The Taiwan Research Programme has hosted several forums in which scholars engage in dialogue with representatives of Tzu Chi, the largest NGO in Taiwan. These forums form part of a wider LSE Taiwan Research Programme research theme on Civil Society.
About Tzu Chi
The Tzu Chi Foundation is a Buddhist organization which has earned an international reputation for its worldwide relief work after major natural disasters, including earthquakes, floods and tsunamis.
Tzu Chi has special consultative status at the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). This status allows it to participate in all ECOSOC activities, including meetings and budget discussions, and it means that Tzu Chi has the cooperation and protection of UN-related bodies during field operations, such as its relief work following the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
Tzu Chi’s status also enables it to provide information directly to the UN Secretary-General and to the governments of UN member states, and to pass on its experiences of relief and reconstruction work to Non-Governmental Organizations.
Events
Tuesday 23 April 2013, 5pm-8pm, Room NAB.LG.03, New Academic Building, London School of Economics (LSE)
Dr Hwang Yeh Chen (Tzu Chi College of Technology) and Dr Lee Hwa Cheah (Tzu Chi College of Technology): Education in Sustainable Business and Community Service at Tzu Chi College of Technology
Tuesday 10 July 2012, 6pm-8pm, Room CON.1.03, Connaught House, London School of Economics (LSE)
Professor Yu-Mei Tsai (Tzu Chi College of Technology) and Dr Frank Lie (CEO, Tzu Chi UK): Religion and Sustainable Economy: the Buddhist economics of Tzu Chi's environmental humanities
Monday 22 November 2010, 6pm-8pm, Thai Theatre, New Academic Building, London School of Economics (LSE)
Professor Yu-Mei Tsai and Master De-Yin Shin (General Education Center, Tzu Chi College of Technology): Exploring Reaction to the Sign Language Opera Love Transcends the Skyline
Monday 14 September 2009, 6pm-8pm, Seligman Library (Room A607), Old Building, London School of Economics (LSE)
Professor Yu-Mei Tsai and Master De-Yin Shin (General Education Center, Tzu Chi College of Technology): From Charity Relief to Environmental Sustainability: cross-religious practices of sustainability promoted by Taiwan Tzu Chi (Details also in Chinese)