The Ministry of Health and Welfare will hold the "2026 International Symposium on Social Safety Net Policy Planning and Effectiveness Evaluation Experience Exchange between Taiwan, the UK, and Australia" on October 30th and 31st, 2026. All departments, institutes, and degree programs related to social work, social welfare, child (adolescent) and family, public administration, information engineering, and information management are encouraged to register and participate.

Note: 1. To continuously improve the effectiveness of the first and second phases of the "Strengthening the Social Safety Net Project" and establish a systematic medium- and long-term monitoring and effectiveness evaluation mechanism, the Social and Family Affairs Administration of the Ministry of Health and Welfare has commissioned a professional team to conduct an effectiveness evaluation and, drawing on the experiences of the UK, Australia, Japan, and other countries, has developed medium- and long-term monitoring indicators for the Strengthening the Social Safety Net Project 2.0. Based on existing assessment findings and incorporating innovative experiments such as data standardization and digital transformation of non-governmental professional organizations, this conference invites Professor Kitty Stewart, Professor of Social Policy and Deputy Director of the Centre for Social Exclusion Analysis at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and Professor Nicholas Biddle, Director of the School of Politics and International Relations at the Australian National University (ANU), to Taiwan for exchange. The conference also brings together experts from industry, academia, and research in public governance, social work, and public health to share policy practices and assessment experiences, promote international and cross-sectoral exchange, and improve Taiwan's social safety net policy planning and effectiveness evaluation.

II. Information regarding this international conference is as follows (see attached event brochure):

(I) Time and Location: October 30th (Friday) and 31st (Saturday), 2026, at the GIS NTU Conference Center, B1 International Conference Hall (No. 85, Section 4, Roosevelt Road, Da'an District, Taipei City). (II) Registration Website: https://forms.gle/M2pGPgeu4gdZVuQw5

(III) Registration Period: From now until 5:00 PM on Monday, October 19, 2026.

III. Contact Person for this Case: Mr. Tsai Po-Yu, Specialist, Tianyi Management Consulting Co., Ltd., Tel: 02-25523929, E-mail: tianyi10356@gmail.com.