-learning courses for intramural and extramural.</span></p>

<p>According to the objective of 3-2《self-understanding, create equality》, Higher Education Sprout Project, which aims to understand different groups and achieve the goal of actual inclusiveness and equal cultural rights between groups through the conversations and discussions of the forum. By gradually delve into the issues and raise questions, teachers can make students reflect deeper and through open discussions, to exchange their ideas and arouse the talks and concussion of minds, while understanding more about group related issues.&nbsp;</p>

To promote UN SDG 16 goal for,Have written policies and procedures to identify local stakeholders external to the university and engage with them,National Chung Cheng University has gone into partnership with the following association. <p></p>

To promote UN SDG 16 goal for,Provide a neutral platform and ‘safe’ space for different political stakeholders to come together to frankly discuss challenges,National Chung Cheng University has organized the following workshop. <p></p>

To promote UN SDG 4 goal for,Undertake educational outreach activities (e.g. tailored lectures or demonstrations) beyond campus – in local schools, in the community. This can include voluntary student-run schemes., National Chung Cheng University has provided the following lesson. <p></p>Assist the elementary school and junior high school to join the regional science fair, provide the guidance in science fair content and suggesion. Ten schools are assisted with this science fair, there are 16 entries, 23 teachers, 44 students. 13 entries which are assisted by this project got 19 awards in total.

To promote UN SDG 6 goal for,Actively promote conscious water usage on campus, and in the wider community, National Chung Cheng University has provided the following lesson. <p></p>