To ensure the sustainable operation of the Austronesian Forum, the Republic of China (Taiwan) government approved the Six-Year Plan for the Austronesian Forum (2020–2025) in March 2019. The Plan encompasses five major strategies, starting from linguistic and cultural exchanges at the core and expanding towards regional industrial development, academic/policy research, human resources development, and basic administrative affairs. Sixteen specific undertakings under these strategies are listed in the table below.
Austronesian Languages and Cultural Exchanges | Host or participate in meet ings of international organizations |
Austronesian language survey research and exchanges | |
Austronesian museum exchanges | |
Song, dance, art and cultural exchanges | |
Austronesian traditional sport competition, rituals and festivals, and voyaging exchanges | |
Austronesian Regional Industry Development | Comprehensive Austronesian community developments and exchanges |
Austronesian industrial exchanges and collaborations | |
Academic and Policy Research | Host the Austronesian Forum |
Austronesian academic exchanges | |
Researches on the current status and comparative policy of the Austronesian peoples | |
Human Resources Development | Austronesian youth talent cultivation for international affairs |
Austronesian youth student exchange and women's employment and competency empowerment | |
Establish Basic Meeting Affairs | Operation and maintenance of the Headquarters and the Secretariat of the Austronesian Forum |
Build and maintain the Mandarin and English website for the Austronesian Forum | |
Collect Austronesian issues to establish a (multimedia) database | |
Convene Executive Council meetings |
The Six-Year Plan for the Austronesian Forum clearly outlines the responsibilities of the Forum, which shall be fulfilled jointly by all member and observer states. As President Tsai Ing-wen of the Republic of China (Taiwan) stated so eloquently on March 23, 2019 at the appreciation banquet in Palau during her Oceans of Democracy tour, “We shall strengthen our multilateral cooperative efforts with our brothers and sisters in the Pacific region to preserve its diverse cultures, cultivate talent among the Austronesian peoples, and spur regional industrial development.”
